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Contributing to the Community |
An important part of the Polaris culture is to give back to the communities in which we live and work. Here is a sample of how our staff members volunteer their time. |
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December 2007: Rather than give gifts to each other, the Polaris employees and contractors wrote checks; the company matched the donation; and approximately 200 blankets were purchased and delivered to people in the community through the Meals on Wheels program.
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December 2008: The Polaris employees and contractors again donated money, and with the matching company funds, purchased another 270 blankets with were distributed to the Raleigh community through Meals on Wheels. |
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December 2009: This year, Meals on Wheels asked
Polaris to adopt a dining hall. Our employees and
contractors again donated money, and with the matching
company funds, filled gift bags and boxes for 27 senior
citizens. Some Polaris
personnel also provided the luncheon entertainment by
calling bingo and distributing prizes including a basket of
canned goods.
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Ken Hurst is a Chapel Hill representative to the Orange County Climate Change Committee. The county, towns (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough) and the University of North Carolina formed the Climate Change Committee to develop an action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the county.
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Karen Harrison serves on the Executive Board for the Anglers of the AuSable, whose mission is to preserve, protect and enhance the Au Sable River System in Michigan. Karen is active in all of the organization’s activities including the annual river clean-up and creation of the organization's website. In addition, Karen is on the Board of Directors for the Flygirls, and involved in the organization of the GLC FFF (Federation of Fly Fishers) Fly Tying Expo held every year in Mason, MI. |
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John Janeri has been a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity since 2003. He has helped build nine homes for very deserving families in Wake County, and has traveled to Biloxi, Mississippi and to San Ramone, Nicaragua to work on Habitat homes. Since 2006 John has been a House Leader where he continues to help organize crews and teach construction techniques to volunteers. |
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Karen Sargent and the Free Again team helped raise money for the YMCA youth water safety program by competing and winning the cruising class of the 2007 Conquistador Cup held in Charlotte Harbor, FL.
In March 2007, Polaris sponsored the Free Again team in the cruising class of the Leukemia Cup Regatta, which raised money to fund research for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Karen and her team mates competed in three consecutive races (6.8 nautical miles each) over two days to beat out more than sixty other teams to take first place. |
Diana Schneider is a volunteer usher at events held at Miller Auditorium on the Western Michigan University campus; is a member of the Kalamazoo Garden Council Committee for the Green Sale (where fresh greens, floral arrangements, etc are sold), serves as the Vice-president of the Garden Club; volunteers in planting Bronson Park (major park in Kalamazoo City) and helps prepare hot Sunday meal for Western Michigan University students. |
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