L I G H T E R S I DE FOOD PANTRIES CHARITY GETS ARPIN DONATION Arpin International Group has given a $US500 donation to the Neighborhood Food Pantries of Northwest Dupage County charity in Illinois, USA, as the result of a social media competition it organised during the Christmas holidays. The Arpin Holiday Giving Contest took place on Arpins social media platforms and asked people to highlight any charitable work they were taking part in using the hash tag #arpinholidaygiving in their social media posts; what was judged to be the worthiest contribution received the money for their charity. The winners were Jeanette Tomaselli, Kenisha Winford, and Mary Meyer, Arpin move coordinators based in the Chicago area. We chose The Neighborhood Food Pantries for the contribution because we believe that the dollars would go further in our own neighborhood, said Jeanette. NFP has been helping families for the past 20 years with compassion and dignity. From left, Kenisha Winford, Jeanette Tomaselli and Mary Meyer, all of Arpin, and Carol Platt and Jan Konewko of The Neighborhood Food Pantries AGS MOROCCO TRANSPORTS AFRICAN MASTERPIECES AGS Frasers Morocco was selected by the Foundation for Development of Contemporary African Culture to transport artworks being shown in a travelling exhibition of contemporary art at venues across the African continent. The exhibition, Prte-moi ton rve (Lend me your dream), has brought together more than 40 works by 28 internationally acclaimed African artists of 15 dierent nationalities. It is being staged in ve African countries, taking the artworks from Morocco to Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and South Africa. KNITTING FOR BUSHFIRE VICTIMS John Mason International has been helping the many animals aected by the recent bushres in Australia. The company, based in Liverpool in the UK, has been supporting knitters who have been making pouches, nests and mittens for animals injured or orphaned by the res, including kangaroos, koalas, wombats and wallabies. The company acted as a drop-in hub for knitters in the north west of England, and also helped ship the nished items to Australia. PAXTON RECOGNISED FOR SYRIAN REFUGEE SUPPORT Paxton International has received a gift of thanks from the NOVA Relief Center in recognition of its support of the Syrian Refugee Blanket and Coat Drive, a charity initiative that has seen more than 300,000 blankets and coats collected and delivered to people in need. Since 2013, Paxton has given a range of help to this humanitarian eort, including 92 FF296 AprMay20 pp92-96 The Lighter Side.indd 92 donations of time, manpower, trucking, storage, consolidation and transportation. This years donations went to three camps in Jordan. This is an eort near and dear to our hearts at Paxton, hitting close to both our communities at home and our operations abroad in the Middle East. We are just so grateful to help where we can, says Mary K Paxton. WWW. F I D I . OR G 31/03/2020 09:14