Irish eyes were smiling after colleagues donned gardening gloves and wellies to dig deep for a community volunteering day.
Yvonne Kavanagh, Hospital Key Account Manager at Teva Ireland, helped organise the event for the Commercial Team to help transform a garden area for elderly residents in Dublin, Ireland.
“We were given a project of making Teva a great place to work as part of our Task and Finish Group,” said Yvonne. “After a huge number of colleagues left due to redundancy earlier this year, Teva wanted our team to have a bonding day. It had been a very difficult period for everyone with lots of changes and the idea was that we could appreciate what the new Commercial team in Ireland is about.
The volunteer day was organised with the help of Volunteer Ireland. The team of 17 chose to transform a communal garden area at Woodstock Court, a residential assisted living community for older people.
Volunteer Ireland ran the early September event and provided the materials while Teva covered the extra costs, including lunch, dinner and refreshments, hotel accommodation and extra plants.