Current projects with Debartolo Family Foundation and Habitat for Humanity Pinellas represent an extension of NTC's commitment to give back to its community
This kind of support is particularly important, at a time when teachers and parents are struggling to deal with the combination of continued education budget cuts and increasing materials costs. Almost 100% of parents who responded to a recent national survey said they expected to have to spend more this fall than they did the preceding year to supplement their children’s classroom supplies.(1) In another survey, nine out of ten teachers said they had spent their own money on school supplies, and significant numbers reported that they had spent their own money to help poor students with other needs such as food or clothing.(2)
The Back to School Supply Drive is part of NTC’s ongoing commitment to its local community. NTC also works closely with Habitat for Humanity Pinellas, and is building a home with the organization on August. In addition, NTC is joining the Hammers and Heels women’s group within Habitat, which is dedicated to increasing philanthropy for the organization, engaging women in strategic giving, and impacting the lives of low-income families in the area.
“We firmly believe,” says NTC CEO John Hillman, “that companies have the responsibility to give back. We made corporate social responsibility an integral part of our business model in 2011, and since then we’ve doubled in size, to nearly 350 employees. We’re dependent on the efforts of a dedicated, highly trained workforce, and we know that our emphasis on helping those in need is a major factor in why many of our employees choose to work for us. It’s a question of values, and it’s also, on a fundamental level, good business.”
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1. Davies, Richard, “Back to School Gets More Expensive,” ABC News, August 8, 2013.
abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/08/back-to-school-gets-more-expensive/
2. Layton, Lyndsey, “Student poverty, lack of parental involvement cited as teacher concerns,” Washington Post, June 9, 2015.
washingtonpost.com/local/education/poverty-lack-of-parental-involvement-cited-as-major-concerns-for-teachers/2015/06/09/1f3ff3d0-0ec9-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html
