| Consultants, directors and support staff who make up | | | | Forty-five State Street employees participated in the |
| the Philanthropy Committee at Boston Recruiting Firm | | | | blood drive, including those from Sovereign Bank, |
| Hollister, Inc., sponsored an American Red Cross blood | | | | American Well, Fortis Investments, and Brookfield |
| drive at 75 State Street in the heart of the financial | | | | Properties. Of the 45, about 20 Hollister employees |
| district. The team completed another quarterly | | | | participated. Patrick Philips, Contract Accounting & |
| community outreach program, after helping out at | | | | Finance Consultant from Hollister and veteran donor, |
| Salvation Army's Christmas Castle and at a toy drive | | | | took the opportunity to donate. |
| with Kevin Youkilis this holiday season. | | | | "It feels great to be able to donate in between my |
| "The committee chose to sponsor a blood drive for a | | | | hectic work schedule," he said, wearing his free donor |
| number of reasons," said Lacey Burnett, Administrative | | | | t-shirt he received after donating, a bit sunburned from |
| Consultant and Philanthropy Committee member. "Not | | | | his sales trip in Mexico. "If I can help out at work, I |
| only will it allow us to promote the well-being of the | | | | would like to take any opportunity I can get." |
| community by helping those in need, but it will also | | | | The blood drive proved to be successful by ushering in |
| involve both the Hollister community and the ones of | | | | a high number of donors, and for Hollister, the |
| State Street in raising awareness of blood donation." | | | | Philanthropy Committee completed another initiative for |
| The Dedham Red Cross paired up with Boston | | | | the Hollister Cares program. The program is devoted |
| Recruiting Agency Hollister and reserved a spot on the | | | | to specific philanthropic initiatives during the quarter so |
| second floor of the building to host the blood drive. | | | | that by working together, they can bring the Hollister |
| Hollister volunteers helped with registration as well as | | | | culture into the community and simultaneously make a |
| assisting donors in the canteen, where juice and | | | | difference as a team. |
| snacks were generously offered. | | | | |