“Many of Tenet’s Headquarters Office employees worked tirelessly during Hurricane Katrina and through the rebuilding effort to support our New Orleans area hospitals and now feel a close tie to the community,” said Maria Martineau Plankinton, director of the Tenet Healthcare Foundation. “We hope this backpack drive, the donations and matching funds from the Foundation will help the children of Brock Elementary, their families and teachers continue to rebuild their lives and have a happy, healthy and successful school year.”
Every year, the employee volunteer organization holds a school supply drive among the approximately 600 employees of the Tenet Healthcare office, to fill backpacks for elementary school children in the Dallas area. This year, the employee volunteer organization chose to help a school that was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina.