BioTek Employees Assist Fellow Vermont Companies with Hurricane Irene Cleanup

October 4, 2011, WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTekkers are trading their normal workday routines for work gloves, hammers and brooms to help other local companies affected by Hurricane Irene's destruction. BioTek employees recently traveled to Hurricane Flats Farm in South Royalton, VT and Ultramotive Corporation in Bethel, VT to remove debris, assist in repairs and tackle other hurricane-related damage.

The volunteers didn't hesitate to express their community pride and jump into a full day of grime and physical labor. "It's the Vermont way of doing things; I know if I needed help other Vermonters would be there to help me," noted BioTek volunteer Jason LaFrance. BioTekker Suzanne Washburn added, "When we helped Ultramotive, we were amazed by the generosity they showed us in return; everyone is paying it forward." Another employee summed up the experiences saying, "Being a good neighbor has nothing to do with distance, town, state or country, it's just why we're here."

BioTek encourages community involvement, and even compensates employees for a portion of their volunteer activities. Kathy Gendron, Vice President of Human Resources, noted that many BioTekkers also volunteer on their own time, and share a strong commitment to the Vermont community. "Volunteer feedback [from the latest effort] was clear that although they could only make a dent in the overall clean-up and rebuilding efforts, they felt good knowing that they helped fellow Vermonters."

BioTek Instruments, Inc., headquartered in Winooski, VT, USA, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of microplate instrumentation and software. BioTek instrumentation is used to aid in the advancement of life science research, facilitate the drug discovery process and to enable cost-effective quantification of disease relevant molecules in the clinic.

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