Last month we came together to celebrate our Founder Sam Kitchell by volunteering with nonprofit organizations in communities where we live and work. During our annual Founder’s Day, Kitchell employees-owners representing five states and 21 communities participated in 30 community projects, ranging from park clean-ups in Anaheim to making care packages at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The list of organizations we benefited includes:
- San Francisco – Marin Food Bank
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Valley
- Hart Song Ranch
- National Audubon Society
- Ranger Road
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona
- Sacramento Zoological Society
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Sunshine Acres
- Operation School Bell
- United Food Bank
- Desert Mission Food Bank
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation
- St. Mary’s Food Bank
- Feed My Starving Children
- Palomar College Foundation
- Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
- Eloise’s Cooking Pot
- Community First Village
- Truly Home – Houston
- Habitat for Humanity ReStore
- Placer Union High School Booster Club
- Ronald McDonald House of Sacramento
- Sacramento Food Bank
- EcoSlo Beach Keepers
- Stockton Emergency Food Bank
- City of Anaheim
- Sunnyvale Community Service
- Santa Monica High School Landscaping beautification
- Ogden, Utah School District
- American Red Cross
Our efforts resulted in nearly $30,000 raised for these local charities by donating $25 per employee, per hour to the nonprofits where our employee-owners volunteered.
Thank you to Sam Kitchell for having the vision to found Kitchell nearly 70 years ago, and to all of our employee-owners who are committed to sustaining his legacy of philanthropy and community service!