One Good Turn Deserves Another
There’s something about the holiday season that encourages people to help those in need, often in surprising and unexpected ways.
Kim Bingham, SVP of Human Resources and Organizational Development at SquareTwo Financial, experienced one of these opportune moments. Right before the holidays, Kim caught a news story that sparked a random act of kindness.
Kim saw a heart-warming segment about the elders at the Highline Long-Term Care facility. Throughout 2009, they held bake sales to generate money for a new television. The facility’s current one was in desperate need of replacement and difficult to view for many of the patients.
But in a last-minute change of heart, the elders decided to use their hard-earned money to buy and donate toys to the Toys for Tots program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
An idea sprang into Kim’s mind as she watched the news story unfold. She wanted to reward the elders’ act of kindness with another one, from SquareTwo Financial.
The next day, Kim spoke to Founder and Chairman Scott Lowery about her idea to buy the elders a new television. It wasn’t a hard decision for Scott. A new 50” plasma TV was delivered to Highline on Christmas morning. The elders were delighted by the random act of kindness performed by the SquareTwo staff.
On January 12, a group of elders visited the SquareTwo office to share their gratitude. They brought home-baked cookies and a handmade card signed by all the seniors at the home, titled “Thank You Very Much.”
Scott took them on a tour of the SquareTwo office and shared information about the business. The elders thoroughly enjoyed the visit…and their new TV!
