{"id":11584,"date":"2021-06-28T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearepdi.com\/en-uk\/?p=11584"},"modified":"2021-06-28T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:54:39","slug":"pdi-international-celebrate-its-first-be-the-difference-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wearepdi.dd.mcgit.cc\/en-uk\/pdi-international-celebrate-its-first-be-the-difference-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>PDI International celebrate its First Be The Difference Day<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Colleagues host initiatives to give back to local communities, where they live and work<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 18<sup>th <\/sup>June, PDI International, a global leader in infection prevention products and service solutions based in Corby, celebrated their first Be The Difference Day, a day dedicated to giving back to its local communities. In honour of this day, members of PDI International\u2019s leadership team and colleagues across the organisation donated their time and resources to non-profit organisations that represent the PDI \u201cBe The Difference\u00ae\u201d mission and brand.<\/p>\n<p>For its first year, more than 60 people participated across four different locations including Corby, Manchester, Milan and Lisbon.\u00a0 Over \u00a312.000 was raised and the proceeds were split and presented to various non-profit organisations chosen by colleagues, including Cancer Research and Cransley Hospice in Corby and Lakelands Hospice &amp; MIND in Kettering.<\/p>\n<p>As well as countless donations of critical items, such as used clothing, blankets, books and toys which were dropped off at Cancer Research\u2019s superstore in Corby, teams also coordinated volunteer activities.\u00a0 In Corby, a team spent the day at the Corby Homeless Project, taking part in diverse tasks such as painting, gardening and general maintenance as well as baking over 100 cupcakes for its residents and staff.\u00a0 In Manchester, another team spent the day helping people with limited mobility to cycle whilst in Milan and Portugal, colleagues donated supplies to foodbanks, took part in local clean-ups, and spent time playing cards and baking for their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>President and CEO at PDI International, David Gueundjian said, \u201cOur involvement with the Northamptonshire community goes back almost 20 years now, and we are very proud to have made Corby the central point of our International efforts. PDI International\u2019s mission goes beyond business, and this first International Be The Difference Day has given our associates in the UK an amazing opportunity to exemplify our unique culture, give back to our communities, and impact even more lives around us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colleagues host initiatives to give back to local communities, where they live and work On Friday, 18th June, PDI International,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7475,"featured_media":11561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,215,187],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PDI International celebrates its First Be The Difference\u00ae Day - PDI International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDI International celebrates its First Be The Difference\u00ae Day - 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