Christmas arrived in all of it’s usual fanfare, including an unexpected guest at the Annual Cota & Cota Christmas Party! Santa made an appearance to award each Cota & Cota office with a plaque that listed their community service contributions. Each office contributed greatly to their communities over the past year, and it did not go unnoticed. In turn, employees honored the Cota Family, by presenting donations to local charities on their behalf. Although unplanned, the overall theme of the party was “Pay it Forward”. The Brattleboro office presented the Cota Family with the employee gift and this message:
“Someone once said “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”. The Cota’s definitely do the right things and lead by example. I’d like to share a story that many of you will probably not hear, but it speaks volumes about this family’s generosity. This month, through the Ken Cota Gift of Warmth, the company donated 100 gallons of heating fuel to two radio stations, who took on the task of using their media platform to “pay it forward”. They were each to find one family that could use a little extra help this year, and donate the fuel to them. A listener was so moved by this act of kindness that he purchased an additional 100 gallons of fuel from us and donated it to the radio station, so that another family could be helped. That listener heard the message and acted. Now thats what paying it forward is all about! Thanks to the Cota Family, now three families in need will be a little warmer this winter.”
