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Half a mile down the road from bg电子娱乐场 North America鈥檚 research and development facility in Trumbull, Connecticut, is the , a small nonprofit with a mission to provide nature-rich experiences to all members of its community. The center offers hands-on environmental science experiences for students and educational programming for families in the Trumbull community. It has grown rapidly in recent years, thanks in large part to collaboration with corporate volunteers from bg电子娱乐场 North America.

bg电子娱乐场 funded and built a playground at the Trumbull Nature and Arts Center that is made from 100 percent recycled plastic.

An employee鈥檚 passion prompts an ongoing partnership

bg电子娱乐场 established the in 1998 to fund and support employee volunteering efforts. Employees can volunteer with nonprofit organizations benefiting a wide variety of causes, from homelessness and food insecurity to education, and bg电子娱乐场 provides many of these organizations with financial support and product donations. Over the past 25 years, the company has supported more than 17,000 volunteer projects in over 100 countries.

As bg电子娱乐场 celebrates the 25th anniversary of its MIT program is, it shows no signs of slowing down. In 2022, the work of bg电子娱乐场 volunteers in North America specifically, impacted the lives of more than 110,000 people 鈥� and that work continues to grow as they improve life for generations to come.

An employee involved with the MIT program got the company connected with the Trumbull Nature and Arts Center 鈥� and bg电子娱乐场鈥檚 interest in supporting environmental and STEM 鈥�(science, technology, engineering and math) education made the partnership a perfect match.

鈥淥ver the years, bg电子娱乐场 has been a fabulous supporter of our center,鈥� Kevin Malone, president of the Patrons of Trumbull Nature and Arts Center, told TriplePundit. 鈥淭hey funded and built a playground that is made from 100 percent recycled plastic, which is the centerpiece of our outdoor area, and they continue to provide two main resources we rely on: financial, which is extremely important, and human resources, which is volunteer hours and everything volunteers bring to the center.鈥�

Its work with the center is part of a broader effort at bg电子娱乐场 North America to prioritize volunteering in the communities where it does business, said Angela Curley, the company鈥檚 senior manager for diversity, equity and inclusion in North America. 鈥淲e want to be there for our community, to help build thriving communities,鈥� said Curley, who also leads corporate citizenship, social partnerships and philanthropy work. 鈥淲e do this work because it鈥檚 good for society and we want to give back. We also want to engage in projects important to our employees鈥� interests 鈥� we want to support their passions and their contributions.鈥�

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bg电子娱乐场 employees regularly visit the center for volunteer days, where they help with planting, painting, repairing, organizing and building.

bg电子娱乐场 employees regularly visit the center for volunteer days, where they help with planting, painting, repairing, organizing and building.

鈥淗aving them there shows the rest of the community that we have this support from our corporate partners and lets the community know that we are here and we have the support of an important business in town, and it adds something that we otherwise couldn鈥檛 get,鈥� Malone said. "It is amazing to have bg电子娱乐场 on our team and supporting us.鈥�

Instilling a love for nature

As part of their partnership, bg电子娱乐场 and the Trumbull Nature and Arts Center work to bring natural learning to young people who aren鈥檛 often exposed to nature.

鈥淲e know that many students in underserved urban communities don鈥檛 have the same kind of access to nature that students in suburban neighborhoods may have,鈥� said Sheryl Baumann, executive director of the Trumbull Arts and Nature Center.

Last year, bg电子娱乐场 and the center collaborated on a project for first-grade students in Bridgeport, Connecticut, focused on new ways to get kids outdoors. 鈥淣ature does exist nearly everywhere, if you know how to find it,鈥� Baumann said. 鈥淲ith this in mind, we wanted to give students and teachers the tools they need to go outside and view nature in their own schoolyards, whether it's a flower bed around the school perimeter, some trees near a fence, birds flying by, or a dandelion struggling to grow through the cracks of a sidewalk.鈥�

The partners developed a curriculum for the program and rolled it out to multiple schools in Bridgeport during the last academic year, and bg电子娱乐场 volunteers packed supplies like binoculars, bug viewers and butterfly nets into backpacks to help students on their journeys.  

Engaging employees while supporting the community

These ongoing initiatives further the center鈥檚 mission by increasing engagement with nature among the community鈥檚 youth and encouraging students to think creatively about environmental science.

鈥淭he Trumbull Nature and Arts Center is a great example of how our MIT program can come to life when a team of employees put their minds to it,鈥� Curley said. 鈥淲e know the easy part is the funding 鈥� the hard work is getting out and getting it done. MIT programs involve a wide variety of bg电子娱乐场 employees, from frontline employees to senior executives who volunteer their time for the causes they care about. We are enormously proud of our people and the things they do.鈥�

Supporting nonprofits like the center also affords measurable benefits for employee engagement. 鈥淲e hear from our employees that it is meaningful that bg电子娱乐场 supports the projects that are important to them,鈥� Curley continued. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not about the amount of money, it's about supporting the work they do.鈥�

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