McCarthy “Heart Hats” to the Rescue

Employees from McCarthy Building Companies of Newport Beach and its local construction sites recently gathered and donated approximately 1,000 pounds of much needed food and supplies to the Orange County Rescue Mission. This philanthropy was a part of McCarthy’s employee volunteer “Heart Hats” community service program.

McCarthy Office Manager Linda Osborn spearheaded this effort after she read an article in the Daily Pilot about the Rescue Mission being in dire need of donations and food. The article’s focus was to “Give a little bit of love to the Village of Hope” this Valentine’s Day and is a part of the Rescue Mission’s “Heart for Hunger” program.

Osborn said, “the article made me think about Valentine’s Day in a different way this year considering the state of our economy and the number of people out of work.” She decided to act on her feelings and began a campaign to collect food and supplies from McCarthy employees.

Osborn told her coworkers that in addition to giving to loved ones this Valentine's Day, they could also show some love to those less fortunate by giving them much needed food and supplies. She arranged for a drop-off spot in the McCarthy lobby and the Heart Hats willingly began filling the area with various canned food, rice, baby food and other needed items such as diapers, toiletries and paper goods. She also urged jobsites outside of Orange County to set-up food drive locations at their jobsite trailers to support their local Rescue Mission.

“There are a lot of people right now that need our help, and we are extremely thankful to be in a position to give to those less fortunate,” said Osborn. “Seeing so many coworkers helping the needy at the Rescue Mission was definitely a heartwarming gift for me to receive on Valentines Day.”

More information about The Orange County Rescue Mission and how you can support them can be found at www.rescuemission.org. If you know of anyone that is as worthy as the Rescue Mission that needs help, please write to McCarthy Heart Hats coordinator Linda Osborn at losborn@mccarthy.com.