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Lori Flowers has created a reputation for building up charitable events in the New Bern, North Carolina, area. For years, she’s devoted her time and organizational talents to planning successful fundraisers — from pulling a firetruck to support a local boy with muscular dystrophy to a 40-mile bike ride raising funds for Parkinson’s research. ... Read More

For Tim Temples, a shipper at our lumber mill in Longview, Washington, volunteering starts with a simple question: What’s my purpose? A number of years ago, Tim took time to reflect on what mattered most to him and how he wanted to show up in the world. The answer pointed clearly toward community — and action. Since then, Tim has poured his time, energy and skills into a wide range of volunteer efforts, from supporting local schools and senior living facilities to improving conditions at homeless shelters. ... Read More

Lana Bru, operations business analyst for our Distribution business, says she doesn’t remember what sparked her passion for vervet monkeys. But her love for them runs so deep she spends nearly all her vacation time working with the creatures. ... Read More

Growing up in Kenya, Abdul Nunow experienced firsthand the profound impacts of generosity. “Volunteer organizations were a big help to my family growing up in a refugee camp in Kenya,” he says. “As an adult living on the other side of the world, donating my time to a good cause feels like a small way to return the kindness we received.” ... Read More

Every March since 2006, Tim Woodland has suited up in full firefighting gear and climbed 69 flights of stairs inside Seattle’s Columbia Center, the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi River. He joins hundreds of firefighters in this annual fundraising event (which you can read more about in this Roots story from 2019.) ... Read More