Nearly 40 members of Long Island, N.Y., Local 1049 volunteered at a local food pantry Thanksgiving week, with large turnouts from the local branches of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus and the Women’s Committee.

Volunteers sorted, packed and distributed nearly 200 Thanksgiving dinners for Pronto, a nonprofit serving central Long Island.

Later, the local came to the rescue.

Pronto had scheduled a dedication ceremony for a new mural at its building after the Thanksgiving volunteer event, but a tree came down in the garden. A Local 1049-represented tree trimming crew from National Grid swooped in, removed the trunk and branches, and left the garden ready for a party that went off without a hitch. 

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