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#iiGivesBack: We’re really proud of the work our staff does at the firm - but even more proud of the long list of organizations they volunteer their time to! And, ii offers paid volunteer hours each month to help further support staff giving back to our community. Today’s featured organization that ii staff volunteer at: Chena Goldstream Fire and Rescue Our Business Director, Anna, has served on their board since 2010 and had this to share about why she chooses to donate her time to CGFR: "Chena Goldstream is my local fire service district and the largest in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The department’s staff and active duty volunteers put in hundreds of hours of training and continuing education every year to maintain their emergency medical and fire fighting certifications. Everyone from the Fire Chief to the student interns care deeply about serving the residents of the borough and responding to emergencies in a quick, professional, and caring manner. It has been an amazing mix of fun, learning, and challenges during my time on the Board and I feel so privileged to be a part of CGFR!" Chena Goldstream Fire & Rescue is a nonprofit volunteer fire and emergency services department that serves the Chena Ridge, Rosie & Cripple Creek, and Goldstream communities in Fairbanks, Alaska. They have served the residents of the fire service area since 1977 - first as a subscription-based service and then as a voter-established FNSB service area starting in 1985. Learn more about this awesome organization: http://www.cgfr.com/ See the full list of organizations that we volunteer at on our website! . . . . . #InformationInsights #InfoInsights #consultant #consultants #consulting #ConsultingFirm #BusinessConsultant #facilitation #research #analysis #SurveyResearch #OrganizationalSupport #StrategicPlanning #BusinessPlanning #TechnicalAssistance #PublicEngagement #GrantWriting #GrantSupport #GrantAdministration #SocialMediaSupport #CampaignPlanning #fairbanks #palmer #MatSu #ak #alaska -Posted by OneUp

What is Homes for Heroes and why are we part of it? #Homesforheroes is a nationwide team of specialists dedicated to giving back and serving our community Heroes including firefighters, law enforcement, military, healthcare workers, and teachers. These Heroes work hard to serve and better our communities every day. Through our partnership with #homesforheroes we are able to give back by offering a home benefit program exclusively for these Heroes to help them save some money when you’re buying or selling as our small way to say Thank You. But it’s not just the home benefit program, we are here to help serve locally in a variety of ways. Homes for Heroes has a nonprofit foundation that can assist with grants in times of need that’s given back over a half million dollars to nonprofits that benefit heroes in need. Also, we love being able to help recognize and honor some of the outstanding heroes throughout the year. We just completed our first Teacher Holiday Giveaway this month and are looking forward to other opportunities to recognize and celebrate other Heroes in our community. At Gamble Realty Group, it's more than just real estate. It's about building community. To learn more about the extraordinary Hero Rewards with our Homes for Heroes Program contact us today. #comeandbuyit #gamblerealtygroup #sanantoniorealestate #sanantoniorealtor #HomesForHeroes #HeroHomeRewards #HeroesInRealEstate #GratitudeInHousing #SupportOurHeroes #RealEstateWithHeart #CommunityHeroes #HeroicHomeownership #ExtraordinarySavings #HeroClients #DreamHomeMagic #HomeSweetHome #RealEstateDreams #HouseHuntingAdventures #HomeownershipJourney #RealEstateExperts #DreamHomeGoals #UnlockingDreams #RealEstateWisdom #KeysToHome

This photo speaks volumes! Amazing work! "WOW! Read about this amazing rescue performed by New York City Fire Department (FDNY) “An intense high-rise fire in New York City injured 43 civilians, firefighters and police officers. Two people were transported to a hospital in critical condition and two were in serious condition. FDNY posted an account of the rescue on Instagram. It reads, in part: “Our first units were confronted with heavy fire at the front door, blocking the occupants only means of egress. This required a herculean team effort from our members. In total we put four of our members on a lifesaving rope. We train on that; we train on all of our procedures often. FDNY procedures fundamentally value the team effort, individuals execute that. That is what we saw inside the fire building, outside the fire building with members being lowered. We started with a member who was lowered down, he realized the victim hanging out the window was caught on the child gate. That rope system was reset and another Firefighter was lowered to the victim and held onto the victim. A member was able to get the window gate freed, this allowed the whole weight of the victim to be on a Firefighter. He was then lowered by the team above to the floor below with the victim. A fourth Firefighter then went on rope from and was lowered to the floor below, at that point the inside team was able to remove the additional victims from inside the apartment.” Firefighter Artur Podgorski stated: “When moments like this happen, there’s no room for mistakes. You have to work together, It’s not just one person on the rope.” (story obtained from FireRescue1, edited for length, give them a follow for more amazing stories about our heroic firefighters)" Source: projecthumanize_official . Story shared from my amazing team over at @FirstRespondersBenefitAssociation . #police #policeofficer #cop #cops #sheriff #deputy #policeman #lawenforcement #firstresponder #emergency #thinblueline #k9 #CorrectionsOfficer #ThinGrayLine #dispatch #charity #giveback #nonprofit #causes #frba

🐾 Today, let's honor our four-legged heroes on #K9VeteransDay by showing our support in various ways: 🔹 Donate to K-9 Organizations: Support groups dedicated to caring for retired military and police dogs. Your contributions help provide medical care, rehabilitation, and adoption services. 🔹 Volunteer: Offer your time and skills to assist K-9 organizations with dog care, training, or fundraising events. 🔹 Adopt or Foster: Consider giving a loving home to retired K-9s available for adoption or foster care. 🔹 Attend K-9 Events: Participate in gatherings, parades, or memorial ceremonies to pay tribute to these incredible dogs. 🔹 Purchase K-9 Merchandise: Show your support by buying K-9-themed items, with proceeds often benefiting K-9 programs. Every gesture counts in making a difference for our courageous K-9 companions. 🐾 #K9VeteransDay #SupportOurK9s #Thankyou #Police1 #Lexipol #P1

An Open Letter to the Community from Our Technical Director 🤝 As a volunteer firefighter with the Paraparaumu Fire Brigade, I have decided that from now on, Kiwinove IT Solutions will donate a portion of the profits from all our managed services to the local volunteer fire brigade in the areas where our customers are headquartered. Don't worry; we are not increasing prices to cover this decision. We are taking this money from our own pockets. Despite our prices already being the lowest in the market, we are also freezing them to help our customers navigate this financial crisis. We will not adjust any of these prices until this crisis ends. We will not let you down. We are business partners, and our success depends on your success too. This decision will not only help keep your business safer but also benefit the entire community that consumes your products or services. Warm regards, Marlon Adam Technical Director https://lnkd.in/g_xMRpCV #community #communitysupport #CommunityEngagement #communityservice #social #socialwork #volunteer #volunteerfirefighter #managedservices

Besides the American Red Cross and the Humane Society in Helene affected areas, also consider donating to groups coming into rescue with vital supplies to cut off Mountainous areas. There are mule teams going in. Also helicopters. These are the people coming from far and wide to help as there are so many people in need. The groups doing helicopter drops need fuel, and access to fuel. Any thing any body and can to help this process please make the time to do it. United Cajun Navy is one such group flying in life saving supplies. I contact them to find out about making donations and what they needed. I was told, fuel. And Access to more fuel. Too let's stop talking about politics and who won a debate or not and get down to taking care who are in and face unsurmountable challenges. If this organization isn't your thing, find one that is and donate money and time to helping if you can not be physically there. Whether it's American Red Cross, Humane Society, private corporations willing to help, non-profit organizations already on the ground,all of us need to pitch in. It may not have been you and your family this time, but next time? Respond. https://lnkd.in/gUiTK3Vn

Oh wow, this photo speaks volumes to the pressure and intense moments firefighters are put in. WOW. Thank you all for your service! "Full steam ahead! ♨️ How hot does it get in a structure fire? Despite what you have seen in the movies, firefighters will always stay low and crawl in a fire. Because heat rises, the hottest area in an enclosed space will be the ceiling. Firefighters aren’t directly exposed to those temperatures at the ceiling, (which can quickly rise to over 1,000 degrees) but even at 200-300 degrees, that puts a ton of stress on the firefighters. The temperature inside the turnouts can be up to 160 degrees! During a fire, a “rehab area” is set up. In most departments, when working at a fire, once a firefighter goes through a certain amount of air bottles they must go to the firefighter rehab area. This procedure is put in place to protect firefighters from overheating. It allows a chance to cool off, rest and get some water so that they can go back to work without getting themselves or someone else hurt." . Source: calfiresandiego . Story shared from my amazing team over at @FirstRespondersBenefitAssociation . #police #policeofficer #cop #cops #sheriff #deputy #policeman #lawenforcement #firstresponder #emergency #thinblueline #k9 #CorrectionsOfficer #ThinGrayLine #dispatch #charity #giveback #nonprofit #causes #frba

Today is Helplines Awareness Day, and what better opportunity to show a wave of support to the modern-day slavery & exploitation helplines that have helped support numerous individuals over the years? Big shout out to national charities like Unseen UK and The Salvation Army UK and Ireland Territory for providing modern-day slavery & exploitation helplines and working tirelessly to provide information, advice and guidance about modern slavery issues to: ✔️Potential victims and survivors ✔️The public ✔️Statutory agencies such as the NHS and police ✔️Businesses Modern slavery is closer than you think. There could be victims of exploitation working in domestic servitude or forced labour literally on your street. Please, please, please report anything suspicious, even if you're wrong; it doesn't matter. You never know. Your phone could be the difference that changes someone's life from enslaved to freedom. #helplinesawarenessday2024 #notforprofit #theantislaverycollective #knowmorein24

Human traffickers exploit vulnerabilities to recruit victims, a practice that extends to targeting individuals in foster care. Factors like a lack of consistent familial guidance, limited social connections, and the absence of a secure home environment render these individuals more susceptible to coercion and manipulation. #HumanTraffickingAwareness #TechThatProtects #HumanTraffickingPrevention #Nonprofit #Charity #ItEndsHere #Trafficking #HumanTrafficking

Yesterday I joined a free active bystander training session funded by Transport for London. The session was led by the identity-based violence prevention charity, Protection Approaches and has been developed in partnership with (besea.n (Britain's East and South East Asian Network). It is the first online workshop since COVID that I have found to be thought provoking, engaging and educational. It's really important that as individuals we do what we can to protect ourselves, as well as others in the spaces we exist in. #ActiveBystander #Harrassment #Training #EDI #HateCrime