Category: Community Events

WOW 2022

Last week Dunbarton participated in Southeast WOW: Worlds of Work with the Southeast AlabamaWorks and it was a great experience. Southeast WOW is a 2-day event held at the Peanut Festival Fair Grounds for all 8th graders and 11th graders in the Wiregrass area. WOW gives these middle schoolers and high schoolers the opportunity to see various industries in our area so they may hopefully become interested in a career path that encourages them to stay here in the Wiregrass and work for one of these area employers.

We had two activity areas for students to engage in participation; measuring a frame sample to test their measuring tape reading abilities and a contest to see which student could screw in a hinge the fastest! The hinge contest winner received a Dunbarton mini measuring tape. Thank you to the Dunbarton employees that helped at the event telling about their office or plant job while demonstrating our product! I think fun was had by employees and students! We can’t wait for WOW 2023!

For more information on WOW (World of Work), visit their site: https://www.southeastwow.org

P.S. Turn up the volume…

Introducing, Bruce the Peanut

Being located in the peanut capital of the world comes with many advantages; one of those is boiled peanut season! Dothan loves to celebrate its love and gratitude for peanuts and one way is through the community and art project, Peanuts on Parade. The Peanuts on Parade project began in 2001 by the Downtown Group as a way to revitalize the downtown area. Currently, there are over 50 peanuts with a map for people to drive around town to visit each peanut and learn the idea/history behind that peanut.

At Dunbarton, we love being a part of our community and needed a solution that would give us a good footprint in our community! When we decided to have a peanut literally “put us on the map” we knew it needed to represent Dunbarton completely! We even had a contest among our employees to name him.

“Bruce the Peanut” is named for our original owner, Bruce Cochener. He is wearing Dunbarton’s signature blue polo while sporting safety glasses, safety earplugs, and holding on to a Dunbarton RediFrame. We think Bruce would be proud!

Thank you to the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce for hosting the ribbon-cutting, Replica Plastics for making our idea come to life, Jay Marchman at Mid-City Farmers Market for the delicious boiled peanuts, and everyone that came out to support us as we introduced Bruce!

Community Solutions

Recently, Dunbarton was able to answer the call for a Community Solution by partnering with Wiregrass Public Safety Center. The Wiregrass Public Safety Center, located in Dothan, Alabama, is home to state-of-the-art training and recruiting facilities for police, fire, emergency medical personnel, and other first responders. With a significant emphasis on community engagement is at the core of the center’s mission and vision, Dunbarton is proud to partner with Wiregrass Public Safety Center with the donation of doors for their training.

Thank you, Public Safety Center, for allowing us to provide you with a solution to your training needs!

The video is from an explosive entry class that was held the first week of August. There were 16 agencies from 8 different states that attended. Dunbarton’s doors were instrumental in that training.

Dunbarton and WOW

In February of 2020, Dunbarton participated in Southeast WOW (Worlds of Work) for the first time, and it was a great experience. Southeast WOW is a 2-day event held at the Peanut Festival Fair Grounds for all 8th graders in the wiregrass area. The event gives 8th graders the chance to see the various industries in our area so they can hopefully become interested in a career path that enables them to stay here in the Wiregrass and work for some of the area employers.

The leaders of Southeast WOW recognized our employee LaRon Reaves and noticed how well he was interacting with the students, and decided to include him in their promotional video. LaRon’s story is unique because he is a great example of moving up within Dunbarton. LaRon began his employment with Dunbarton in March of 2006 as a machine operator. He has since progressed to an Engineering Specialist after expressing interest in moving up and obtaining his degree in drafting while working full time. LaRon is also a member of Dunbarton’s Emergency Response Team and has been chosen as Dunbarton’s employee of the month several times. The 2021 Southeast WOW event was canceled due to COVID, but Dunbarton is looking forward to participating again in 2022!

For more information on WOW (World of Work), visit their site: https://www.southeastwow.org