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Apr 2011

Posted by Lesley

Monitronics Director receives humanitarian award

Barb, recipient of Mission 500 Humanitarian Award

Our very own Director of Dealer Services, Barb Holliday received the 2011 Mission 500 Humanitarian Award last night at a reception at ISC West in Las Vegas.

Barb is recognized by the industry-driven nonprofit, Mission 500, for her involvement with several nonprofits. She is an advocate volunteer at the North Texas Turning Point Rape Crisis Center, and dedicated over 400 hours of her time in 2010 alone volunteering to support of this important organization.

In addition, she is a sponsor of Women for Women International, an organization that puts funds directly into the hands of women in war zones and poverty stricken areas, and provides educational and work programs.

She is also a volunteer judge for FCCLA STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) events, which is a program that uplifts high school kids in mostly rural areas by challenging them to compete in categories such as advocacy, entrepreneurship, environmental ambassadorship, leadership, and more.

We are so proud! Congratulations, Barb!

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Nov 2010

Posted by Lesley

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Monitronics food drive breaks records

The competition is on at Monitronics!

Every year right before the holidays, we hold an internal food drive benefiting the Metrocrest Social Services food pantry (last year’s drive raised 13,622 items, including cash converted to food. This represented a little more than 18 food items from each of our then-750 employees).

While the 2010 drive lasts a few more days, we’ve wanted to blog about the considerable donations so far–they exceed the goals of the entire company’s food drive!

Three cheers for Monitronics’ IT department. They have more than tripled our goal for food products and donated 1-1/2 times the goal for cash! That’s a lot of people who won’t go hungry this holiday season. And, sounds like it’s time for the other teams to play catch up.

Metrocrest provides emergency assistance and comprehensive programs to move families toward self-sufficiency; they serve residents of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Addison, Coppell and ZIP code 75287 in Denton County. These are Monitronics’ neighbors and customers.

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Dec 2009

Posted by Jason

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Monitronics Central Station lends a helping hand

Volunteers from the Central Station management team at Monitronics went above and beyond the call of duty this week as they spent several hours sorting toys and food for Metrocrest Social Services. Fifteen employees traveled to the North Dallas holiday store Tuesday to help get food and toys ready for the families coming to shop that day.

“What a great group of volunteers we had at the holiday store: food boxes were packed, toys were sorted by age and gender, and we are set to begin serving families again that night at 5 p.m.,” said Bunny Summerlin, Executive Director of Metrocrest.

The volunteers helping out were Greg Hurst, David Lester, Karen McKinney, Susan Murphy, Mikhail Blakely, Elias Treminio, Armando Mirales, Juan Ortiz, Talia Baca, Keke Turner, Elisabeth Stewart, Broderick Lewis, Anne Glickstien, Lee Mayes and Director Mary Jensby.

Metrocrest was the recipient of Monitronics’ annual food drive in November, so the relationship between the two groups is well established.

“The amazing amount of donations from Monitronics will help us serve 1,100 families over the next nine days to bring joy to those who may have not had the funds to provide toys for their children,” said Summerlin. “‘Tis the season to give and Monitronics is a great example of an abundance of generosity.”

Metrocrest provides emergency assistance and comprehensive programs to move families toward self-sufficiency; they serve residents of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Addison, Coppell, and parts of Denton County. These are Monitronics’ neighbors and customers and the company plays an active role in its community.

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Dec 2009

Posted by Leah

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Monitronics donates $10,000 to local charities

‘Tis the season to be a good neighbor and Monitronics is donating $10,000 to eight local charities. Each year, the Monitronics Christmas committee divvies up the funds and these are the recipients this year:

* Dallas VA Medical Center: $2,000
* Farmers Branch Elementary School: $2,000
* Metrocrest Social Services: $700
* North Texas Food Bank: $900
* Little Elm Area Food Bank: $900
* Irving Cares: $2,000
* SoupMobile: $1,000
* The Carrollton Health & Rehabilitation Center: $500 in gifts for the patients.

In addition, human resources donated $1,500 to AMVETS and tech support donated $1,250 in drills to Habitat for Humanity.

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Nov 2009

Posted by Leah

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More need, more giving

Despite the ongoing recession, employees of Monitronics gave wholeheartedly this month for an outstanding cause. We have exceeded all internal expectations in our ninth annual food drive for Metrocrest Social Services. The six floors of the tower, Building 821, and Suite 300 together collected 75% more than last year’s drive, with this year’s donations totaling 13,622 items, including cash converted to food. This represents a little more than 18 food items from each of our 750 employees.

This large increase over last year’s total of 7,775 items may in part be due to the fierce competition among floors and buildings to donate the most food. The second floor of the main tower won the overall competition, bringing in 2,277 food items and $575.

“The compassion of the employees in their abundance of giving both monetary support and food items is heartwarming to all of us, especially to the families in need in our community,” said Bunny Summerlin, Metrocrest Executive Director. “The Monitronics annual food drive kicks off our holiday programs with a bang each year and with the increased need it couldn’t come at a better time.”

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