Community Commitment

At Donlen, we care about our employees, our customers, and the communities in which we live and serve. Giving back to our communities is one of the reasons Donlen employees enjoy working here.

WINGS Program, Inc.

For the past two years, Donlen has used our Employee Appreciation Week to host a fundraiser for a local charity. During Employee Appreciation Week, “appreciation candy bars” were for sale for employees to purchase for their co-workers. This year, Donlen chose to donate all of the proceeds from the candy sale to WINGS Program, Inc., an organization which provides housing, integrated services, education and advocacy to end domestic violence.

Throughout Employee Appreciation Week Donlen employees purchased candy bars, each priced at $1, and together we raised $2,534 to donate to WINGS. We are proud to support such an important organization, and we look forward to partnering with WINGS for further fundraising initiatives in the future.

Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts

For the past nine years Donlen has gladly helped the Jenner Academy School, a school where most children are living at or near the poverty level, to provide some of the basic needs for these children’s educations and quality of life.

Bringing Tech to the Classroom

Donlen is a very technology focused company, which is why this year we have purchased two interactive whiteboards for the Jenner Academy classrooms – a request by their principal. The school recognizes that technology is necessary, and who better to provide it than Donlen? The students at Jenner Academy will have the opportunity to learn with the new whiteboards for many years to come.

Donlen President Tom Callahan and Chief Technology Officer Dennis Straight visited the students at the Jenner Academy to observe the students enjoy their new white boards and to chat with the students about technology.

Dennis and Tom first spent time observing the students with their new white boards in action. They watched as first graders reviewed math problems as a team, and third graders engaged in an activity for learning idioms. The cheers and smiling faces were a sign that they loved engaging with the new education methods.

Tom and Dennis then sat down with several sixth graders to talk about technology and what future opportunities could arise. There were many great questions by the students, and some IT-related questions around programming and working as a team. This very intimate session allowed this select group of students to think about opportunities in technology and the future ahead.

Donlen is proud to invest in our community and enrich the learning experience for the students at the Jenner Academy of the Arts by not only providing technology, but also encouraging students to be curious about technology and keeping the conversation going.

Company-wide Blood Drive

Throughout the year, Donlen hosts two yearly company-wide blood drives to help increase the supply and save lives. Donlen employees donate so we can all do our part to help those in need. The program has been a tremendous success.

Food Drive

Employees will come together to support our food drive in November to help families in need in the Northern Illinois area. Employees will donate non-perishable food at our three Chicagoland locations, and the food collected will be sent to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.

Future Efforts

The upcoming year is going to be an exciting time for our corporate social responsibility program. Our future initiatives include continued participation in the JP Chase Corporate Challenge as well as recognizing Donlen veterans and family members who have served our country. We will also be supporting Toys for Tots to collect new, unwrapped toys to be distributed to less fortunate children in the community. Donlen employees are always looking for ways to support the communities in which they live.