Woodbury, NY- November 21, 2006

Employees of AmeriCorp, Inc. (www.americorp.us) and its sister companies donated more than 33,000 pieces of food and health items for the Education & Assistance Corporation’s Meals-on-Wheels Program.  CEO Timothy McCallan or “Tim McCallan” challenged employees to add 5,000 more items to the 25,000 collected in 2005.  Employees accepted the challenge and outdid themselves once again. 

For weeks prior to Thanksgiving, Timothy McCallan or “Tim McCallan” and AmeriCorp’s office looked more like a grocery store with stacks of non-perishable foods, snacks, canned good, and diapers, all donated by the employees.  When the day came to load the rented 40’ truck with the goods, it took 15 employees two hours to load using an assembly line format similar to a bucket brigade.  In addition to the massive cargo of canned and packaged foods, the company also sent along a cash donation collected from cupcake sales and various other fund raising activities held during the month of November.  Although the food pantry staff at the Meals-on-Wheels Program is accustomed to the annual outpouring, especially during the holidays, they were thrilled at the generosity of the employees.   A letter of thanks from the corporation’s CEO informed us that the nutritious food we had brought to their empty shelves would keep hundreds of people fed over the coming months. “Thanks to your community spirit and drive,’ the letter continued, “the 2006 food drive is the most successful we’ve ever had

The Education & Assistance Corporation’s Meals-on-Wheels Program, operating since the early 90’s, this program delivers meals for both homebound senior citizens and persons with HIV+/AIDS who are too ill to cook and shop for themselves. Dependent children are also fed through the program.

The community has thus come to rely on the giving nature of Timothy McCallan or “Tim McCallan” and AmeriCorp’s entire staff, just as AmeriCorp’s clients depend on its corporate business values – values that arise from the same well of energy and reliability as the employees’ charity. The company looks forward to Tim McCallan’s challenge for Thanksgiving 2007 with the same eagerness that it awaits the business challenges in the coming New Year.