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Local Boys & Girls Club Members Give Back to their

Community


It only happens every four Courtesy Photo County as their non-profit to
years. Everyone got an extra day support. They had a learning project
in 2016 due to it being a Leap that focused on George Washington
Year. This year, that day happened that tied in with his February
to fall during the work week. The birthday. Rob’s team picked Boys &
local Manpower offices decided Girls Club because of the positive
to do something special with the impact it has had on the children of
gift of the extra business day by Frederick County.
giving back in their communities. Collings said, “The opportunity
Each staff member in all of the to give back some volunteer hours
local Manpower franchise offices locally served as a great reminder
needed to give at least four hours of to our staff of Winston Churchill’s
community service during the month famous words, ‘we make a living
of February. by what we get, but we make a
All four Manpower offices in life by what we give.’ I think our
Winchester, Virginia; Martinsburg, volunteering with Boys & Girls
West Virginia; and Hagerstown Club was a fun way for us to come
and Frederick, Maryland, came together as a team and do something
together as a team and picked a local good in the community at the same
organization for which they wanted time. We just might not wait four
to give back in their own special way. Boys & Girls Club members in Thurmont learn how to more years to do this again!”
Manpower Regional Director make cherry pies in honor of Washington’s birthday, Manpower is a global staffing
with the help of volunteers Bethany Gwiazda and
and Franchise Owner, Lisa Christian Amorosi from Manpower, and with Shirley firm with offices in more than eighty
Coblentz, said she wasn’t sure how Long, volunteer at Trinity United Church of Christ in countries and is headquartered in
staff would respond to the idea, but Thurmont. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
it turned out they were thrilled with The Frederick branch is part of a
the opportunity to give back and definitely excited about the idea,” locally owned franchise office, which
took great pride in picking a charity said Coblentz. opened in 1984.
that had a special meaning to each In Frederick, Rob Collings, Manpower staff members have
team. Branch Manager of the local a long history of being engaged in
“Each branch chose something Manpower, said his team selected non-profit activities in the Frederick
slightly different, and everyone was the Boys & Girls Club of Frederick community.
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