Community
With over 400 operating sites located across North America, we are closely associated with communities throughout the country.
We are contracted to provide essential services to these communities and strive to provide a service that goes beyond the call of duty. Employees in our operating sites are involved in community activities that improve the lives of local communities across North America. We also manage food drives and provide free transport for wide-ranging community events.
First Volunteers Help Wal-Mart Deliver
When Wal-Mart department stores decided to donate leftover holiday goodies to local charities volunteer drivers from First Student delivered the goods. Over $3,000 worth of goods such as wrapping paper, bows, cards and trees were delivered to organisations such as the Children's Home Society, Englewood Elementary School, Ronald McDonald House and the Otis Smith Kids Foundation.
First Student Stuff a Bus Holiday Campaign
During the holidays most school buses remain empty until the start of the new school term. In Barnstaple MA First Student bus drivers and their colleagues come together at Christmas each year to make use of the buses in their Stuff a Bus campaign. The buses are packed with donated items such as clothes, toys and non-perishable foods which are then delivered to a local women's shelter and a church.
First Student Sponsors School Bus Safety Poster Contest
First Student sponsored a district-wide School Bus Safety Poster Contest in Savannah Chatham School District. An award ceremony was held for the winners who were presented with $100 gift certificates by First Student. All four winning posters were sent to Atlanta Georgia to be judged by state and national committees. Kenyatta Braggs from Shuman Middle school came first in the States 6th to 8th grade division 3 contest with an entry entitled 'Be Aware, Cross with Care'. In addition to the gift certificate from First Student, she also received a $100 savings certificate from the Georgia Association of Public Transportation.
Mount Pleasant Service Centre Adopts a Roadway
Mount Pleasant service centre employees work with the cities Adopt a Roadway programme. Through this programme they have adopted a section of a local highway, Six Mile Road, which runs adjacent to their premises. They have committed to collecting litter and planting flowers and shrubs along a two-mile stretch of road four times each year. In addition the office clerk, Annette Nelson, organises the recycling of bottle rings at the facility. She then passes these on to her grandchild and school friends to be knitted into Christmas wreaths and sold by the children to buy toys for underprivileged children in the area.
Assisting the Lebanese Evacuees
First Transit and their contracting customer, the Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International (BWI) Airport in Maryland worked closely together, providing additional resources for the successful repatriation of US citizens from Lebanon following the outbreak of fighting in 2006.
BWI was presented a Certificate of Appreciation from Governor Robert L. Enrich, Jr. and Lieutenant Governor Michael S. Steele to recognise its participation in this process and its commitment to supporting humanitarian efforts in the State of Maryland