On Nov. 4, the Webcor South Bay team gathered at Arena Green Park in downtown San Jose for its third community clean-up of the year. Together, the team picked up 22 10-gallon bags’ worth of trash in just a few hours.

Webcor partnered with the city’s “Beautify SJ” program to obtain supplies for the event. The Beautify SJ program provides trash-grabbers, trash bags, gloves, vests, and trash pickup in exchange for volunteers’ time. It is an amazing way to clean up the city without holding volunteers responsible for the fees associated with trash pickup.

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“I was very happy to have the opportunity to volunteer at the community clean-up in San Jose twice this year,” says Sr. Project Accountant Mona Pacheco. “Working side-by-side with my fellow Webcorians to make a small difference at the local park gave me a great sense of community. I don’t live or work in San Jose, but I was born and raised in the Bay Area, so I was just helping my neighbor.”

While the event was organized in the South Bay, it was open to all employees. The clean-up team included volunteers from the SJSU SAC project, Google, Carlysle, the Alameda office, Munger, and the Estimating team. The goal of the Community Clean-up was to not only show appreciation for our community, but also to encourage Webcorians to socialize with those whom they may not typically.

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“This was a time for unstructured, non-work-related conversation. This is something I get to do with my SJSU SAC team, but not something I’ve done before with the rest of the San Jose team,” says Project Engineer Adam Lutz.

Overall, the event was a day full of fun and giving back. “Events like this really help me appreciate that Webcor is more than the ‘8 a.m. – 5 p.m. behind my laptop.’ With the right team… even the mundane (e.g. picking up trash) cannot stop us from having a good time and doing good for the community,” says Sr. Director Craig Blinston.

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