Vulcan Rocks! Our HEROES Cleaning up Mira Mesa Again

Heroes come in all sizes and shapes in our community. While many of us are familiar with our local nonprofit, Mira Mesa HEROES events, much of what they do is supported by our local company donations – thus heroes in their own way. One such company is Vulcan Materials – yes, the “rock people.” Their donations have helped our community paint both fire stations and on Feb 21th the Mark Twain High school (next to MMHS). Yet their community support and spirit is much more than that.

They enhance our surroundings through educational support, outreach programs, donations, and by keeping up their plant’s appearance – including a full time employee on the Community Planning Group. They actively sponsor a school partnership with Wangenheim Middle School and provide assistance, expertise, and materials to help our young people in their education.  This support includes participation in career days, donating school supplies (digital cameras, etc…), and sponsoring field trips, as well as sponsoring students and teachers in the Race for Literacy, and even sent a teacher to a mining conference.
Additionally they routinely provide donations to several other schools, local youth sports teams and non-profit organizations.  Their donation to the Chollas Lake Little League allowed them to improve the fields and provide a safe environment for the kids of the community.  Every year they sponsor the Mira Mesa Street Fair and participate in the clean up afterwards by providing the services of their street sweeper.  Another less visible community relations activity they provide is donating areas of their property as a training ground for rescue dogs.    Three of these dogs were later used in the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center on 9/11/01 in New York.  This year they donated superb Padres tickets to the Taste of Mira Mesa… and MORE….
So sometimes the real heroes are those supporters behind the scenes, being a good neighbor with little fanfare, and facilitating the outreach activities of others.  Vulcan Materials is just such a community hero.  We agree with their motto:  “Vulcan Rocks!”

Through the generous donations from Vulcan Materials, our HEROES volunteers were able to finish several projects at Mark Twain High School. They did some area cleaning, landscaping, repairs and painting to the facilities. To get involved within your community, contact Mike Davis from Mira Mesa HEROES for any one of their upcomming projects. You can also use that link to suggest a project for consideration.