Pioneer Staff Helps Non Profit Build Beds

Pioneer Employees Perform Unique Community Service Project: Building Beds for Capital Region Children in Need
  

More than 60 staff members join with Sleep in Heavenly Peace of Mechanicville, a nonprofit agency that builds, assembles and delivers beds to vulnerable children and families

Effort is spearheaded by Pioneer’s Charitable Foundation, which has donated $1.6M, more than 16,000 employee volunteer hours in ‘Helping Kids be Kids’

 
ALBANY – Pioneer Bancorp, Inc/a leading financial institution in New York’s Capital Region, today mobilized dozens of employees for a first-of-its-kind community service project designed to help local children and families in need. Trading computers for power tools, more than 60 Pioneer team members built new beds that will be provided to children in the Capital Region who are without one of their own. 
 
Working in the parking lot of Pioneer’s headquarters on Albany Shaker Road in Colonie, NY, employees spent Friday, April 19 constructing approximately 40 new beds. The project was undertaken in partnership with Sleep in Heavenly Peace of Mechanicville, a nonprofit agency that builds, assembles and delivers beds to children in need.
 
In further supporting the effort, Pioneer employees donated a variety of bedding supplies – nearly 200 items including pillows, pillowcases, sheets, and comforters – which were presented to the organization along with the beds. Delivery will be made on Saturday, April 20.
 
“To know that through the efforts of our employees, dozens of local children will sleep in their own beds this weekend is both humbling and gratifying,” said Tom Amell, President and CEO of Pioneer. “I’m so proud of our team for their passion in supporting the Pioneer Charitable Foundation’s mission of ‘Helping Kids be Kids,’ and their commitment to building on Pioneer’s 135-year history of helping our neighbors in need.” 
 
“We are deeply grateful to Pioneer and its employees for this incredible expression of caring and kindness,” said James Welch, Director of the Mechanicville Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace. “The simple act of getting kids up off the floor and into their own beds sends a powerful message of love, hope, support and encouragement. This project underscores Pioneer’s commitment to making the Capital Region a place where everyone has the opportunity to grow and prosper.” 
 
The Pioneer Charitable Foundation, founded in 2018 with a mission of “Helping Kids be Kids,” has surpassed $1.6 million in giving over its first 5 years. That includes providing vital funding to more than 400 local nonprofits that offer housing, nutrition and health care services, along with educational, social and recreational programs, to assist vulnerable children in the Capital Region. 
 
Just as importantly, Pioneer employees routinely donate their time – more than 16,000 volunteer hours over the past 5 years – to extend the Foundation’s reach and impact. That includes signature events like Pioneer’s Grand Carnival and Mini-Golf Tournament, and numerous events, activities and initiatives throughout the year, from community service work to quarterly giving drives.  
 
For more information on the Pioneer Charitable Foundation, and/or to make a secure online donation, visit www.pioneerny.com/community.