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THE TRANSFIELD SERVICES BUSINESS MAGAZINE42transfieldservices.comResponsetime[Out and about]ClothingdrivesInfrastructure’s Richmond, Virginia office held a clothing drivein December 2011 to help two local families in need during theholidays. Employees donated new clothes, shoes, and toys foreight children, ranging in ages from two to 16.The Richmond office worked with two local agencies thatprovide essential services for individuals and families in thearea: The Urban League of Greater Richmond, which operatesvarious programs that provide housing, employment andother services geared at helping the community prosper; andAll Family Matters, Inc., which provides individual and familycounselling/therapy, crisis intervention and casemanagement services.“The donations provided by Transfield Services made atremendous impact,” says Jamal Kelly, one of the counsellors atAll Family Matters. “I was there with the family on Christmas Day,and they were ecstatic about the gifts they received.”Meanwhile, Resources and Energy employeesat our Valero Benicia site in northern Californiadonated blankets and jackets during the holidayseason for those in need.What started out as a small donation boxquickly grew into two full barrels of blankets andjackets in one week. Site management originallyplanned to have a friendly competition to driveparticipation, but soon found that employees needed littlemotivation to give back to the community.All donations were taken to the Vacaville Storehouse, adistribution centre for food and clothing to families inneed including a young family who had recently foundthemselves homeless.THE POWER OF DOING GOODBY MARKETING MANAGER, RESOURCES AND ENERGY, LEASA BEASLEYHarnessing the power of our 27,000-strongworkforce is an opportunity not lost on ourexecutive management team. And, they areusing their power for good.SUPPORTING THEHOMELESSOur Managing Director and CEO, PeterGoode, is set to take part in the annualVinnie’s CEO Sleepout for the third time.Last year, thanks to the generous support ofTransfield Services’ employees and clients,Peter was able to donate $35,495 and wasthe 10th largest fundraiser in Australia.Monies raised go towards St Vincent dePaul’s homeless services across the country.PAVING THE WAYFOR WOMEN IN THEWORKFORCEIn 2011, our Chief Financial Officer, TiernanO’Rourke, initiated ‘women in the workforce’presentations, inviting employee’s seniorhigh school daughters to attend the seminar.“Young women need to get avariety of career advice and helpin addition to their school careersadvisors, families and workexperience. That was one of ourkey aims in hosting this forum,”Tiernan says.Presentations to date have beenheld in North Sydney, Adelaideand Melbourne offices, hostedrespectively by Tiernan, formerGeneral Manager, South Australia,Adam Machon and GeneralManager, Victoria, David Videroni.And, with inspirational womenoffering career advice, includingfrom Engineering and ConstructionMarketing Manager, Georgina Chesterfieldand Executive Officer, Sonny McFetridge.FEEDING THE HUNGRYIn February this year, our Chief ExecutiveMarketing and Investments, SteveMacDonald, took part in the CEO CookOff.The event brought together 30 celebritychefs and 132 CEOs from aroundJulie Goodwin simmers with Steve MacDonald and the rest ofthe team.Australia to raise awareness and funds forAustralia’s food rescue charity, OzHarvestand Mission Australia.With the help of the inaugural winner ofthe Masterchef television program, JulieGoodwin, Steve helped feed 1,000 people inneed with a menu of mushroom soup, spicedand sliced beef on flat bread accompaniedby salad and a boat of guacamole, salsa andcream and a tart for dessert.
transfieldservices.comTHE TRANSFIELD SERVICES BUSINESS MAGAZINE43Walking thetalkSeveral projects from Infrastructure in the US recentlyparticipated in charity events in their communities and raisedmore than US$3,500 for medical research.In October, employees from the Space Coast projectparticipated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walkin Viera, Florida and raised $285 to benefit the AmericanCancer Society.Also in October, several employees from the Osceola 192project in Florida took part in the 2011 Pro Am Golf Tournament benefiting people living withmultiple sclerosis. Transfield Services also provided a $1,500 donation in support of the event.In November, seven of Infrastructure’s projects participated in the St Jude Give thanks Walkthat took place in 80 cities across the United States. Employees at the Tampa, Winter Garden,and Miami, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Richmond, Virginia offices took part in thesewalks and raised US $1,800 for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premierpediatric cancer research centres.Employeesfrom our USInfrastructurebusiness tookpart in charityevents toraise moneyfor medicalresearch.Thanks to the generous donations fromTransfield Services employees and theCompany matching all donations, Steveraised $10,720.WALKING FOR ACAMBODIAN SCHOOLOur Chief Risk and Legal Officer, KateMunnings, walked 50 kilometres in October2011 for the Cambodia Schools Project, whichraises money to fund the construction ofschools in Cambodia.Organised by Queenwood School in Sydney,Kate participated in the walk from PalmBeach to Balmoral Beach with her daughter,Meaghan. Kate and Meaghan raised $700,and overall the school raised $8,000. All ofthe money went to building a new classroomand bathroom facilities at a school inCambodia. Twenty of the girls travelled toCambodia in December to assist with theconstruction and help out in classes.We would love to hear from our leadersand employees around the worldabout their sustainability initiativesin the workplace. Please emailcorporateaffairs@transfieldservices.comwith your stories, and we will publishthese in our next issue.Amy goes to“Beautiful Lengths”For as long as Amy Kemp, Senior Staff Accountant at TransfieldServices Americas, can remember, she’s had long hair. But a yearand a half ago, Amy decided to let her hair grow even longer.“My plan was to grow it out as long as I could formy wedding,” Amy says, “and then donate it toBeautiful Lengths.”Pantene Beautiful Lengths, together withHairUWear, works closely with the AmericanCancer Society to produce wigs for womenfaced with hair loss from cancer treatment.The American Cancer Society distributesthe wigs to female cancer patients at nocost. It takes approximately six ponytails tocreate one wig.Two days after returning from herhoneymoon in November 2011, Amy cut off10 inches (25cm) of hair and donated it tothis worthy cause.“It was easy, free and for such a greatcause,” Amy says. “Women sufferingfrom cancer have enough to worry aboutwithout having to think about their hair.”Amy before andafter with her newshorter “do”.
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