Local communities to receive nearly 4,000 hours of service during the week of Sept. 26
FORT WORTH – More than 600 volunteers will mobilize across the Dallas-Fort Worth area to support 15 nonprofit organizations during Mercedes-Benz Financial Services’ fourth-annual Week of Caring. Week of Caring is a week-long community service campaign that Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, a leading automotive financial services provider in the U.S., has organized as part of its corporate commitment to making a difference in the communities where its team members live and work.
“Week of Caring is an all-hands-on-deck affair for Mercedes-Benz Financial Services and an opportunity for team members to give their time helping to better our local communities,” said Peter Zieringer, President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. “The organizations with which we are partnering this year are truly making a life-changing impact on the communities they serve, and seeing everything that our volunteers accomplish is always the highlight of the week.”
“Social responsibility is one of our Core Values and a foundational tenet of our business,” added Zieringer. “The Week of Caring is just one of many initiatives in Mercedes-Benz Financial Services’ year-round mission to be a positive force in the community.”
Project examples in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex include: working with underserved students and families; planting and harvesting gardens; preparing food for those in need; neighborhood cleanup and beautification; and helping build a home for deserving families. Participants will volunteer at a community project of their choice with one of the following nonprofit organizations:
- Community Food Bank (Fort Worth, Texas) www.food-bank.org – Volunteers will help organize, sort and distribute food that will be used to feed those in need within the community.
- Community Storehouse (Keller, Texas) www.communitystorehouse.org – Community Storehouse’s 40,000-square-foot warehouse will be used to sort clothing and food for people in need in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
- Don’t Forget To Feed Me (Fort Worth, Texas) www.dontforgettofeedme.org – Pet food will be bagged, labeled and sorted before being donated to families who might not be able to keep their pet otherwise.
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MBFS Volunteers build a house with Habitat for Humanity during the Mercedes Benz Financial Service Week of Caring in Fort Worth, Texas on September 28, 2016. (Photo by/Sharon Ellman) Fort Worth Independent School District (Fort Worth, Texas) www.fwisd.org – Volunteers will work with the students and faculty of Sagamore Hills Elementary, including painting and decorating new bookshelves that students will take home, already stocked with two new books donated by Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Educational murals will also be painted in school hallways.
- Friends of the Katy Trail (Dallas, Texas) http://katytraildallas.org/ – Volunteers will spend the day beautifying a path on the Katy Trail.
- Junior Achievement (Fort Worth, Texas) www.jafortworth.org – Volunteers will present four educational sessions to ninth-grade students at Eaton High School.
- Kids Against Hunger Tarrant County (Arlington, Texas) www.kahtarrant.org – This activity will take place in-office, as ingredients will be packaged for 30,000 fortified soy/rice casserole-style meals that are specifically formulated to meet the nutritional needs of a hungry child.
- Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Texas) http://mealsonwheels.org/ – Meals will be delivered to homebound people in the local community.
- REAL School Gardens (Fort Worth, Texas) www.realschoolgardens.org – An educational garden will be built from start to finish that students will utilize throughout their school year to practice collaboration and apply real-world math and critical thinking skills.
- SafeHaven of Tarrant County (Hurst, Texas) www.safehaventc.org – SafeHaven’s transitional housing mini complex will undergo renovations indoors and outdoors, including the creation of a new community garden and updated playground equipment.
- Senior Jamboree – Senior Citizen Services of Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Texas) www.scstc.org – Volunteers will assist more than 800 senior citizens from Tarrant County during the Senior Jamboree with games, fellowship and a picnic lunch/cook out.
- SPARK! Dallas (Dallas, Texas) www.sparkdallas.org – The SPARK! space will be painted and physically transformed for groups of children throughout the community.
- Tarrant Area Food Bank (Fort Worth, Texas) www.tarrantareafoodbank.com – Food will be inspected, sorted and boxed for community distribution.
- Trinity Habitat for Humanity (Fort Worth, Texas) www.trinityhabitat.org – Volunteers will team up with other organizations to build two different homes at the same time.
