CRC We Care! We Share! presentation

1. 10 years after Katrina: We were Here; We were Working; We were Helping; We were
Facilitating, Caring & Sharing

2. Our ownership feels blessed and
respects the fact that CRC is very
successful. In the words of our
founder:
“We feel fortunate and want to
show we care by sharing our
success in the communities where
we do business. From the
beginning the thought was to
Always Give Back.”
- Ronnie Mains
Better… Together!!
Into the Future
Giving-Building
Caring-Sharing
Empowering our Youth
Embracing our Community

3. CRC initiated We Care! We Share!
by empowering our employees to
provide feedback on how we can
be helpful in their communities.
As our company grew, CRC
partnered with local schools and
their social workers in the
following ways.
Field Trips Mentoring
Partnership
Events
School Projects
School
Uniforms
Software
Donations

4. Mentoring
Embracing Deckbar Elementary and J.
Martyn High School
• Provided a catered luncheon complete
servers, waiters and tablecloths
• Donation of 10 new laptops and
portable lab carts for high school
students
• Incentive prizes provided for
elementary students
• Massages and lunches for teachers,
social workers and Principals
• Provided field trips, holiday special
surprises and Mentoring for high
school boys

5. Mentoring
Embracing George
Washington Carver
Elementary School

6. Partnership
Events
Embracing G.T. Woods Elementary
• Accelerated Reading Awards
Banquet and Ice Cream Party
• A-R Reading Software is
especially helpful for those
children who do not see
themselves as Readers
• 94% of the 2nd grade children
participated in the program with
some reading over 50 books
• Partnered with the Lisa Mains
Saley Foundation for Kids to
provide the children with week-
long experiential projects with
poets, authors, artists and actors

7. Software
Donations
Embracing G.T.
Woods Elementary
Accelerated Reading
Software Donation

8. Software
Donations
Embracing West St.
John Elementary
Software Donation

9. Software
Donations
Embracing Hazel
Park Elementary
Reading and
Mathematics
Software Donation

10. Then Katrina happened!
As a result of Katrina, We Care!
We Share! became a complete
community effort (churches,
employees, neighborhoods,
playgrounds, relatives, schools,
etc.).
The motivating idea was not
only to rebuild, but to thrive!
CRC extended We Care! We
Share! to the following areas.
Assisting Local
Charities
Community
Rebuilding
Projects
CRC in the
Community
Embracing
Families for
the Holidays
Food
Donations
Relief for
Natural
Disasters

11. Community
Rebuilding
Projects
George Washington Carver Elementary
Post-Katrina Gardening Project
Provided management, plants, project
design, transportation, and volunteers
Project expansion included growing
vegetables, making compost, and
starting a swamp grass nursery
Mentoring on how to be an advocate
for sustainability of our wetlands
Delivered a banner on state and federal
capital steps in partnership with Bayou
Rebirth, the National Wildlife
Federation, and New England College
Environmental Science Students

12. Community
Rebuilding
Projects
Rebuilding
Employee Homes

13. Community
Rebuilding
Projects
Rebuilding Homes
in the Community

14. Embracing
Families for the
Holidays
5th Annual Christmas
Presents for
Children

15. Embracing
Families for the
Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving
at New Jerusalem
Baptist Church in
Edgard

16. Embracing
Families for the
Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving
CRC 7th Annual
Food Drive in
Kenner

17. Embracing
Families for the
Holidays
Kenner Food Bank

18. Assisting Local
Charities
Light the Night
Lymphoma &
Leukemia Society
Benefit

19. Assisting Local
Charities
Relay for Life

20. CRC in the
Community
Honoring the
Families of the 214th
EIS
Little Rascals Parade

21. CRC in the
Community
CRC Blood Drive

22. CRC in the
Community
Jefferson Health
Centers
Valentines Day

23. CRC in the
Community
The Miracle League
CRC Braves

24. CRC in the
Community
Kenner All-Star
Baseball Team
Sponsorship

25. CRC in the
Community
Ice Cream Social at
The Greater New
Plymouth Rock
Baptist Church in
Reserve

26. Relief for
Natural
Disasters
Moore, Oklahoma
Tornado Relief

27. Relief for
Natural
Disasters
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama Tornado
Relief

28. Relief for
Natural
Disasters
St. John the Baptist Parish
Volunteer Dinner after
Hurricane Isaac
We fed over 600 volunteers
from around the country here on
their Spring Break to help
people clean out and start to
rebuild their lives
They loved their CRC t-shirts
and all the extra goodies we
brought with us
This was a moving experience
for all who participated

29. Additional We Care! We Share! Projects
Multiple Sclerosis
American Cancer
Society
ALS Foundation A’ for Aces
Jefferson Parish
Dollars for
Scholars
Lisa Mains Saley
Foundation for
Kids
St. Michael’s
School
The St. Bernard
Project
Habitat for
Humanity
Family Promise
Sheltering Wings
for Women

30. Embracing St.
John the
Baptist Parish
CRC is excited
about “Giving Back”
to St. John the
Baptist Parish

31. Better… Together!!
Into the Future
Giving-Building
Caring-Sharing
Empowering our Youth
Embracing our Communities