Community Involvement

The American Red Cross Broward County Chapter celebrated its Swaying Palms Soirée on Friday, October 23 at Hugh’s Culinary in Oakland Park, Fl with more than 200 guests including prominent philanthropists and influential community leaders.Guests of the tropical ball were treated to a splendid cooking demonstration by Chef Hugh McCauley and Randy Perkins of AshBritt Environmental, who along with his wife, Saily, were the chairs of this year’s ball. Ronald L. Book and Jim O’Connor, co-hosts of the ball, led the celebration which featured dancing accompanied by the beautiful tunes of The Brass Evolution, and a cigar room, where aficionados enjoyed premium hand-rolled cigars. Guests also were able to enjoy a wine tasting presented by Premier Beverage, Inc. With the help of this year’s outstanding crop of ball committee volunteers, the Swaying Palms Soirée raised about $160,000 in support of the life-saving programs, and the disaster relief and community education efforts carried out daily by dedicated American Red Cross volunteers serving all of Broward County.

When most people think of disasters, they typically think of hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.  However, AshBritt recognized that families throughout the City of Pompano Beach are hit with financial disasters on a daily basis.  In partnership with District 4 Commissioner Woodrow Portier, Vince Johnson from the Broward County Minority Builders Coalition, Inc. (BCMBA), and the Pompano Beach Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (KAΨ), employees of AshBritt Environmental went door to door to deliver the 150 turkeys the business donated for the residents of Pompano Beach, which provided over 200 families with meals for the holidays.

Global warming is a serious problem that ,Cool Globes, an international non-profit organization, works to combat by spreading knowledge about simple solutions to reduce carbon footprints. Fifty super-sized cool globes, spanning 5-feet in diameter and reaching 7-feet in height, were brought to Houston in 2009 for a public art exhibit, Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet.. Each globe conveyed a different method on how individuals can join the fight against global warming. AshBritt Environmental is the proud sponsor of artist Mitch Levin's globe, titled .Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Levin used more than 500 pounds of metal scrap, gathered by AshBritt workers, to embrace the earth in a cocoon of steel. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle, represented that one man's trash could truly be the world's treasure.

AshBritt Environmental took notice of a school's imperative need for an adaptive playground, featuring modified equipment for children with special needs. Charlotte Harbor House is a school for children with mental and physical challenges, where many of the students are unable to enjoy the monkey bars, swings, or slides of a standard playground. Thanks to the Rotary Club in Murdock, FL., AshBritt's awareness of the situation motivated the company's contribution of $10,000 for the construction of Charlotte Harbor House's new adaptive playground for students to enjoy for years to come.

The hope of building a new facility for the Hearing Impaired of Charlotte County, Florida was dealt a devastating blow following Hurricane Charley in 2004. AshBritt Environmental recognized the organization's challenges attributed to rising construction costs and the shortage of labor and materials in the area. In an effort to help the Hearing Impaired of Charlotte County, AshBritt donated $10,000 to the organization, which assisted in the the construction of its new home.

Offered the chance of a lifetime, the Mighty Tigers Marching Band of Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida almost missed their opportunity to perform during the pregame and halftime show for the 2007 Sugar Bowl.  With three days to collect $80,000, local businesses and community leaders led fundraising endeavors to ensure the Mighty Tigers would be able to fulfill their dream of showcasing their musical talent on national television.  AshBritt Environmental, who served as the primary debris removal company in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, gladly donated (funds) that contributed to the total $60,000 collected.  On January 3, 2007, all 200 members of the Mighty Tigers Marching Band made Broward County proud when they performed at the Superdome in New Orleans for millions of Sugar Bowl spectators across the nation to see.