Fluor-BWXT Employees Raise More

than $88,000 for Southern Ohio Charities

Fluor-BWXT (FBP) recently completed another successful Employee Giving Campaign, raising $88,164.10 to be donated to local charities in Pike, Scioto, Ross, and Jackson counties.

"Every year our employees show their incredible generosity to help make a significant impact on improving the lives of others in our community," said JD Dowell, FBP Site Project Director. "I want to thank everyone who volunteered and donated. Every employee's contributions are a wonderful example of how working together, we can make a difference."

The month-long campaign raises money through a variety of fundraisers including an annual golf outing, basket raffles, auctions, payroll deductions and more. While the coronavirus pandemic forced changes upon this year's campaign, FBP employees still found ways to step up and make sure local charities would receive needed contributions which are used to help fund educational services, veterans' assistance, children's programs, local revitalization projects, the local YMCA's, food pantries, and other community projects.

 

"As you can imagine, in normal times a partnership like this is beyond valuable," said Julie DeCamp-Violette, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Central Ohio, one of many charities supported through the campaign. "We can't do the work we do without our community. Our partnership with Fluor-BWXT in times like these is even more valuable."

"We believe that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve," added Kim Conley, director and CEO of the Pike County YMCA. "Without the support of FBP, many discounted programs that we offer would not be possible."

Since 2012, the FBP Employee Giving Campaign has raised $1,118,164.10 for southern Ohio charities throughout Pike, Ross, Scioto and Jackson counties.

Exercise your power to slow 

Coronavirus spread

As you prepare to leave home and stare at that mask on the dresser -- deciding whether you want to put it on -- spend a minute thinking about those who may be impacted by your decision.

Think about the people who have contracted the Coronavirus and seen it negatively impact or even end their lives. Think about children fearful of getting too close to parents in self-quarantine or families with empty chairs at the dinner table. Think about those physicians, nurses and other hospital staff members putting themselves and their families in harm's way to care for yours -- battling exhaustion and much worse in the process.

Then put yourself in their place.

 

"I've had so many one-on-one conversations with the nurses working the COVID unit and I've been completely humbled by their experiences because it's not so much about the workload, but it's about the emotional piece of it - not just what's happening in their 12-hour shift, but how it's impacting them personally," said Lometa Smith, Director of Nursing at Adena Health System. "We're dealing with a group of nurses that typically, prior to (the Coronavirus), rarely saw a death on that unit. Now, it's something that they have had to learn to deal with."

Think about that for a moment. They've had to learn to deal with it -- learn to deal with the deaths of people they've provided care for and gotten to know over days and weeks in the hospital.

Could you do that?

Unfortunately, in the communities served by Adena, not everyone is thinking about their decisions in those terms. Whether due to COVID fatigue, claims masks are uncomfortable or infringe upon personal freedoms or simply accepting the virus as a "new normal," area residents who generally wore face coverings in public early in the pandemic have been moving away from the practice, even while more counties move into the Ohio Department of Health's orange and red zones indicating a high incidence of the virus.

COVID-19 hospitalizations across southern Ohio and the rest of the state are experiencing a fresh surge, putting strains on hospital beds, ventilators, ICU beds and hospital staffing. More than 40 of Ohio's 88 counties - including Ross, Pike, Highland and Fayette - are listed as red on the Ohio Department of Health's Public Health Advisory System, the third of four levels of public emergency indicating high exposure and spread with a recommendation for residents to limit activity as much as possible. Many of those counties, including the four mentioned above, also were labeled as having a high incidence of cases - putting them just one step below a Level 4 purple designation carrying a recommendation that residents only leave home for supplies and needed services.

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Business Sustainability Loans

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