Volunteering

During the year, we took a more comprehensive approach towards giving back to the communities in which we operate by aligning company support with employees’ charitable interests. Globally, we support organisations that provide education and opportunities for children and programs that focus on health and preventive care.

Recent examples of Boart Longyear’s community activities include:

• Boart Longyear Zambia funds the Rainbow Elizabetta Project in the impoverished and AIDS-stricken Kantolomba district of Zambia. The company purchases medication for terminally ill patients and formula for babies with terminally ill mothers. Daily meals are provided for patients and several hundred orphaned children who have lost parents to AIDS. We also provide books and pens for counselling and education. In 2008 and 2011, we drilled new water wells and installed a new water pump to provide clean water and showers.
• Boart Longyear sponsors the FIRST Lego League promoting science and engineering. FIRST Lego League (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an exciting global robotics and innovation program that develops an enthusiasm for discovery, science, teamwork and technology in children aged nine to 14. FIRST Lego League students have the opportunity to solve real-world challenges by building LEGO-based robots to complete tasks on a thematic playing surface. Teams, guided by their imaginations and adult coaches, discover exciting career possibilities and through the process learn to make positive contributions to society.
• Boart Longyear Asia Pacific is proud to be a corporate sponsor of The Royal Flying Doctor Service. This Australian not-for-profit service provides aero-medical emergency and primary health care services along with communication and education assistance to people who live, work and travel in regional and remote Australia.
• Boart Longyear held an employee food drive to help restock shelves at the Utah Food Bank. The employee food drive raised more than 1,800 pounds of food and thousands of dollars in donations by both employees and the company. In total, Boart Longyear helped the Utah Food Bank provide almost 30,000 meals for needy families in the state of Utah, United States. The Utah Food Bank provides food to a state-wide network of 154 emergency food pantries and agencies.
• Boart Longyear Latin America sponsored the International Association of Chile's "Noche de Ayudarte" – the night of helping you – in Santiago. This event included a silent auction and sale of art by local artists for a variety of children’s charities.