Charities
AIReS is committed to social responsibility and actively supports charities on local, national and international levels. AIReS proudly supports the following:
AIReS regularly contributes funds and support to this foundation. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in the brain (upper motor neurons) and spinal cord (lower motor neurons). There is no cure for ALS, but research is leading to promising new treatments. For more information, visit www.als.net.
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Each holiday season, AIReS collects donations of food and other household items for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank works with a network of nearly 350 member agencies throughout the 11-county region of southwestern Pennsylvania, including smaller countywide food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, daycare centers and other groups. For more information, go to www.pittsburghfoodbank.org.
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AIReS sponsors a child in Colombia, South America, through Plan, an independent organization dedicated to working with and for children worldwide. Plan works to ensure that all children have an equal chance to attend school, grow up healthy, live in safety and security, and realize their full potential in life. For more information, visit www.plan-international.org. |
Save the Children is a leading international relief and development organization focused on improving the lives of underprivileged children around the world. AIReS regularly donates employee contributions that are raised through "Jeans Day Thursdays," in which AIReS employees may wear jeans to work in exchange for a donation. For more information, go to www.savethechildren.org.
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AIReS also regularly contributes to the Mario Lemieux Foundation, created in 1993 by hockey legend Mario Lemieux. The main objective of the Mario Lemieux Foundation is to fund promising medical research projects being conducted by talented scientists. For more information, go to www.mariolemieux.org.
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