USW Cares: Local 1999 – Rexnord Gift Lift 2014

Submitted by Kelly Ray Hugunin, Local 1999 Business Rep.

gift-lift7On December 12, 2014 the United Steelworkers Local 1999 and Rexnord Corporation held the 52nd Annual Gift Lift for the children at Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis. The annual event was started in December 1962 by USW Local 1150 at the Link Belt Bearing and Chain plants.

The employees and the company donate money to buy gifts for the children at the hospital. Members from Local 1999 and members of Rexnord management volunteer their time to come gift-lift2over to the Union Hall and wrap the gifts for the children. The gifts are then delivered to the hospital for the children to open on Christmas. Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Indianapolis.

Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital has served patients with persistent and severe mental illness from all across Indiana since 1948. The hospital is composed of two divisions: One provides care only to adults with mental gift-lift3illness, and the other division provides care for children and adolescents who are seriously emotionally disturbed. The hospital’s 42-bed Youth Service is devoted to serving patients ages 7 to 18 who suffer from severe emotional disorders.

United Steelworkers Local 1999 located at 218 S. Addison St., Indianapolis represents approximately 3000 employees at 12 facilities located in Central Indiana. Local 1999 represents workers in a wide range of industries including producing residential gas furnaces, Gatorade, bearings, roller chain, corrugated boxes, envelopes, electroplating, aluminum anodizing, lead recycling, petroleum, chemicals and commercial fans.

This project is just one of so many USW’s amazing members do every day to give back to our communities. If you or your local are doing good things in your community, we want to hear about them. Let us know and share video and photos at www.usw.org/uswcares and use the #USWCares hashtag when you post your stories on social media. Don’t forget to shout out @Steelworkers!

 

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