Recently, the APX Family Foundation came in contact with Gentrie Hansen, a happy 14-year old girl who was diagnosed with Pediatric Gastro Paresis ( which means her stomach is paralyzed). Because of this condition she has been unable to eat or drink anything since the beginning of the year.

On Wednesday, July 21, 30 APX employees volunteered their time to help build with Habitat for Humanity in Utah County. Habitat for Humanity is an organization committed to helping families have homes. This organization was started in 1976 as an answer to the poor living conditions in Georgia. To date Habitat for Humanity has built over 300,000 homes, providing shelter for 90 million people throughout the world.

This past week, members of the APX Alarm central monitoring station partnered with the Feed My Starving Children organization to prepare meal boxes for those in need. As a group, they prepared 175 boxes containing 37,800 meals which could feed 104 children for a full year.

“I felt blessed and humbled to help prepare these meals. Seeing the before and after pictures of the children all over the world that received the meals was amazing. I never knew how good it could feel to help,” said APX representative, Jennifer Brezniak.

The Southern Missouri office decided to donate blood on their day of service. The local blood bank was experiencing a shortage, only having a day’s worth of certain blood types available for the hospital. So on June 30th, the office started their day early and all who were able and qualified (most of the office) donated blood. The blood bank was very appreciative. Although some got a bit woozy after donating, most were happy to have been able to contribute to the community.

Last week, the APX Alarm Modesto sales office had a great team building experience by helping clean the donation center and provide day care for the Modesto St. John’s Shelter Program for Women.

“I loved seeing the smiles on the faces of the little kids. They were so glad to just have someone to play with,” said APX Representative, Roger Evershed.

The APX Edmonton sales team turned out in full force to help assist the local Meals on Wheels program in Edmonton, Alberta. The programs project directors were impressed with commitment to serve and how respectful they were to others.

On June 30, the Red Deer, Alberta sales team replaced their sales binders with aprons for an afternoon helping serve lunch to senior citizens at the Golden Circle Resource Center. Team members are planning a return trip later in July.

“They (APX Alarm) were a hit with the ladies,” said United Way Campaign Aide, Pamela Dixon. “One of the guys, Chris, even played piano before lunch as everyone was coming in. The diners really enjoyed having them.”

The Dakota sales team is going to the dogs as they helped the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society as part of their day of giving service project.

“Everyone had a great time walking dogs, bathing dogs, and helping out at the Humane Society,” said APX Dakota team member, Ruth Nay.

As part of the APX day of service, the Birmingham, Alabama sales and technician teams helped serve meals to the homeless through the Downtown Rescue Mission. The mission is a place of refuge – offering different charities for the homeless in Alabama. Last year alone, the mission served over 170,000 meals to those in need.

The Austin, Texas team partnered with the Round Rock Area Serving Center to sort donations, clear out unusable items and unload a truck of used computers and printers.

“Giving back to the communities is something we wanted to integrate into our summer program,” said APX Alarm, Co-Manager Zak Murray. We sweat and fight next to each other every day. It was good to see the smiles and service that also brought our office together,”

APX personnel joined this year’s celebration at the Saskatoon Children’s Festival by serving in the Lego booth. During the day of service, an estimated 1,000 children came through the booth in the three hours APX was there.

The Food Bank received a shipment of two tons of rice that needed packaging, sealing and labeled into 2lb bags. Once the bags were assembled, they were placed into boxes and pallets ready for shipment to those in need.

“Everyone has been at a point in their life when they couldn’t do something on their own,” said APX sales representative, Craig Kubie. “Someone had to step in and help. Today it was a privilege to be the one stepping in and helping. When we showed up the manager lit up in anticipation of what we could do to help.”

The Houston sales team broke out their paint brushes and rollers on their day of service for the His Place Child Center in Houston, Texas.

“It was really nice to be able to work together as a team while serving the community,” said APX Alarm Houston Sales Manager, Matt Stevenson. “It reminded us what we’re doing in Houston for the summer: trying to protect families and secure their futures.”

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On June 24, the Buaumont, Texas sales team at APX Alarm spent the morning assembling beds together and made them up in advance of the grand opening of the Reaud Family Shelter on July 5.  With the help of the entire team, they were able to complete the project in a short period of time [...]