{"id":75718,"date":"2024-11-08T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=75718"},"modified":"2024-11-07T16:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:19:49","slug":"day-of-service-making-a-difference-in-our-communities-and-the-future-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-day-of-service-making-difference-in-communities-future-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of Service: Making a Difference in Our Communities and the Future Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day of Service: Making a Difference in Our Communities and the Future Workforce\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZVaQ4CdwnQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Each year, Samsung Employees across the United States step away from their desks to spend time serving the community during the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-14th-annual-day-of-service-employees-unite-nationwide-community-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Day of Service<\/a>. In its 14th year running, employees were offered more than 2,000 opportunities to engage in their communities, both in person and virtually.<\/p>\n<p>One of the projects took place at the Flat Rock Brook Nature Center in Englewood, New Jersey, where employees worked together to build an accessibility ramp to improve access for visitors. While reflecting on the importance of this particular project, our Chief Marketing Officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/tag\/allison-stransky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allison Stransky<\/a> had the following to say, &#8220;This is an amazing organization that is focused on sustainability, preserving nature, and ensuring that the community in this greater area has access to all of these things .&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded product-module\">\n\t\t<a id=\"product-module-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" title=\"Sustainability\" class=\"snr-article_product-image\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05163443\/Newsroom_Sustainability-Module_2025-Final-1.png\" alt=\"Sustainability\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Another meaningful project involved our partnership with nonPareil, a nonprofit organization serving adults with autism spectrum disorder. 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In its 14th year running, employees were offered more than 2,000 opportunities to engage in their communities, both in person and virtually. 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