A call went out across Pfizer’s Pearl River campus for volunteers to donate whole blood and platelets for an R&D colleague undergoing treatment at New York’s famed Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital. The call was answered and several employees were ready to roll up their sleeves…and give a pint.
The problem became how to efficiently get them there and back. GreenWheels was the obvious answer, with its VPSI approved drivers and their vans. Peter Duda, Senior Director of Research Facility Operations, called the site GreenWheels Manager and it didn’t take long for two trips to be organized. It was just a simple exercise in logistics – gathering, going, donating and returning.
The first trip was a breeze, going just as planned. The second trip became a nightmare on the return, as the van battled NYC afternoon traffic and detours, winding up on the wrong side of the Harlem River and competing with Yankee Stadium and major construction traffic.
In the end all was well, the job got done and we wish our colleague a speedy recovery.
Pfizer Inc.’s GreenWheels Commuter Assistance Program is a high-value, low-cost multi-site program providing economic and personal assistance to commuters and environmental sustainability for the company.
VPSI developed the GreenWheels Program in 2001 as Wyeth (now Pfizer, Inc.) moved its pharmaceutical headquarters to Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and assisted employees in the relocation. Since inception, GreenWheels has continuously grown, now serving nine sites company-wide.
Tags: Collegeville, Commuter Assistance Program, greenwheels, Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, Pennsylvania, Peter Duda, Pfizer
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