Employees Come to Aid of Fellow Worker
iscnewsroom | Aug 24, 2010
When one of their own suffers, employees at Imperial Sugar Company step up and step in.
That was the case when Jerry Tolito, a maintenance manager at the company’s sugar refinery in Gramercy, La., was injured in a motorcycle accident and required several pints of blood.
In response, the company hosted a local blood drive.
According to Tracy Dicharry, senior human resource administrator at the Gramercy plant who coordinated the drive, 41 pints of blood were collected from as many contractors and Imperial associates.
“Given the hot weather, I was impressed with the turnout,” says Dicharry. “That speaks to the close-knit bonds shared among our people.”
Dicharry says that anyone who was unable to participate in the blood drive may still donate in Mr. Tolito’s name at any local blood center in LaPlace, La.
