Northwest Good Deed Team 1,000 Acts of Kindness Goal Surpassed Midyear

MARIETTA, Ga.  – A unique part of the Northwest Family is the in-house philanthropic team, The Good Deed Team. Founded in 2011, The Good Deed Team (GDT) actively pursues opportunities that all 700+ teammates can be involved in to create positive impact in the communities served by Northwest.

Led by two, fulltime Northwest teammates and 30+ service center ambassadors, the GDT is the heart of Northwest. As much as the business is about bugs, it is even more about people. The GDT shifted focus in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all to reevaluate how to make a difference when unable to be together. 

The team pivoted expectations, looking for resource donation opportunities rather than time donations or events. Over the year, the team donated books, toys, clothes, household items, and more to local organizations, collected holiday decorations for drop-off at the Children’s Hospital, and created care baskets for local nursing homes. 

“2020 saw challenges for everyone. We were so thankful to have a team of servant hearted people ready to serve in new ways,” said Kristen M., GDT Co-Leader. “The COVID-19 pandemic taught us to be flexible, to look for small ways to create an impact. It’s what ignited our goal for 2021: 1,000 Small Acts of Kindness across our 35+ service centers.”

As of this release, the Northwest team is already well past this goal once thought tough to reach in a year, surpassing it in June.