Košice, May 14, 2018 – On May 18 and 19 (Friday and Saturday) the U. S. Steel Košice Volunteer Days company event will be held for the 12th time in succession. Around 400 volunteers are going to help ten organizations. The inhabitants of the region are invited to join in giving blood and contributing to the collection of useful things for crisis and homeless centers.

The Volunteer Days start off with the Steelmakers’ Drop of Blood donor drive on Friday morning at the Košice-Šaca Hospital Transfusion Unit in the U. S. Steel Public Access Area, where about 100 volunteer blood donors are awaited.

On both days, steelmakers and members of the public will be able to donate all kinds of non-perishable food, hygiene and washing supplies, linen and towels mainly for the Archdiocesan Charity Košice, the ETP Slovakia community centers and the Oasis of Hope homeless center. These organizations will also appreciate functioning home appliances as well as all kinds of school supplies and IT equipment for children’s education. Retired steelmakers who are members of the Autumn of Life civic organization have been helping with this collection for many years. For this reason, the collection points will be in their organization premises at 24 Trieda SNP, as well as at 2 Južná trieda from noon to 6 pm on Friday and from 8 am to 3 pm on Saturday. At 2 Južná trieda they will also be collecting gardening tools, seeds and seedlings, or superfluous building materials.

On Saturday from 8 am to 1 pm the volunteers will be helping to improve the premises of the Forrest Gump Club for disabled youngsters on Užhorodská Street, the Foster Home at Hurbanova Street, and carrying out work on the Children’s Historical Railway in Čermeľ Valley. Dozens of helping hands will also be put to good use in maintaining the extensive grounds of the Botanical Gardens and the Zoo, as well as of the Animal Shelter near Haniska.

“For more than ten years, hundreds of our employees have been helping voluntarily to enhance the city and region, actively participating in environmental protection, helping selflessly in the social area and in health care. They set a good example of how to be attentive to others’ needs, and not to be indifferent to them. I am happy to be part of such a great team,” says U. S. Steel Košice President Scott Buckiso, looking forward to the event. This year again he will be rolling up his sleeves and helping his colleagues at the Animal Shelter, Foster Home and Botanical Gardens.

At the Botanical Gardens in fact, the Steelmakers for Košice 2018 event will see the beginning of reconstruction in one of the greenhouses and its transformation into a modern, multipurpose pavilion intended for research and educational activities for students, as well as organized specialized competitions and events for the general public.

Further information from:
Ján Bača                
Director, Public Affairs
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.            
Tel.: +421 55 673 4476
E-mail: jbaca@sk.uss.com
www.usske.sk