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Trévo Partakes In Local Fundraising Initiative
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On November 14 some of the Oklahoma City Metro’s finest professionals, community volunteers, leaders, and entrepreneurs will be honored at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Breath & Beyond event at the Dunlap Codding Courtyard on Film Row.
Through this event Breath & Beyond Honorees have the opportunity to align themselves with a charity that helps to make a difference in the lives of so many families affected by cystic fibrosis (CF). Each honoree will take on the role of finding a cure for CF by raising critical funds for research during the months leading up to the event.
The Breath & Beyond event will be the capstone of the Honoree involvement. Guests at this “blue jean formal” event will have the opportunity to mingle, eat yummy food, and make a lasting impact by funding CF science.
Trévo Director of Branding, Crystal Shirey, is an honoree for the CF Foundation and participates in events to raise awareness and funds in her downtime. Shirey mentioned to Trévo President and CEO, Mark Stevens, that she is involved with the Foundation which led to Trévo donating money, becoming an Expert Sponsor.
“I came to understand what cystic fibrosis was through a good friend of mine, Blake Henry, while I
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Trévo Gives Back To Oklahoma Roots
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Born and raised in Oklahoma, Trévo President and CEO, Mark Stevens, never fails to forget where he came from and the importance of giving back to his community. Stevens and his wife, Holli, make monthly contributions to Oklahoma’s City Rescue Mission and recently donated $10,000 to the City Rescue Mission of Hope 2014.
The banquet was held September 11 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and recognized City Rescue Mission sponsors and attendees as they listened to personal testimonies of individuals’ lives touched by the Mission.
City Rescue Mission is a private, faith-based, non-profit organization providing solution-based ministry to homeless men, women and children.
In 2007 the Mission hired Rev. Tom Jones as President and CEO. Since then, the Mission, under Rev. Jones leadership, has developed the recovery program known as the Bridge to Life Program, which currently hosts 70 percent client participation. Additionally, in the last two years, City Rescue Mission has expanded its Social Services Center by partnering with over 70 local agencies offering comprehensive care free of charge to any City Rescue Mission client, including those from the community at large.
Trévo was recognized as a Pinnacle of HOPE sponsor, the third highest level of sponsorship.
Stevens was in attendance at the banquet along with
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Trévo CEO Donates To Nigerian Children’s Charity
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As Trévo President and CEO, Mark Stevens, traveled to Nigeria last month he did much more than present the first ever “Create Your Explosive Team” training. Trévo donated one million Nigerian Naira, about $6,200 USD, to the SOS Children in Nigeria charity. SOS Children is a global charity that has been supporting children, families and their communities to flourish for over 60 years.
Despite Nigeria being oil-rich, hundreds of thousands live in crippling poverty. Crime and HIV/AIDS are on the increase. SOS Children in Nigeria helps vulnerable children stay with their families and where necessary, give them a loving home in one of their SOS Children’s Villages.
Around 15 million children are engaged in child labor, many in very dangerous conditions in Nigeria. Some children work in hazardous industries where they are potentially exposed to toxic fumes and dangerous machinery. About 360,000 children live with HIV/AIDS and this disease is a major cause of the increasing poverty in the country. The child mortality rate stands at 138 per 1,000 live births and around 30 percent of children under the age of five are underweight.
SOS Children is in 133 countries where they have provided long-term care for almost 62,000 children in 547 SOS