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Carrier Interns Donate School Supplies
To Riviera Beach Prep Academy On National Intern Day
With the upcoming school year right around the Employees who work at the Center for Intelligent
corner, Carrier interns at the Center for Intelligent Buildings assembled 100 backpacks filled with school
Buildings in Palm Beach Gardens celebrated by giving supplies including binders, notebooks, pens, markers,
back to the community. glue sticks and more. Employees were also encouraged to
In recognition of National Intern Day on July 25, include a personal note of encouragement to the backpack
interns at Carrier’s world headquarters in Palm Beach recipients.
Gardens, organized a backpack building event and These interns are completing a summerlong internship
weeklong school supply drive encouraging the hundreds with Carrier, a business unit of United Technologies, in
of employees sitting at Carrier’s world headquarters various focus areas including finance, digital technology
to donate supplies to benefit students in need. These and communications. Carrier understands importance
backpacks will support four classrooms at Riviera Beach of giving back to the community, working with local
Preparatory Academy. organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Loggerhead
Nearly 70 percent of schools in Palm Beach County Marinelife Center, Place of Hope and more.
are designated as Title 1 schools, meaning, 70 percent or Carrier, a business unit of United Technologies, opened
more of their student population participate in the free its world headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens in April
and reduced priced lunch program and are living at or 2018.
below the federal poverty line. Carrier interns assembling backpack materials
Interns from left to right include: Hannah Schmitz, Jack O’Connor, Lexie Webel, Alex Gureck,
A Carrier intern at the backpack building event Julia Malave, Anna Pasquale and London Davidson.
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