July 2009
June 2009 | Books for Talking Library Provide New Vision to the Blind
Just think what you would miss if you were blind and couldn't read: no thriller, no Harry Potter, no romantic novel and no course book that you can simply pick up at a bookstore and sit down with. |
May 2009 | Support for homeless through Star of Hope
Funds from the Community Program - and the time and effort put in by AkzoNobel Houston - allowed furniture and baby clothing to be purchased by the Star of Hope Center, supporting many abused or single women with children who have fallen on hard times. |
April 2009 | A great boost for North Carolina Special Olympics
North Carolina's Special Olympics received a nice boost in volunteers from AkzoNobel's Industrial Finishes High Point, North Carolina Operations and financial support from AkzoNobel's Community Program. |
March 2009February 2009January 2009 | Breakfast club keep poor children healthy
It may seem an easy task, but providing a healthy nourishing breakfast to the children from a primary school in a disadvantaged area in Sydney, 40 weeks per year, is a major operation. |
December 2008November 2008October 2008 | A helping hand for Bangalore
When Car Refinishes Managing Director in Bangalore, Sudhakar Dantiki, heard that the neighboring elementary Telugu School was plagued by its rather unfortunate proximity to the local market, he decided to give the school a helping hand. |
September 2008August 2008 | Dreams come true at Doolittle Park
More than 1,000 community volunteers combined to create a 12,000 square foot community playground in North Moses Lake, Washington — all in just 5 days work. |
July 2008 | Getting back in the saddle
Decorative Paints in Greece (Vivechrom) have played a very active role in their community. One of their projects supported the Therapeutic Riding Association of Greece (TRAG), helping them to get started with some hands-on voluntary work. |
June 2008 | Fairytales comes true at Experience Park
AkzoNobel employees from Functional Chemicals in Herkenbosch have cleared up a large area of woodland in Heel to create a stimulating recreational area where disabled people can enjoy the local nature and explore the great outdoors. |
May 2008 | Breaking the cycle of poverty
Close to 20,000 bikes were assembled, built and delivered to children from deprived families in Houston and the surrounding areas as part of the Elves and More program. |
April 2008March 2008February 2008January 2008 | Local beauty spot restored by Akzo Nobel volonteers
Akzo Nobel employees from our Amersfoort Chemicals office recently took part in a challenging project to clean up a local nature spot. Their hard work has given the general public a beautiful place to walk in a picturesque part of Holland. |
December 2007 | 50 wooden houses painted in slums of Buenos Aires
A major team effort took place in Argentina when all employees at Decorative Coatings in Buenos Aires teamed up twice. Together with more than 100 university students they helped the capital’s poorest families living in the slums to get a decent roof over their heads. |
November 2007October 2007 | Community center clean-up helps underprivileged families
Almost 50 Chicago-based employees from the BU’s Polymer Chemicals, Surfactants, Functional Chemicals/Chelates, and AkzoNobel. banded together this spring to do a day of clean-up and planting at the community center at ABLA. |
September 2007 | 'School of the street' links children back to families
'LÉcole de la Rue’ ('School of the Street') is an organization aimed at 6 to 18 year olds who have fallen out of the education system and spend much of their time on the local streets. By organizing joint activities, they try to re-establish the link between the children and their families. |
August 2007 | Back to school
The 44 children of a pre-elementary school in Hacienda San Jose — located near the Car Refinishes site in Garcia Nuevo León in Mexico — have found many ‘godfathers and godmothers’ from AkzoNobel. |
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