This National Volunteer Appreciation Week, we’re celebrating some of our Hayes Helps partners that make our community a better place.
At Hayes Locums, we believe that we are at our best when we are serving others. Through our Hayes Helps program, we partner with local nonprofits to make a difference in our community, by empowering our employees to donate their volunteer hours. Giving of our time and talent helps us create a culture of service, and centers us in our purpose to build stronger, healthier communities.
Below, take a closer look at the invaluable work that our Hayes Helps partners do in the community:
Honor Flight
Honor Flight South Florida is a 100% volunteer organization, dedicated to honoring veterans in Broward, Dade, and Monroe counties. Through Honor Flight, veterans are provided with an all-expenses paid trip to tour the memorials in Washington D.C.––which many of these veterans would not otherwise have the opportunity to see––remember friends that they’ve lost, and share stories with other veterans.
“Next to my wedding day and the day my son was born, this was one of the most special things I have ever experienced. I don’t have the words to describe what I felt that day. It was such an honor, and I would do it over again in a heartbeat.
One of the best parts was when we were back on the plane, coming home. Each veteran gets an envelope full of mail from all the people in their lives, school children, and other service men and women, thanking them for their sacrifice. When [the veteran I was assigned to] opened his packet of mail, he broke down crying, and so did I. He turned around and gave me a hug, and told me, ‘This has been one of the best days of my life.’” -Hayes Locums Employee Volunteer
Hope South Florida
Hope South Florida offers a holistic response to homelessness through a continuum of care that includes rapid re-housing, emergency shelter, daycare referral, free meals, employment assistance, and other services designed to lead individuals and families struggling with homelessness from crisis to recovery. They serve around 250 families with housing, and provide close to 90,000 meals per year.
We can get well over a couple 100 volunteers each week, who combined put in about 1000 hours of volunteer time a week.
There’s a lot of work that’s done behind the scenes. It’s not just the volunteers who come out and serve the meals. There are also volunteers behind the scenes that are preparing these meals, or doing clothing or toiletry drives…for any given meal, anywhere from 20 to 30 volunteers that touch that meal in some way, whether they’re preparing the food, shopping for it, or serving the meal. We couldn’t do without them. We just could not do it without them.
[Hayes Locums] volunteers are the best, because they come here with such a cheerful attitude. They’re very engaging.” -Pery Canan, Hope South Florida
4KIDS
4KIDS started in 1997 as a response to the foster care crisis in Broward County, Florida.
Since then, they have helped over 30,000 children find homes, and provided them with safe, loving environments as they await placement in foster care.
In 2021, Hayes Locums was awarded business advocate of the year at the 4KIDS annual Honors Night awards dinner. We support their work by matching every employee donation up to $2,500, organizing drives for toy and school supply donations, and participating in fundraising events each year. Read more about our work with 4KIDS here!
