CBE Employees Choose by “Overwhelming Response” to Donate $6000 to ARM Vets Charity

ARMing Heroes, the collection industry’s charity for military veterans, today announced that the employees of CBE Companies raised and generously donated more than $6,000 to the fifth annual No Debts for Vets Charity Fundraising Drive, which runs from September 11^th through Veterans Day, November 11^th, every year.

CBE’s Jeans for Charity campaign is a voluntary program that runs year-round, allowing employees to wear jeans on Wednesdays in exchange for making weekly charitable contributions through a payroll deduction. Each month, the fundraising committee in each CBE location chooses which charity the funds raised will support. This year the Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa employees chose the No Debts for Vets Charity Fundraising Drive. The three Iowa locations include participation from 775 employees, accounting for more than 90% of its staff in this community.

“Each year a committee is formed to research and narrow down a list of organizations to donate our Jeans for Charity funds,” said Mary Phillips, Chief Human Resources Officer. “Helping veterans had an overwhelming response from employees, as it hits almost everyone personally in one way, shape, or form. The employees’ high level of commitment, graciousness, and interest is simply a sign of doing the right thing and giving back. Their involvement isn’t mandatory, it’s genuine.”