ETA believes in contributing to the well-being of others and giving back to the community. Every year, ETA employees participate in various charitable efforts in and around the Philadelphia area.

Toys for Tots Collection Drive  
December 2010

For the third year, ETA will be collecting donations for Toys for Tots.  Our goal is to raise $2,000.  With a weekly 50/50 put in place for employees, everyone gets a chance to help the community and have fun at the same time.  Visit the Toys for Tots website at www.toysfortots.org to find out about the huge impact this organization is having on communities nationwide.

Philadelphia Cares Day
October 16, 2010

ETA is honored to participate in the upcoming Philadelphia Cares event, a marathon day of service that provides our children more attractive, functional, and safe learning environments.  Team ETA will join more than 500 local volunteers to help paint, refurbish, landscape, repair and beautify over 100 local schools.  For more information, visit  The Philadelphia Cares Day Website

Bike MS: City to Shore Ride
September 25 & 26, 2010
For the fifth year running, ETA employees, family and friends are joining together to participate in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's City to Shore Bike Ride, a weekend event that raises money for MS research and programs. Click here to learn more and to get involved in this year's MS Bike Ride.

Philabundance Food Bank Event
September 21, 2010
Philabundance is the region's largest hunger relief organization.  Their mission is to end hunger and malnutrition in the Delaware Valley by acquiring food and distributing it through organizations serving people in need.  Philabundance relies on more than 60% of support from volunteer services to help feed our hungry Delaware Valley neighbors.  During this event, ETA volunteers will be visiting a Philadelphia food bank to sort and repackage food for local pantries.  Learn more about Philabundance.   

Water Ice for the Ocean
Summer 2010
ETA is having a water ice sale throughout the summer months to raise funds to assist with the oil spill recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast.  All proceeds will be donated to two organizations:  Oceana, which is spearheading ocean research and cleanup efforts, and the Audubon Society, which is providing widespread help to heal wildlife injured or incapacitated by the spill.  To learn more about these organizations, please click on the following links:  http://na.oceana.org/ and http://www.audubon.org/.

Read Across Philadelphia 
March 2010
ETA was proud to take part in this year's Read Across Philadelphia initiative celebrating the birthday and legacy of Theodore Guisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.  Organized by Philadelphia Reads, a non-profit organization promoting child literacy, ETA employees took part by reading to students at Dobson School in Philadelphia. Learn more about Philadelphia Reads.

NTR Computer Thrift Store Volunteer Day
Nonprofit Technology Resources (http://ntronline.org/) serves low-income Philadelphia residents by recycling used computers, providing hands-on training and assisting community-based services organizations to use computers in their work.

During this event, which is on Saturday, 9/26 ETA volunteers will help NTR sort and organize donated equipment so it can be distributed to those in need. NTR relies almost entirely on volunteer support to carry out its mission, so even small investments of time like this are critical to their success.

Toys for Tots Collection Drive  
December 2009

For the second year, ETA will be collecting donations for Toys for Tots.  Our goal is to raise $2,500.  With a weekly 50/50 put in place for employees, everyone gets a chance to help the community and have fun at the same time.  Visit the Toys for Tots website at www.toysfortots.org to find out about the huge impact this organization is having on communities nationwide.

Bike MS: City to Shore Ride
October 3rd and 4th, 2009

For the fourth year running, ETA employees, family and friends are joining together to participate in this year's City to Shore Bike Tour fund-raising event for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Learn more about City to Shore.  

The Care Package Project  
May thru July 2009
ETA's goal was to raise $110 to send two packages.  ETA ended up raising $440 to donate to The Care Package Project.  That means eight marines will receive a care package!  The Care Package Project is an organization run by parents of Marines who take the donations and create care packages for Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan who do not receive packages or mail from family or friends. They ship over 1,000 care packages five to six times a year to those Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Learn more about The Care Package Project.

Read Across Philadelphia 
March 2009
ETA was proud to take part in this year's Read Across Philadelphia initiative celebrating the birthday and legacy of Theodore Guisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.  Organized by Philadelphia Reads, a non-profit organization promoting child literacy, five ETA employees took part by reading to students at Dobson School in Philadelphia.Learn more about Philadelphia Reads.