Credit Solutions Doubles its Meals On Wheels` Volunteers to Celebrate Three-Year Collaboration
Released on: September 18, 2007, 9:23 am
Press Release Author: Allison Roberts / Credit Solutions
Industry: Financial
Press Release Summary: In its third year with Meals on Wheels Association of America, Credit Solutions more than doubles its volunteer participation to feed the elderly in need.
Press Release Body: Dallas, TX 18 September 2007 - Credit Solutions' employees increased their volunteer participation for Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) more than 50 percent this year. For the last three years, Credit Solutions volunteers have made helping those in need a priority.
"We chose an organization that matched our own goals," said Credit Solutions' Marketing Director, Heath Tudor. "Our business is about helping people out of debt to give them a better quality of life; Meals on Wheels fits into that ideal of caring for those in need perfectly," Tudor said.
Credit Solutions was founded in 2003 with only four employees, and as the company has grown, so has its community outreach. This year, they are proud to announce its weekly, food-delivery volunteer numbers have doubled to nearly 10 percent of its workforce.
Employees from all departments of the company participate in the program. The volunteers donate an afternoon every week to deliver hot meals to senior citizens in need. Those receiving meals include the elderly who are frail, unable to leave their homes, at risk or disabled. These people may otherwise go without nourishment.
The heart of Credit Solutions' business is helping people. From clients across the nation, to the hungry in its community, Credit Solutions provides help to those in need. They assist their clients improve their quality of life by helping them become debt free. This enables the clients to plan for retirement, to send themselves or their children to college and to enjoy a life without the stress of debt.
"It's really amazing," said volunteer and Credit Solutions' MOWAA organizer Erin Perkins. "We help people everyday with our business, but we take it a step further with Meals on Wheels, reaching out to the needy in our community," she said.
MOWAA lauds itself as the oldest and largest organization in the United States representing those who provide meal services to people in need. The organization is dedicated to providing nutrition services to the elderly in an effort to delay early institutionalization and to improve the seniors' quality of life.
As the leader in the debt-settlement industry, Credit Solutions has managed over $1.2 billion of debt. The interactive, web-based company located in Dallas, Texas negotiates with clients' creditors to lower outstanding debts. Credit Solutions has grown to more than 650 employees in four years.
Credit Solutions is a member of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association and the United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alternatives (USOBA). It recently received the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates recognition for "An Outstanding Customer Service Experience" for their national call center operations. For J.D. Power and Associates Certified Call Center ProgramSM information, visit www.jdpower.com.
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Contact Details: Credit Solutions 15601 N. Dallas Parkway Addison, TX 7500 Heath Tudor, Marketing Director For information: http://www.creditsolutions.com or Contact: htudor@creditsolutions.com Phone: 941-468-2453