COMMUNITY
C&W Services Spreads Holiday Cheer to Warner, CSC The staff of C&W Services, the campus maintenance and janitorial contractor, donates their time to help the community as much as they can. Throughout December, the C&W Services staff assisted Warner Elementary students in decorating the Town of Warner for the holidays. “Steve Marshall, who works for the Town of Warner, asked us to help kids hang ornaments, to bring ladders and supply drinks, so the elementary school could decorate trees in the park,” said Keri Lawson, C&W Services Site Manager. “I knew my team would not hesitate to participate in the event and, sure enough, when I asked them if they wanted to, I received a unanimous yes.” Lawson said that watching all the children arrive with homemade ornaments, that they were extremely proud of, and sing Christmas carols at the top of their lungs, made her day. Cassie Walker, who works in the
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C&W office, jumped on the opportunity to help. “Just to listen to the students laugh, sing, and talk about how they decorated their ornaments, brought more blessings to me than any blessing I was to them,” said Walker. Rod Mathews, maintenance supervisor for the Warner campus, was one of the staff members also in attendance. “I LOVE doing anything in our community to help,” said Mathews. “Watching those kids climb a ladder with such excitement to hang an ornament gave me all the Christmas joy I needed. I left the park that day knowing we had helped bring some of that excitement out.” On December 9, the C&W Staff dressed up and sang Christmas carols and danced for Connors State College faculty and staff in the middle of the Warner campus. “I was pumped to do the caroling,
mainly to give people a break from all the drama that has been going on in the crazy year of 2020,” said Walker. “I hope we were able to accomplish that and cause some smiles and laughter.” The entire staff dressed up in holiday cheer, caroling multiple songs for the staff. “It was a blast,” said Mathews. “I love doing stuff like that and so does my team; I love making people laugh, and when they get to laughing, it makes me laugh. There is nothing better than a bunch of people hanging out laughing.” – Top, L-R: Kelsey Wells and Joe Gallardo assist Warner Elementary students in hanging ornaments. Bottom, L-R: Keri Lawson entertains as the Grinch. The entire C&W Services staff and lawn crew dressed up and sang Christmas caroles on campus.
