Annual Holiday Gift to Neighboring School Exceeds Goal

Each December, the Tucson office brings cheer to 24 families at Holaway Elementary School next door. Employees donated $5,410, enough to purchase 24 grocery gift cards at $225 each. Jane Patel, GIS & data specialist at M&A, coordinated this year’s collection, which surpassed last year’s $3,600 total. Holaway selects a student from each classroom to take home the M&A gift. To accompany the gift cards were 24 tins of home-baked cookies–an effort led by Felicia Aalberg, accounting specialist. This gift to our neighbors has been an M&A tradition for more than 30 years and is a great way to partake in the season of giving!

M&A employees Lauren Stoner, Marleigh Chidester, Cara Armstrong, Jane Patel, Felicia Aalberg, Tracie Jaeger, and Derek Groenendyk present the gift cards and cookies to Holaway Student Advocate Beti Verdugo.