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March-April Davey Bulletin 2020

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24 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | March/April 2020 STEWARDSHIP WORSHIP AND THE WORKPLACE Ed Gallagher, national operations manager, Davey National Business Development Team, his wife Joan and several other Davey partners travelled to Nairobi, Kenya, for a mission trip as part of a contingent from Cleveland collaborating with ICC Church in Kenya. "We looked at this as an opportunity to partner with a church and come in alongside them to provide coaching, training and teaching. That was our mission," Gallagher said. "We were there to fundamentally help people in their lives through coaching." The group met with several different sports and business groups. One of the professional tools they used was providing DISC Assessments to help individuals and teams to identify their dominant strengths. Gallagher also spoke about how someone can worship in the workplace. "We can do that by our behaviors and soft skills," he said. "By having gentleness, kindness and love in the workplace, instead of having anger or frustrations." Gallagher encourages doing an outreach opportunity within the U.S. or abroad, because as he said, "It will change your life." "Kenyans are the sweetest, most loving people," Gallagher said. " While in Nairobi, Kenya, Ed Gallagher visited the slums to see the living conditions. It was eye opening, according to Gallagher. What struck him was that even though the children living there had nothing, the kids were still smiling and laughing. The same thing we did over there, we can do it here. People could use the same training in the workplace and in their lives anywhere." INTEGRITY Davey donated six trees to the Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland to enhance their playground and eventually shade their building. Jim Jenkins, senior project manager, Davey Resource Group, led the HOPE FOR THE FUTURE A tree planting like this one speaks directly to Davey's core company values, said Jim Jenkins. "Part of Davey's culture is the promotion of the green industry, and any way we can influence future generations toward a broader understanding of the benefits of trees only serves to benefit us in the future," Jenkins said. planting effort. He identified the planting site and coordinated with the Davey Nursery to provide the trees. The six trees were a mix of Kentucky coffee trees, shingle oaks and chinkapin oaks. Students from the Boys & Girls Club assisted Jenkins with the planting of the sixth tree. He was pleasantly surprised by the knowledge the students already possessed about the importance of trees. "It was enlightening for me to know that even at a young age, those children have an innate understanding of why trees are important to us," Jenkins said. "It was encouraging to say the least to know that the generations to follow will have a broader understanding of environmental issues and an appreciation for nature."

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