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Summit's History of Giving Back to Our Communities
Community Involvement Is a Core Value
Summit donates to a wide range of worthy causes and organizations that touch nearly every aspect of community life.
Summit eschews public mention of many of its charitable contributions, preferring to restrict publicity to only those activities that demonstrate leadership in the hopes of inspiring other corporations and organizations to also lead through generosity.
(Read President and CEO Victor R. Jury Jr.'s philosophy of giving.)
We provide products and/or financial support to:
- Youth/educational groups such as Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Hope Christian School and Boy Scouts;
- Cultural organizations like the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation;
- Local chapters of national relief organizations American Red Cross and Salvation Army;
- Health organizations such as American Heart Association, March of Dimes, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
Summit also supports many faith-based groups, including Habitat for Humanity, Albuquerque Rescue Mission, All Faiths Receiving Home, Joy Junction and El Rancho de los Ninos.
Summit's corporate citizenship has found its expression in many ways:
1998: Summit quietly begins supporting the nonprofit Casas por Cristo, which builds houses for the poor in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Summit continues to provide 90 percent of all electrical materials required for the building projects each year. Casas por Cristo attracts hundreds of volunteers from across North America.
May 10, 2000: The Cerro Grande Fire destroys more than 250 homes in the Northern New Mexico city of Los Alamos, leaving hundreds of residents homeless. With the help of its associates, Summit provided a $20,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross and used Summit trucks to help deliver relief.
September 11, 2001: Terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania leave thousands dead and paralyze a stunned, mourning nation. Summit immediately organizes a donation drive involving associates, customers and vendors, and a percentage of September's profits were earmarked for the drive. The result totaled nearly $100,000, and checks were cut for both the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
November 2001: In an effort to "find unique ways to support America during this difficult time," Summit unveils signs, billboards and bus panels displaying patriotic messages in the Albuquerque area. One billboard featured the words "Wherever public spirit prevails, liberty is secure" against an American flag backdrop and a picture of the Statue of Liberty. The response was prolific and overwhelmingly positive.
August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana, and the resulting storm surge devastates a wide area of the Gulf region. More than 1,300 people were killed. Summit's three Louisiana service centers escape major damage, but at least four associates lost their homes. A companywide relief campaign results in a $10,000 donation to the Red Cross Katrina relief fund.
December 2007: Associates and their families pack 300 shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, toothbrushes and other items for needy children around the world in cooperation with the international effort Operation Christmas Child.
December 2007: Summit receives media attention for supporting Army National Guard unit based in Rio Rancho that was serving in Baghdad, Iraq. The unit would not be home for the holidays. Associates raised $2,365 in five days for 150 soldiers in A Company, 1st Battalion, one of them, Andrew Lucero, is husband of Mary Lucero, a credit supervisor. Summit matched the initiative, making the total donation $4,730.
March 19, 2008: The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce recognizes Summit's corporate citizenship with the chamber's "Community Star" award in the large-business category. It is the first time Summit participated in the event. President and CEO Victor R. Jury Jr. is featured in the video of winners played at the event explaining his philosophy of giving.
September 2008: Summit gives $50,000 to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Ike relief efforts. The hurricane impacted four Summit locations in Texas when it landed on Sept. 13, though damage was minor to service centers and all 116 associates escaped injury. With about $27 billion in damages to Texas coastal cities, Hurricane Ike was the third costliest in U.S. history, behind Hurricane Andrew of 1992 and Hurricane Katrina of 2005. Summit gave a separate donation of $11,800 to the local Albuquerque Red Cross chapter which also had sent people, supplies and vehicles to the storm battered Texas communities.
