No one had to ask the owners of Carlile
Transportation to adopt Mountain View
Elementary school – they just did it. One
of their own part-time employees started
sharing stories about the school and
its students, and before long the entire
company wanted to help. This informal
partnership went on for three years before
recently becoming official.
For the past two years, Carlile has
ensured that every one of Mountain View
Elementary’s nearly 400 students is given
a hooded sweatshirt. When Mountain View
earned the “Title I Distinguished School”
award, Carlile employee Michelle Quinn
rushed to have the sweatshirts printed
with the distinction in time for a schoolwide
celebration. A teacher said, “Some
of my students were so surprised to learn
that they get to keep their sweatshirt. It
was the warmest and nicest thing some of
them have. Many wear them multiple times
weekly, especially during cold weather.”
The generosity is especially appreciated by
students who do not own coats.
Mountain View Elementary participates
in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters schoolbased
mentoring program. Nearly 85
percent of the “Bigs” for
Mountain View
students are Carlile employees! One might
think this is because the management at
Carlile allows its employees to volunteer
during work hours, but many choose
to come on their day off instead. Carlile
employees are often overheard reinforcing
concepts taught in the classroom, such as
tolerance, respect, the importance of education,
and friendship.
Carlile employees donated 130 items
to this year’s canned food drive, and the
company gave an additional $250 to the
Food Bank of Alaska that was designated
for Mountain View’s Thanksgiving Blessing.
This impacted a large percentage of
families in the Mountain View community.
Carlile also adopted several families with
single-parent fathers to make Christmas
a little easier and recognize the effort of
these hard-working dads.
Carlile’s donations of time, service,
funding, and inspiration are both unsolicited
and humble. The school administration
has offered to let Carlile hang its banners in
the building, but the company has not yet
done so. The fine people at Carlile have
pure motives for helping the Mountain
View community, and their efforts are
deeply appreciated.
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Roberta Kleman, driver for Carlile Transportation, shares her time and talents with the students at Mountain View Elementary School. |
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Carlile employees are constant role models for the students at Mountain View elementary. The students especially love to see the big trucks Carlile brings to the school, and enjoy lessons about the transportation industry. |
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