Ten Answers Systems employees spent Friday, August 5, serving the Tampa Bay Community through volunteer efforts at Big Cat Rescue, the world’s largest accredited sanctuary for exotic cats. At first, the Florida sun made it seem like this might be an impossible task, but volunteers pushed through the heat as we offered our washing and tree trimming skills in order to maintain the property and make it appealing to visitors.
Once done with volunteering, Answers Systems employees were given a special treat for all their hard work and effort. As a special treat, we got to take a tour of the sanctuary. The tour guide at Big Cat Rescue was great and very knowledgeable about the big cats. We were informed of several different species and were told stories of how the big cats got there under less than perfect circumstances. Once receiving the tour it was clear that all the hard work in the blistering Florida heat was well worth it. We plan our Fall project to be with Feeding America Tampa Bay Chapter in November.
Answers Systems feels it’s important to have a community service day benefit for employees. Not only does it give Answers Systems employees an opportunity to enrich their own lives by helping others: it’s also a way to give back to the community which they live in. Community service projects assemble employees that may not have the opportunity to work together otherwise. It creates outlets for employees to demonstrate and develop skills they can bring back to the office such as leadership, teamwork, and communication.
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