From left to right, Quintin Murray, Factory Manager; Luneta Louis, Senior Quality Engineer; Susan Everitt; and Matt Conklin, Factory Engineering Manager, and member of the Red Cross Board of Directors.
From left to right, Quintin Murray, Factory Manager; Luneta Louis, Senior Quality Engineer; Susan Everitt; and Matt Conklin, Factory Engineering Manager, and member of the Red Cross Board of Directors.

John Deere receives 2024 Red Cross Good Neighbor Award

John Deere and its employees received the 2024 American Red Cross Good Neighbor Award for their humanitarian contributions to the organization.

As the volunteer partner for the Red Cross “Sound the Alarm” campaign, more than 30 John Deere employees volunteered their time to go door to door with Red Crossers and the Augusta Fire Department installing free smoke alarms and providing fire safety education to families in the Harrisburg Community i October 2023, according to a news release from Susan Everitt, Executive Director of the American Red Cross of East Central GA.

The Red Cross Good Neighbor Award recognizes a local organization that has partnered with the Red Cross to raise awareness of the Red Cross mission and to expand the scope of communities that the Red Cross is able to serve.​ 

“It was truly inspiring working with such dedicated John Deere employees visiting homes, installing smoke alarms, and providing home fire safety education to our neighbors as part of our “Sound the Alarm” campaign.  The employees of John Deere made a lasting impact in the Harrisburg Community by making more than 75 people safer through the campaign,” said Everitt in the release.

Learn more about the Red Cross “Sound the Alarm” Campaign: https://www.redcross.org/sound-the-alarm.html

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