Dessert donation is 'the icing on the cake'
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| Above: Central Hudson employees, from left, Jeremy Horton, Dan Harkenrider and Greg Frankhauser serve ice cream and cake at the Ulster-Greene ARC holiday party at the agency's Catskill workshop on Dec. 21, 2010. Below: ARC clients and staff celebrate. |
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Central Hudson’s 2010 United Way workplace campaign raised $373,000 in employee contributions and matching shareholder funds to support agencies and programs throughout the company’s eight-county service area, and an element of friendly competition introduced into the campaign for the first time helped add to that total: Employees at all of Central Hudson’s division offices and operating headquarters were challenged to achieve the highest level of donor participation, and the winners were promised to be treated to a cake-and-ice cream dessert, served by company executives.
The employees of the Catskill District won the competition, but – in the true spirit of giving – decided they would rather donate their delicious winnings to a local not-for-profit, Ulster-Greene ARC and the developmentally disabled clients who work at the agency’s Catskill site.
On Tuesday, December 21, a day on which the ARC clients and staff were already planning to enjoy their own holiday party, a crew from Central Hudson’s Catskill office arranged to join them and serve dessert and soft drinks during the festivities.
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