Category: Community Service

School Supply Drive

The Working Women’s committee and the FLOC committee teamed up for a school supply drive back in August. We picked Kendall-Whittier Elementary in Tulsa to be the recipient of the supplies. It was a huge success.

Salvation Army Drive

The drive has started now and will end on December 18th.  We are looking for donations of socks, gloves, warm hats, scarves, and even blankets. We are working with the leadership at the base to have donation boxes placed at key points and will have one here at the hall.  They can contact Tracy Hardin…

Del Cotton, Blood Drive Maestro for the past 15 years!

We here at the Transport Workers Union, Local 514 would like to take a moment to thank Brother Del Cotton for all the hours of service he has given to the fight for life. Dell has promoted the Tulsa TWU/American Airlines Blood Drives for the past 15 years, He has planned, cooked and helped to…

Operation Bikes for Kids

This year the TWU514 is taking part in helping out 106.1 the Twister, Natalie Cash and Channel 2 News in helping gather one thousand sixty one (1061) bikes for Tulsa area youth to be provided to 5 charities for distribution. Salvation Army, Owasso Community Resources, Toys for Tots, Tulsa Bike Club and Family Children’s Services.…

Major League Fishing Red Crest Outdoor Sports Expo 2022

Was held over three days from March 25th thru March 27th. During the event labor unions in association with The Union Sportsman Alliance were challenged to volunteer free time to build fish habitats for multiple Oklahoma lakes. The goal was to build over 100 complex habitats that the Oklahoma Department of Fish and Wildlife would…

Christmas Giving

Hello and Seasons Greeting Everyone,   I wanted to give you an update on our scaled down toy drive. This year brought many challenges but as always the employees at Tulsa Base came through. We may have been down but we are not out. We were able to adopt 102 Salvation Army Angels, provide over 111…

The Blood Donor app puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand

  The American Red Cross has created an application to track your Blood donations. Schedule and Manage Appointments Find local blood drives and donation centers quickly and easily right from the palm of your hand. The app makes scheduling and rescheduling appointments easy and convenient. Save Time With RapidPass® RapidPass® can help save time during…

TWU Coronavirus Update

The TWU continues to closely monitor the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The disease originated in Wuhan, China, and has since reached 37 international locations, including cases in the United States. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that person-to-person spread will continue to occur and new cases will most likely…

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

The Tulsa Area United Way, in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service and other local organizations, assists families with free preparation of their income tax returns through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. This program helps local residents, whose household income is less than $55,000 a year, to access tax credits for which they are…

The AFL-CIO Community Services and The United Way

Union Counselor Training Course Starting Tuesday, February 11th. 2020, the Union Counselors Course will be held again at the United Way office located at 1430 S. Boulder. The class will go from 6-8:30 pm. for the next five Tuesdays and will end on March 24th. Some of the topics to be covered are Elder Care,…