It’s that time of year when our employees step out of their regular routine and assume the role of a teacher for a day. Andersen employees from around the Bayport, MN area bring real-life work experience into the classroom as they volunteer for Junior Achievement. Engineers, accountants and customer service representatives are among the employees [...]
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, we’d like to thank our customers for their patience as we continue our work in the midst of disaster recovery on the eastern seaboard. Teams across the country worked around the clock to resume operations, while at the same time tending to their families and their homes. From the [...]
The first annual Green Apple Day of Service is taking place across the country and around the world Saturday, September 29, 2012. The U.S. Green Building Council’s Center for Green Schools, along with students, teachers, parents, local chapter members and other green building advocates worldwide are coming together to support healthy, sustainable schools through grass roots community [...]
As summer comes to an end we say goodbye to 32 students who have participated in this year’s internship program at Andersen Corporation. After watching a full day of fine presentations it’s tough to say who gained more from the experience, the interns or those of us who worked with them for the short time [...]
We recently awarded the 8th annual Garofalo Volunteer Service Award to Johan Nielsen, Information Technology manager at our Corporate Administrative Offices in Oak Park Heights, Minn. This award is presented to employees exhibiting exemplary volunteer efforts. Every year it’s a tough decision, as helping people in need is second nature to many Andersen employees.
“I’m a [...]
We celebrated our newly expanded employee garden this week with a good ole’ garden party! Guests enjoyed root beer floats as we gave special recognition to folks who’ve made the planning, expansion and maintenance of the garden possible. We learned a lot from the garden’s inaugural year last summer and set out to expand the [...]
Andersen Corporation’s longstanding commitment to affordable housing and environmental stewardship continues to strengthen the communities in which we live and work. A hundred Andersen employees from multiple facilities recently came together to erect scaffolding, saw boards and pound nails for a week long Habitat for Humanity “Blitz Build”.
Some of these volunteers have worked at this [...]
This year marks 70 years of philanthropy for the Andersen Corporate Foundation. Andersen’s founders realized the importance and value of strong communities, a healthy environment, and a profitable business decades before John Elkington coined the term Triple Bottom Line in 1994.
The mission of the Foundation is, “To better people’s lives and strengthen communities, focusing primarily [...]
Last week a small crew from our Minnesota based corporate headquarters traveled to the southeastern U.S. to join volunteers from our storm door plant in Luray, VA in building a duplex. Andersen is a long-standing supporter of Habitat for Humanity (HfH), donating materials, skills and time as part of the company’s support of affordable housing. [...]
We have a long-standing tradition at Andersen Corporation of supporting the communities in which we live and work. Fall kicks off our annual United Way campaign.
Current economic times are challenging for many; so this year it’s about “what we can do”. Employees across the enterprise pledged $236,000 in just the first week of the campaign! [...]
