NEWS ISSUE 5
Community Support Wear it Red for Nova Scotia On April 24th Canadians were asked to wear red to honour the 22 victims and all of the families and friends affected by the tragic shooting in Nova Scotia. We wanted to let our team members, who were affected personally by this tragedy, know that they weren’t alone. The G4S team stands strong with Nova Scotia, and we showed our support through the through #WearRedFriday social media campaign. Our team posted pictures of themselves and their families wearing red on social media, including the hashtag #G4SStandsWithNovaScotia.
G4S “Lights It Up Blue” for World Autism Awareness Day This year for Autism Awareness Day we asked our team members across the country to show their support by wearing blue and posting to social media with #lightitupblue. The response was nothing less than amazing. Peter Panaritis shared his thoughts on why it was important to support this day:
“This is something near and dear to my heart because as you may know, my son, Ioanni, has ASD. He, along with the other children and adults living with Autism are going Thank you to everyone who took time to think about the through something different and challenging right now. lives lost and those who are left to grieve during this unWith school closures affecting their routines and being certain time. Together, we’ll come out of this as a stronger away from their peers they are at risk of extreme anxiety team. and depression and we are seeing this in Ioanni as well. We are doing our best to provide a safe and positive environment for him during this period of uncertainty and the most important thing we can all do is stay positive for him. We continue to engage him in conversations to help ease his anxiety; keep him active - we enjoy walks around the neighbourhood; and encourage social media connections with his extended friends and family. We will get through this, together.” We had 52 employees “Lightitupblue” by wearing blue in support of World Autism Awareness Day and helping raise $500 for our charity partner, Jake’s House. 17
