Lawler and more than 1,000 other local LexisNexis employees could be found assembling bikes, stuffing toy bears and working for charities and nonprofits Thursday and other days this week.
Employees are given a couple of days this week — “LexisNexis Cares” week — to help out in the community, said Jorge Martinez, a LexisNexis spokesman.
“This is great,” said Lawler, 48, of Centerville.
Local LexisNexis employees started the week’s events 15 years ago, and now LexisNexis owner Reed Elsevier has taken the concept global, said Kurt Sanford, the locally based president of LexisNexis global operations. Last year, LexisNexis employees contributed an equivalent of 9,000 work days of local charity work, Martinez said.
Among the offerings Thursday: Stuffed toy animals and children’s care kits to be used by police officers, firefighters and emergency first-responders. Customer support and data center employees found time on night shifts this week to prepare some 200 stuffed toys, said Selene Edmunds, director of LexisNexis Cares Global.
When it comes to calming children at accident and emergency scenes, the toys are perfect, said Major John DiPietro, Miami Twp. police deputy chief.
“Nothing seems to work better than the little stuffed animals,” DiPietro said.
Local organizations that will benefit from the week’s work include YWCA Dayton, Dayton Christian Center, Boys & Girls Club of Dayton, Children’s Medical Center, Dakota Center, and more, LexisNexis said.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or tgnau@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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