AFL Atlanta Presents $6,500 to United Way of Greater Atlanta

15/06/2015

Spartanburg, SC – AFL associates in Atlanta donated $6,500 to United Way of Greater Atlanta. This year’s one-week campaign was more personal and focused on educating associates about the need in the community. Themed “United in Caring—Paint a Brighter Tomorrow,” the campaign raised awareness of where funding goes.

“One of AFL’s core values is community,” commented Mike Booth, president of services for AFL. “We want to help others in our community with a hand up and through this campaign we believe we will have a positive effect on the lives of families.” 

The campaign kicked off with a lunch for associates and presentation from Swetha Gupta, engagement director for United Way of Gwinnett County. Additionally, Quintasha Swanson, a graduate of the Way to Work Program with Families First, spoke about how United Way and the funding they receive impacted her family’s life.

The campaign culminated with a service day when associates gathered to paint ceramic tiles that were donated to Good Samaritan, United Way’s local health clinic partner, to brighten up the health clinic. Good Samaritan fills a huge health need in Gwinnett County by providing affordable and quality healthcare services to the homeless and uninsured.

Four additional AFL locations participated in this year’s United Way campaign including Spartanburg, SC, Belmont, NH, Lowell, MA, and Tukwila, WA. All AFL locations that participated generated $196,000 for United Way. 

For more information about AFL and its community impact, visit www.AFLglobal.com. 

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AFL provides industry-leading products and services to the electric utility, broadband, communications, factory, enterprise, wireless and transit rail markets as well as the emerging markets of oil and gas, mining, nuclear, avionics, medical, renewable and intelligent grid. The company’s diverse product portfolio includes fiber optic cable, transmission and substation accessories, outside plant equipment, connectors, fusion splicers, test equipment and training. AFL’s service portfolio includes market-leading positions with the foremost communications companies supporting inside plant central office, EF&I, outside plant, enterprise and wireless areas.

Founded in 1984, AFL is proud to offer engineering expertise, exceptional products and reliable service that help our customers improve their critical and electrical infrastructure. AFL has operations in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company is headquartered in Spartanburg, SC, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujikura Ltd. of Japan. For more information, visit www.AFLglobal.com. 

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