Meredith Brooks

Presentation Speech

January 25 2010

Rohler

Good evening, everyone. My name is Meredith Brooks and I am delighted to be here today. With this busy donor year coming to an end here at the Red Cross, I would like to thank each one of your for all your help. Each of you did your part. However, there were few that stood out more than others and I am here today to present the award of Employee of the Year to one of those people.

It is not easy working here at the Red Cross, but I am thankful to say we have many people that work very hard to make this mission a success. From the unpaid interns to the CEO’s of this company, everyone works very hard. I can honestly say that everyone that works here at the Red Cross really does care. It is important for us to get our jobs done, so that people can live longer and healthier lives. We do everything here from getting donors to come out and give blood, we actually take the blood, we transport the blood, and we make sure it gets to the people who need it most. Everyone here cares about that, and I am very happy to be able to say that.

I am here today for one person. One person that consistently proved not only their worth to this company, but also they showed me how much the Red Cross meant to them. When you see someone that cares so much about our mission and what we stand for, it’s hard to not stop and think about that. This person really has our mission in their mind and in their heart, and you can’t help but see it and feel it when you are around them.

Everyone has their different jobs and tasks here at the Red Cross, but this person went above and beyond the minimum. At 5 o’clock everyday when people are racing out the doors, this person is here, pushing in chairs and making sure there is absolutely nothing else left to be done. I think he actually goes out of his way to find some work here!

It’s refreshing to work with this type of person. This award goes to someone who went above and beyond what I ever expected from them this year. Their heart and drive was unprecedented. It is with my highest honor to present this plaque of Employee of the Year, to none other than Bob Segur, our Employee of the Year. Bob, you have given your all this year and I can do none other than thank you and assure you that your hard work did not go unnoticed. Thank you, Bob, and thank you everyone, have a great evening.