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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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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."
