Doe Run and its Employees Closed Out 2024 with Meaningful Contributions of Time and Money to Local Charities

Viburnum, Mo.(KFMO) - The Doe Run Company (Doe Run) and its employees showed support for local communities in 2024 through food drives, event sponsorships, and charitable activities. Throughout the Southeast Missouri region, the company and its employees closed out the year collectively donating nearly $92,000 and devoting more than 545 hours to help a variety of local charities.
 
As part of this charitable initiative, Doe Run’s Buick Resource Recycling Division (BRRD) and Southeast Missouri Mining and Milling (SEMO) teams collectively donated $10,000 to the Old Miners’ Day Committee, and $5,000 to the Salem Community Center at the Armory. These teams made additional donations to the Dent County Trunk or Treat event, Viburnum Sports Club and Salem High School Project Graduation.
 
Employees at Doe Run’s St. Louis offices, and SEMO operations donated more than $3,200 worth of food and household essentials to hurricane relief funds supporting residents impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Donations were delivered by employees to collection sites in Tennessee and North Carolina where flooding devastated communities.
 
Leading up to the holidays, Doe Run employees contributed more than 1,300 canned and dry goods to the Disabled Citizens Alliance for Independence (DCAI) food drive in Viburnum, Mo. Through the Santas for Seniors program, Doe Run employees donated $800 worth of gifts to the Guardian Angel Settlement Association. And the BRRD team demonstrated its holiday spirit by donating $537 worth of toys and gifts to children in need through the Iron County School District’s adopt-a-family program.
 
Throughout the year, volunteer hours were devoted to these organizations as well as a variety of additional community events, including Trash Bashes at Sweetwater, Casteel and Buick sites and organizing and staffing the Spring Rocks ‘n Roll event at the Missouri Mines State Historic Site.
 
Additional donations were made to: Missouri University of Science & Technology for STEM summer camps, VFW Post 6660 of Reynolds County, Reynolds County Sheltered Workshop, Reynolds County Rotary Club, Bunker Volunteer Fire Department, Bunker R-3 School District, Valley R-6 School District, backpack programs at local schools, Iron County Fair Board, Shriners Hospital, Ellington Chamber of Commerce, Viburnum Lions Club, multiple community sports teams, school band programs and many more.