GWC Warranty Donates To Janet Weis Children’s Hospital
WILKES-BARRE, Penn. – GWC Warranty, the best-in-class provider of used vehicle service contracts sold through automotive dealers, recently completed a toy drive to benefit the annual toy shop at Geisinger Health System’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.
Thanks to toy and monetary donations from GWC Warranty employees across the country, on Tuesday, December 19, GWC donated hundreds of toys to help families of hospitalized children shop for holiday gifts.
Employees pictured with GWC Warranty’s donation are (from left): Kelli Vinciarelli, Executive Assistant and Alyssa Tamburelli, Finance Assistant.
The toy drive donation caps off a charitable year for GWC Warranty in which employees contributed to a Christmas in July Food Drive sponsored by the United Way of Wyoming Valley and adopted the sixth grade class at Wilkes-Barre’s Dodson Elementary. The company also sponsored two trucks as part of the Commission on Economic Opportunity’s Food 4 Kids Summer Program, which supplies summertime meals for children who do not receive the same nutritional support that they do during the school year.
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