Youth Interaction
Employee Involvement & Family Focus
Wright places a strong emphasis on active individual involvement in its diverse employee interest committees. With an emphasis on developing and maintaining a strong culture, employees can contribute their time and talents to charitable giving, community involvement, special events, wellness and employee ownership activities. These committees involve all employees in deciding on giving to charitable organizations, coordinate volunteer activities to give back to the community, host activities to raise awareness of inclusion in the workplace, offer opportunities to increase health and well-being, and provide communication and education on what it means to be an employee owner.
Family-focused and recognition events include an annual service award banquet, kids’ coloring contests, picnics, bring your kids to work day, a kids’ day with Santa, kids’ educational events to learn about the industry and jobs among other activities.
Bring Your Kids to Work Day
The Wellness committee organizes the annual Bring Your Kids to Work Day event at the corporate office. In 2024, 12 departments within the office hosted 75+ kids in one of our 2nd largest and most successful Bring Your Kids to Work Day event!
Job Fairs
WSC participates in job fairs in the communities we serve throughout North America where our recruiting team can increase exposure of our family of companies to the next generation of leaders. In the future, the recruiting
team plans to partner with high schools throughout North America to engage and educate students on career paths in environmental services.
John Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund
The John Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 2008 to
create a substantial scholarship fund to help college students interested
in commercial arboriculture achieve high academic goals and support the
arboriculture industry. The scholarship is administered by the TREE Fund,
awarded $5,000 to a student annually.
Waukee Community School
District School-to-Work
Program
The School-to-Work program is an internship for seniors that want to explore a potential career path while growing their professional development. Students work exclusively at one specific employer that correlates with their career aspirations. The program allows students to experience working in a professional environment while gaining knowledge on their profession of interest.
In 2024, the Marketing and Communications department brought on a
senior for Waukee Northwest High School. Our intern had the opportunity to
work under the Senior Digital Marketing and Social Media Specialist. He was
able to explore a variety of topics in the digital marketing realm, engage and
educate students on career paths in environmental services.
John Wright Memorial Contest
In 2024, we held our annual John Wright Memorial Contest. The contest honors the memory of both John L. and John R. Wright. It is designed to further the understanding of the importance of trees and sustainability among the children and grandchildren of Wright Service Corp. employees. There are four divisions with first, second and third place prizes for each. In total, $2,575 was awarded and distributed amongst the winners in each division.
Division 3: Henry Keck, Son of Ben Keck, Eocene of the West Regional Manager
