The Camp Sunnyside garden that was adopted and lovingly transformed by the staff of LightEdge Solutions.
In a completely staff run program, the employees of LightEdge Solutions have steadily grown a program of charitable donation and community involvement that has not only helped a variety of worthy causes but has strengthened the personal and work relationships of all the participants.
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April/May 2012 - Delivered transportation themed cut-outs to Kids Camp and helped with opening day carnival activities / set-up to welcome the kids and their families. |
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March 2012 - "Bowl for Kids Sake" a bowling event to raise money for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa. (watch the video) |
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February 2012 – Provided baked goods each Friday in February for the Youth Shelter Services in Des Moines. |
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November 2011 - Combat Hunger volunteers collected canned goods and money at the encampment downtown and sorted the collected food at the Food Bank building. |
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September/October 2011 - Participated in a book drive for Blank Children's Hospital to provide books that could be taken home by patients. |
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August 2011 - LightEdge participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa golf tournament by sponsoring a hole, driving additional donations and of course, golfing. |
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August 2011 - LightEdge groups volunteered over the course of two days at the Food Bank of Iowa to help set-up and then assemble food for their Backpack Buddies program. This program provides food to kids to ensure they have meals on weekends and school holidays. |
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July 2011 - Camp Sunnyside – Adopt-A-Flower Bed. We completely redid the flowerbed / landscaping around the Child Development Center over the course of three intensive days of work! |
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May/June 2011 - Delivered transportation themed cut-outs to Kids Camp and helped with opening day carnival activities / set-up to welcome the kids and their families. |
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April 2011 - donated gardening supplies for their two youth homes’ gardening program used to teach responsibility and gardening skills. |
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March 2011 - Participated in the "pop tab" drive to raise money to assist with operating expenses for the Ronald McDonald House. |
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February 2011 – Provided baked goods each Friday in February for the Youth Shelter Services in Des Moines. |
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August 2010 - LightEdge participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa golf tournament by sponsoring a hole, driving additional donations and of course, golfing. |
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August 2010 – Two LightEdge groups volunteered over the course of two days at the Food Bank of Iowa to help set-up and then assemble food for their Backpack Buddies program. This program provides food to kids to ensure they have meals on weekends and school holidays. |
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June 2010 – Delivered superhero cut-outs to Kids Camp and helped with opening day carnival activities / set-up to welcome the kids and their families.
May 2010 – created superhero life-size cut-outs for the Heart Connection’s Kids and Sibling Camps. |
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April 2010 – Did spring cleaning of the Ronald McDonald House and provided a Saturday night meal for the residents to enjoy. |
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February 2010 – Provided baked goods each Friday in February for the Youth Shelter Services in Des Moines. |
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January 2010 – Volunteered at Central Iowa Shelter to serve lunch for three days at Noon. |
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December 2009 – Clothing drive for the Homeless Shelter in Des Moines (Central Iowa Shelter). We collected winter weather clothing and toiletries to bring with us to the shelter. |
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November 2009 – Combat Hunger. We pulled together three teams over the course of two days. Two teams helped collect canned goods and money at the Combat Hunger area in the early morning and the third team helped organize the food at the Food Bank after they started delivering it. We also held a food drive to contribute to DBT’s Combat Hunger food drive. |
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August 2009 - LightEdge participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa golf tournament by sponsoring a hole, driving additional donations and of course, golfing. |