STRATEGIC Lends a Helping Hand in the Community

Giving back to our community is an integral part of the spirit that drives the culture at STRATEGIC. We recognize all that the NYC community provides us and feel a moral obligation to give back when we can. On July 24, 2007 STRATEGIC took our hard work from 31st Street to Corona Park to complete our annual community service project. Under sunny skies in Queens, we spent the day improving the city park and making it a more enjoyable place for everyone. We began the day picking up trash around the property, making the park safer, sanitary, and visually appealing to the hundreds of people who use the facilities on a daily basis.

Next we grabbed some paint, rollers, and brushes and showed off our artistic abilities. While one group of the STRATEGIC staff repainted light-poles throughout the park, the other painted benches that were in desperate need of a touch up. Both groups succeeded in making the park look newer and brighter. At the end of the afternoon, we truly felt that we had left the park better than we found it.

Looking at the work we completed, Corona Park staff member Kathy Dallojacano said "this was a great group of hard working people who went above and beyond what we expected from them. Corona Park is grateful to have such great volunteers who care so much about improving our parks and our city." We felt just as fortunate to be able to have a positive impact on such a beautiful park and give back to the city that has been so great to us. We all have work to do, clients to service, and places to be...but every once in a while we take a step back and get involved trying to improve our community by taking ourselves and our agency to a place they've never been.