The Douglas Company Donates to Nightingales Harvest for Local Food Donation

Posted on | by Bob Ritter

The Douglas Company, a General Contractor in Holland, Ohio, recently donated $2,100 in food donations to the Nightingales Harvest food pantry in Toledo, Ohio. The donation was made in honor of Brian McCarthy, a well-loved executive of the company who lost his battle with cancer this year.

This year the annual food drive was conducted virtually through team member's monetary donations. The donations allowed us to purchase in bulk the most-needed food items that will soon find their way into the kitchens of Toledo-area cancer patients and their families.

"The Douglas Company understands the importance of a local organization that provides food access for people in need. The donation is just one of many the company makes to charities and non-profit organizations through our Douglas Cares Program," said Nikki Lopez, Marketing Coordinator at the Douglas Company. "Our team proud to support Nightingales Harvest and their initiatives in providing food, hope,...

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The Douglas Company Partners with The Family House for Local Food Donation

Posted on | by Bob Ritter

Right before the Christmas holiday, the associates of The Douglas Company donated a heaping 1,860 pounds of non-perishable food and cleaning items to The Family House of Toledo. The Douglas Company initiated a food drive challenge amongst the departments for the campaign, "It has been known to get rather competitive around here and the challenge fit our group well," said Natasha Ulmer, who was one of the organizers of the campaign. "We are always interested in giving back to the community, so we made it into a departmental competition by how many pounds were brought in by the employees of each department.... and of course, one operations team doesn't want another operations team to beat them in donations, and support staff doesn't want sales and estimating to beat them in donations, so it was just kind of a neat, friendly competitive way to build enthusiasm and get some donations to give...

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