Forest City’s 4th Annual Community Day

Click here for the official news release on Forest City’s 4th Annual Community Day.

More than 1,300 Forest City associates nationwide didn’t spend Friday, June 1, making phone calls, writing memos or balancing budgets. Instead, they planted flowers, built fences and served meals in the communities in which they live and work. For the fourth consecutive year, Forest City associates spent the workday volunteering with local service organizations as part of the company's annual Community Day celebration.

More than 1,300 Forest City associates, led by 56 project managers, contributed 11,000 hours of community service at 44 non-profit groups in 36 cities across the country.

When you add it all up, that’s 50,000 hours of service over the last four years. This year was bigger and better than ever, surpassing last year’s record participation.

While the facts and figures are impressive, the real story of Community Day lives on in the contributions that Forest City’s associates made on this wonderful occasion.

These are a few of the stories of how Community Day changed our communities for the better.

Pittsburgh

Twenty-eight associates from Station Square, The Mall at Robinson, Liberty Center, Coraopolis Towers and Connellsville Towers in Pennsylvania spent Community Day at The Bradley Center, a residential treatment facility that serves abused, neglected and dependent children. Forest City helped kick off a huge renovation effort for the center by remaking a courtyard into a “racetrack” where the children will be able to race their tricycles and scooters.

Community Day Project Manager Melissa Wyatt, The Mall at Robinson and Station Square, worked with Pittsburgh Cares, a group that matches corporations and non-profit organizations, to find a site where Forest City could work with children.

“I think the best thing about this project as a whole would be the laughter and smiles on the children’s faces when they see this project done,” said Kenneth Williamson, Station Square.

Community Day first-timer and Assistant Project Manager Stephanie Fuchs, The Mall at Robinson, agreed. “This is a great fit for us because we actually get to see the kids afterwards and really see what difference our project made for them.”

Washington

Forest City Washington visited the Anthony Bowen Elementary School in southwest Washington, which is located near Forest City’s Waterfront development.

Dan Buckley, marketing manager for Flippo Construction, a local utility contractor working with Forest City Washington, said, “Participating in a community service day with Forest City – it’s rewarding and challenging."

He added, "And it’s enlightening to see a company take a leadership role in the city like Forest City has. You don’t often see people go above and beyond, and when you can find a developer and a company with the type of people that Forest City employs take a lead and rebuild neighborhoods that otherwise would be neglected, it shows a great deal of leadership.”