Balfour Beatty Construction Teams Up with Local Schools to Deliver 1,300 Valentines for Veterans
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) February 23, 2012 - In California and Texas, Balfour Beatty Construction employees showed a little love in honor of Valentine’s Day and National Salute to Veteran Patients Week (February 12 – 18). Teaming up with children at elementary schools in the Dallas and San Diego areas, company employees helped create and deliver 1,300 Valentine’s Day cards for veterans.
“The kids wrote wonderful messages in their cards,” said Lyudmila Mironova, a member of Balfour Beatty Constructions marketing department in the Southwest division. “It really felt like they cared and wanted to brighten their spirits.”
In addition to the heart-felt Valentines, Balfour Beatty Construction employees delivered gifts and other donated items to the current and former servicemen and women being treated at Veterans Administration hospitals in the Dallas and San Diego areas and at the Wounded Warrior Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Camp Pendleton. Gifts included snacks, candy, magazines, puzzle books, and playing cards.
About Balfour Beatty Construction A leader in the U.S. commercial construction industry, Balfour Beatty Construction provides general contracting, at-risk construction management, and design-build services through more than 2,400 professionals nationwide. For the past two years, the company has been cited as a Top 10 Green Builder by Engineering-News Record and as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For® by FORTUNE magazine. The company is part of London-based Balfour Beatty plc, a global leader in professional services, construction services, support services, and infrastructure investment, with more than $18 billion in annual revenues. To learn more about the company and its subsidiary, Howard S. Wright, visit balfourbeattyus.com.
