Support Our Troops & Veterans Program
Support Our Troops & Veterans program (SOTV) engages Plast-O-Matic employees, distributors and friends in a wide range of efforts to reach out to our military, and to assist veterans and family members. These include financial support:
- AdoptaPlatoon
- Five Star
- Wounded Warrior Project
- Semper Fi Fund
- Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
- Mercury One’s Veterans Programs
- Freedom Alliance
As well as direct, hands-on support:
- Flower distribution to veterans in Nutley, NJ
- Annual gifts/personal care items collections & delivery overseas
- Providing free spa therapy and personally assisting over 20 individuals on Veterans Day 2016 at True Rest in Brick, NJ, with continuing monthly program
- Annual sponsorship & active participation in Semper Fi Open at MCAS Miramar
- Providing free enrollment at three local Crunch gyms
- Development of custom valves to provide mobile, on-site potable water treatment systems for military personnel deployed in harsh environments
Plast-O-Matic is a 2017 and 2020 recipient of the “Companies that Care” award from the Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey for our efforts to support our soldiers. We were also recognized inJersey’s Bestmagazine cover story on “A Season of Giving” in December 2019:
At Plast-O-Matic Valves, for example, “Giving is part of our mission and family,” said Judy DeLorenzo, chairman of the board and executive vice president of the 52-year-old, Cedar Grove-based manufacturer/designer of plastic valves and controls. “We’re particularly committed to veterans and have been donating to Operation Homefront, Wounded Warriors and other organizations that support veterans and their families for over two decades. We hire veterans, presently have a number of dedicated veterans who work here, and are so thankful to all of them,” she said. “We truly appreciate our veterans, who put their lives on the line for us every day.”
“A Season of Giving”:
https://www.jerseysbest.com/making-a-difference-nj-ranks-18th-most-charitable-state-in-america/
We owe so much to our active duty, veterans, heroes and surviving families. All the freedoms we enjoy — and too often take for granted — we enjoy thanks to them. We feel privileged to show our gratitude in any way we can!