BASE® Donates $1,400 to Branden Bissell

What started as lunch time chatter turned into an opportunity that BASE® employees Missy Solum and Dustin Petty couldn’t pass up.

In early March Missy Solum passed along the news to her fellow co-worker Dustin Petty, that her family friend and Adel native Branden Bissell was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Missy also mentioned to Dustin that Branden has spent the last six years battling to protect the United States as a member of the Army reserves. It was then, when Dustin knew an opportunity lay in front of him to help a soldier in need.

Together with the support of BASE® business owners Terry and Cindy Harrington, Missy and Dustin organized multiple activities around the office for the month of March to raise money for Branden and his family.

Some of the highlights from the month were a company jeans fundraiser where employees were able to wear jeans based on donations given, as well as Terry Harrington making contributions on St. Patrick’s day based on employees wearing green.

Prior to Branden’s benefit spaghetti supper on March 29th, BASE® partnered with Fareway to help purchase supplies for the benefit. BASE® donated 20 pounds of hamburger, 14 pounds of lettuce salad and 15 containers of parmesan cheese.

On Wednesday, April 2nd, Branden visited BASE® and was presented with a VISA gift card worth $1,405. The VISA card will go towards helping Branden with medical bills and the costs associated with traveling back and forth to Iowa City for treatments.

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