GIVING BACK

In 2021, Acuity started the Book Fairy Program for Cape View Elementary School, a Title 1 school located near its Cape Canaveral office. With more than 40 students unable to participate in the annual Book Fair that year due to significant losses resulting from COVID-19, Acuity stepped in to raise enough funds to purchase books for these students as well as books for every kindergarten and first grade class at Cape View. Since its inception, Acuity’s Book Fairy Program has helped more than 100 students receive books.

Acuity committed an initial $250,000 toward a new scholarship campaign with the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS). The campaign, called “We Share the Future,” will raise money to provide students from diverse communities across Iraq with access to higher education. AUIS students majoring in Engineering and Medical Laboratory Sciences who have completed one to two years of undergraduate study will be eligible for scholarships.

Acuity donated more than 1,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) items to answer the call put out by the Brevard County Emergency Management Operations Center (EOC) requesting PPE and supplies supporting local hospital workers and emergency responders. Utilizing Acuity’s Mobile Medical Unit (MMU), Acuity representatives delivered 1,000 masks, 150 boxes of gloves, and 10 cartons of gowns to aid local long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Acuity employees participated in a reading party for kids at the Pajama Program Reading Center/Atlanta. The Pajama Program provides storybooks and pajamas to children nationwide who are experiencing challenges beyond their control. The Acuity Atlanta team read books to the children, and our employees generously contributed sets of pajamas, books, and more than $1,000 to support the Pajama Program.

As part of an ongoing community outreach program at Balad Air Force Base, Acuity employees initiated a school supply drive to support the local community and children around the base. More than half of the base’s employees are Iraqis, with many living with their families in the immediate surrounding area. School supplies were collected from employees returning from R&R and financial donations were made to purchase additional supplies locally. More than 400 backpacks filled with supplies were distributed to local children.

Flooding in the Al Garraf area of Iraq caused substantial water damage to classrooms at the local school. Responding to a plea for assistance, employees from Acuity’s Risk Management team donated a portable cabin to the school in Al Mutliej Village. The cabin, which is now being used as the main office and a classroom, helped restore a sense of normalcy for the more than 100 students who attend the school.