Union College Receives Donation from NCS Pearson

Pictured above are: Lee Ann Luxenberger, coordinator for Union College Common Partners Program, Chrystal Pridemore, co-coordinator for the Union College Repair Affair, Alana Hammons, operations manager for NCS Pearson, and Sherry Swafford, coordinating lead and chairperson for Charitable Giving Committee.

Union College recently received a $1,500 donation from NCS Pearson. The donation is earmarked for the college's annual Repair Affair fund. Each year, members of the Union College family spend an entire day making much-needed home repairs for those Knox County families who either can't afford or aren't able to make repairs themselves. Typically, several teams of students, administrators, faculty members, and friends of the college build wheelchair ramps, repair roofs, and do a lot of interior and exterior painting to as many as ten homes in one day.

According to Sherry Swafford, coordinating lead at NCS Pearson, the company believes in giving back to the communities they work in. They do this in two ways, they make corporate contributions on a national level to not-for-profit and charitable organizations that are engaged in activity that is in alignment with their overall business interest. They also make contributions at the local level in communities where they have large numbers of employees. The company is located in Corbin, KY and employs around 300 members of the community.

This year, Union students Chrystal Pridemore and Elizabeth "Dudley" McKenna will serve as the Repair Affair project co-coordinator. "We are very grateful to the contribution by NCS Pearson," Pridemore said. "I look forward to putting the money back into the community where it is needed most."

June 8, 2005

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