As part of a yearlong 75th anniversary celebration, Crowe CEO Jim Powers challenged personnel to volunteer 75,000 hours in their communities, more than double the number of volunteer hours from the previous year.
“Not only did our people meet the 75,000-hour challenge, they crushed it,” said Powers. “By the end of the challenge, we volunteered 82,000 hours, the equivalent of providing 39 full-time people at the nonprofits we served.” Two-thirds of personnel volunteered during the year, well above the industry norm of 31 percent. Using data from Independent Sector, the volunteer hours translate to an economic impact of more than $2 million for the nonprofits.
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8368851-crowe-personnel-volunteer-75000-hours/
Flooded vehicles have finally stopped arriving at the Royal Purple Raceway east of Houston. Some 23,000 now await processing and retitling to be auctioned off for parts or to be scrapped. That is just one of several insurance industry salvage locations where more than 422,000 insured vehicles damaged by Harvey have been taken for processing. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), these totals surpass the number of claims that resulted from Hurricane Katrina (approx. 300,000) and from Superstorm Sandy (250,500).
In addition, more than 215,000 claims have been filed following damage to vehicles from Hurricane Irma in Florida.
These insured vehicles will be processed and rebranded with a salvage title and sold at online auctions to dismantlers who will save usable parts or have the vehicle crushed and sold for scrap.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/76652512-nicb-reports-record-number-of-hurricane-flooded-vehicles/
In December 2012, we posted an OnSafety blog, warning of furniture, television and appliance-related tip-over incidents. At that time, CPSC reported nearly 350 deaths, most involving young children. Since then, more than 80 people have died when a dresser, TV, bookcase, table, appliance or other large item tipped over and fell on them. A new report from our staff indicates that 430 tragic deaths occurred between 2000 and 2013, and an estimated 38,000 annual injuries, many of which were serious, from 2011 through 2013.
In most of the incidents, a child was crushed by the product or struck on the head by the product. What is remarkable is the number of families who have turned tragedy into advocacy. Jackie Collas, a Philadelphia-area resident, is using social media to honor her son, Curren, and encourage parents to anchor their furniture. Lisa Seifert of Chicago created Shane’s Foundation to honor her precious son and to increase awareness, education and safety.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7085251-cpsc-reports-430-tip-over-deaths-anchor-it-and-protect-a-child/
Wish upon a Falling Star (A Nation gone Bad)!
Wishing & praying for a nation of Liberty and Justice,
To replace a culture of wanting something for nothing!
Knowing the truth will set you free,
By trusting in the mighty strength of God with take you forward!
Even though crushed to the bottom of moral decay,
Even though it looks impossible to gain victory,
God that will preserve those that seek Him!
There is a time to stand up for righteousness, that is, Gods Righteousness and not our own devised corrupted self-imposed bent on evil self-righteousness!
A spiritual war is upon us,
A time to Pray for Gods Angles to take our side to fight our battles!
Politicians can’t solve our problem and don’t know how to get us back to God,
Somehow we think they can and then believe a lie!
Is there life or breath in us yet?
Can the true Church, the body of believers in Christ wake up?
Is there anyone to stand up for God’s righteousness?
We know in the last days there will be persecution of the Church but why not stand up for righteousness in this time before the coming of Jesus Christ?
Will Christ come back for a lukewarm body of believers or to those that put on the full armor and breast plate of God?
Even if we are in the End times, we still need to stand up for God’s Truth in a decaying age!
