Day of Caring: Two cities, several horses and dozens of volunteers

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Marathon employee Jean Butterfield helps clean a corral at the TR 4 Heart and Soul facility in Bismarck.
 
  • About 60 Marathon Petroleum employees recently supported United Way Day of Caring projects across two North Dakota cities.
  • They cleaned, painted and completed a variety of other maintenance tasks at several nonprofit organizations and the homes of neighbors with medical or financial challenges.

An organization using horses to enhance quality of life for people with disabilities is among the nonprofit organizations benefiting from United Way Day of Caring initiatives in North Dakota. About 60 employees from Marathon Petroleum and its MPLX midstream segment recently volunteered in the Bismarck-Mandan area and Dickinson to clean, paint, cut and remove brush, and make repairs at several homes and facilities.

In Bismarck, the volunteers from Marathon teamed up with employees from Barr Engineering. One project location was TR 4 Heart and Soul, which offers therapeutic horseback riding for adults and children with physical disabilities as well as learning, speech and behavioral challenges. Volunteers also did work at the Bismarck/Missouri Valley Family YMCA and the Dacotah Foundation, an organization helping children and adults who struggle with mental illness and/or chemical dependency.

In Dickinson, teams focused on the homes of residents facing financial or medical difficulties. Marathon employees have participated in Day of Caring in Bismarck for several years, and this was the first year they also took part in Dickinson.  

See the volunteers in action through the photo gallery below.

Gallery

  • Marathon employees (l-r) Steven Millan, Jeff Gartner, DeEll Jordre and Casey Miller work on a home project in Dickinson.
    Marathon employees (l-r) Steven Millan, Jeff Gartner, DeEll Jordre and Casey Miller work on a home project in Dickinson.
  • Marathon employee Ethan Schirado was among the volunteers sprucing up homes in Dickinson.
    Marathon employee Ethan Schirado was among the volunteers sprucing up homes in Dickinson.                         
  • One of the volunteer projects took place at TR 4 Heart and Soul, a nonprofit organization in Bismarck that offers therapeutic horseback riding for people with physical disabilities.
    One of the volunteer projects took place at TR 4 Heart and Soul, a nonprofit organization in Bismarck that offers therapeutic horseback riding for people with physical disabilities.
  • Marathon employees Jacob Brock (left) and Ian Ladomer (right) complete landscaping work at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA in Bismarck.
    Marathon employees Jacob Brock (left) and Ian Ladomer (right) complete landscaping work at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA in Bismarck.
  • Employees from Marathon’s Dickinson renewable diesel facility in front of a home in Dickinson where they volunteered: (front row, l-r) Casey Miller, DeEll Jordre, Tammy Haugen, Lea Floberg, Jenni Martin, Ethan Schirado, Tammy Jones and Steven Millan (back row, l-r) Holly Jackson, Jeff Gartner and Will Vance.
    Employees from Marathon’s Dickinson renewable diesel facility in front of a home in Dickinson where they volunteered: (front row, l-r) Casey Miller, DeEll Jordre, Tammy Haugen, Lea Floberg, Jenni Martin, Ethan Schirado, Tammy Jones and Steven Millan (back row, l-r) Holly Jackson, Jeff Gartner and Will Vance.
  • Marathon employees Tammy Jones (left) and Casey Miller (right) load a truck with debris at a home in Dickinson.
    Marathon employees Tammy Jones (left) and Casey Miller (right) load a truck with debris at a home in Dickinson.
  • Employees from Marathon’s Mandan refinery and MPLX in front of the Dacotah Foundation in Bismarck, which helps individuals who struggle with mental illness and/or chemical dependency. (front row, l-r) Ryan Caya, Christy Schafer, Ryan Fisk, Kali Nordquist, Kari Leier and Alyssa Weinhardt (back row, l-r) Jenny Aranda, Dusty Windhorst, AJ Thompson and Matt Stegmiller.
    Employees from Marathon’s Mandan refinery and MPLX in front of the Dacotah Foundation in Bismarck, which helps individuals who struggle with mental illness and/or chemical dependency. (front row, l-r) Ryan Caya, Christy Schafer, Ryan Fisk, Kali Nordquist, Kari Leier and Alyssa Weinhardt (back row, l-r) Jenny Aranda, Dusty Windhorst, AJ Thompson and Matt Stegmiller.
  • Marathon employee Ryan Caya at the Dacotah Foundation in Bismarck.
    Marathon employee Ryan Caya at the Dacotah Foundation in Bismarck.
  • Marathon employee A.J. Emter at the TR 4 Heart and Soul facility in Bismarck.
    Marathon employee A.J. Emter at the TR 4 Heart and Soul facility in Bismarck.
  • Marathon employee Holly Jackson at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA in Bismarck.
    Marathon employee Holly Jackson at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA in Bismarck.
  • Marathon employees Cheryl Sayler (left) and Chad Pulkrabek (right) at the TR 4 Heart and Soul facility in Bismarck.
    Marathon employees Cheryl Sayler (left) and Chad Pulkrabek (right) at the TR 4 Heart and Soul facility in Bismarck.                     
  • Employees from Marathon and Barr Engineering at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA in Bismarck.
    Employees from Marathon and Barr Engineering at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA in Bismarck.  
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