DECATUR, Ala. — We are days away from the Christmas holiday and while many families are scrambling to find last minute gifts, many families will unfortunately have to wake up with little celebrate which is why Alabama Farmers' Cooperative are doing all they can to bring joy to families.
Alabama Farmers' Cooperative turned part of their office into Santa's Workshop for the day as they came together to help spread Christmas joy by stuffing boxes, decorating ornaments and making cards the families of Morgan County.
"We're here putting together holiday hope chest for the volunteer center of Morgan County," Tiffany Lester, Director of Marketing and Public Relations stated. "We have 100 boxes that we're putting together to hopefully help them reach their goal of giving 1300 boxes to the kids in the community. "
Generous employees are the 'elves' of the operation as they purchased enough gifts to fill 100 shoe boxes to help reach their goal, but according to Lester, the company is always finding a way to give back.
"We love to give back here at our Farmers' Cooperative," Lester states. "We donate to different nonprofits throughout the year, but with it being the holiday season, we really wanted to ramp it up. Fortunately, we have a staff full of givers and that's how we're able to do these holiday checks. Plus, toys for tots, as well as bringing together custom Christmas cards for Hospice of the Valley."
The feeling of giving back is what makes it worth it for Lester and the staff at Farmers' Cooperative
"You know, it just means a lot to our entire staff here, starting from the president at the top all the way down to our lowest level employee," Lester states. "We understand that it could be anybody, it could be us tomorrow that needs a hand up. So, we want to help them as best we can."
About Alabama Farmer Cooperative:
Alabama Farmers' Cooperative is a regional federated supply and marketing agricultural cooperative, providing farmers in the state of Alabama a full range of agricultural supplies and services.
AFC was founded in 1936 and operates for the benefit of its 37 member associations, which include approximately 90 retail locations. AFC has grown to include more than 2,300 employees through a series of joint ventures and is now one of the largest farmer-owned agriculture related businesses in the Southeastern United States.