Supporting Our Communities
Creating brighter futures for all
At The Morse Group, we believe giving back to the communities we call home is important. We are proud to consistently support local organizations that promote youth development, support hardworking families, and connect veterans with the support and services they need.
A Little Help Can Go a Long Way
Community Construction Zone
We’re proud to continue our partnership with Hendricks CareerTek and Corporate Contractors, Inc.’s Dare to Dream Community Construction Zone. During our first year at the event, we saw that it attracted a wide range of participants, from young children to teenagers. We challenged our team to design and fabricate an interactive activity that would engage kids of all ages while sparking interest in the electrical industry – and boy did they deliver! Midnight Snack run demonstrates how electricity travels from power plants to homes, powering everything from video games and tech gadgets to everyday essentials like lights and refrigerators. The Conduit Bending activity remains a crowd favorite, with kids lining up year after year to flex their muscles! In 2024, we added a stud wall that allows kids to peek behind the curtain and see how electrical wires are installed in walls. The Dare to Dream Community Construction Zone is always a fun and rewarding event, providing a wonderful opportunity to engage with the community and introduce young people to the trades.
Girls That Build
Introducing High School Girls to Careers in the Electrical Industry
In celebration of Women in Construction Week, The Morse Group hosted our third annual Girls That Build event, designed to introduce local high school girls to the many opportunities within the electrical industry. This year, 17 girls from six area high schools attended the event. Highlights included the popular switch wiring station and expanded the conduit bending station to include junction boxes and pulling wire using a fish tape. We were also thrilled to welcome four new mentors to the Girls That Build team in 2024: Apprentices Alyson (2nd year) and Molly (3rd year), Design Technician Heather, and Controls Engineer Kailey. They each bring diverse career paths and shared valuable insights from their experiences. A special thank you to Werner Electric and Leeding Services for their generous donations that helped make this event a success!
Habitat for Humanity
We’re honored to have worked with Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity on our first Habitat home! Volunteers spent multiple Saturdays onsite to install the 100 amp electrical service for the home. Special thanks to all The Morse Group team members and their families who donated their time and talents to make this home a reality. We’d also like to thank our vendor partners Revere Electric, Springfield Electric, and Crescent Electric for their generous donations. We couldn’t have done this without you!
Turtle Tek’s Women in STEM
We were thrilled to be part of Turtle Tek’s Women in STEM event! Controls Engineer Kailey had the opportunity to speak with girls in grades 6-12, offering an introduction to the field of controls engineering. She shared insights into the day-to-day responsibilities of a controls engineer, the skills needed, and the educational path to pursue this career. Kailey also encouraged the participants to think about their current interests and how they could lead to exciting and rewarding careers in the industry. To wrap up, she led an interactive activity where the attendees used a pegboard and everyday household items to build a Rube Goldberg machine, setting off a chain reaction that knocked over a target object. Great job, Kailey!
Don Morse Charitable Foundation
Since 2012, The Don Morse Charitable Foundation has hosted The Don Morse Golf Invitational to honor the late Don Morse and his commitment to helping others in need. Proceeds from the event benefit local charities including Malcolm Eaton Enterprises, The Boys and Girls Club of Freeport, The Humane Society, and Little Cubs Field. The Don Morse Golf Invitational is an annual tradition at The Morse Group and our golfers look forward to hitting the green in support of a great cause!
The Vegas Veterans Hockey Foundation
VVHF supports veterans and their families in the Las Vegas community. Each year they host a hockey tournament to raise the funds that help connect their veteran members with the support network they need. The Morse Group was proud to sponsor the Vegas Veterans Hockey Foundation’s Charity Golf Scramble held on June 5th, 2021.
Christmas Giving Tree
The Morse Group is proud to carry on our tradition of giving with the Christmas Giving Tree benefiting the Beloit Head Start program! Head Start promotes school readiness for low-income children ages birth to five. We first became involved with the program in 2018 when we teamed up with another local business to donate gifts. We set our sights higher in 2019 with the goal of donating a gift for every child in the program! Thanks to the generosity of our team members, 2024 marked our 6th consecutive year accomplishing this goal!
Hendricks CareerTek
Hendricks CareerTek invited three alumni back to host a career panel for South Beloit Middle and High School students. Included in the panel was our very own electrician, Nolan! Nolan shared his career path with the group, starting with job shadowing and internship opportunities in high school through Hendricks CareerTek, to joining an apprentice program where he could “earn and learn”, to ultimately becoming a journeyman electrician. As someone who once sat in a CareerTek classroom, Nolan could offer unique insight to the group about what their path might look like. Great job Nolan!
Craftsman with Character
The Morse Group is proud to partner with Beloit Memorial High School for the Craftsman with Character program, providing job shadowing and hands-on experience to high school students interested in pursuing a career in the trades. Since 2022, we’ve had the pleasure of hosting participants in our panel shop, where, throughout the fall semester, they work one-on-one with a Panel Electrician mentor to gain valuable industry experience. We are incredibly proud of the promising individuals we’ve had the chance to mentor — we wish you all bright futures ahead!
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels is a volunteer-based program that strengthens communities by delivering hot, nutritious meals to at risk, homebound senior citizens 365 days a year. These volunteer drivers deliver more than a hot meal-sometimes, they are the only personal contact that senior has on a given day, so the friendly visits also serve as safety checks. Meals on Wheels is proud to have empowered seniors to live valued, independent lives in their own homes for 50 years! Employees from our Beloit and Freeport offices worked hard to support Beloit Meals on Wheels during the Wheel Run for Meals 10K run and 5K walk/run held on May 18, 2024.
Afton Hunter Safety
The Morse Group team members give back both in and outside of work. Project Manager Duane Mundth has been involved with the Afton Hunter Safety Program since 2009. They hold two classes annually and incorporate a hands-on approach to teaching local youth hunter safety. The Fall 2021 class included a field day held at Magnolia Game Farm in Evansville, WI. The day culminated with a guided pheasant hunt for each student. This session was especially near and dear to Duane’s heart as there were four children belonging to The Morse Group employees that participated in the program. For Duane, it’s truly rewarding to see students mature from the first night of class to graduation day and watch them demonstrate the skills and hunter ethics learned during the course. To date, the program has graduated over 1,000 students!
CPR & First Aid Training
The Morse Group is proud to offer ongoing CPR and first aid training to our team members. Taught by Morse Electric Safety Manager Brad Dieterman, team members learn how to apply basic first aid in several emergency situations including wounds, shock, burns, falls, and overdoses. They also learn how to recognize the signs of other serious conditions like heart attack, stroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite and hypothermia. They gain valuable, hands-on experience while learning to properly perform CPR. Through the use of light-up training manikins, participants can visually see when they were applying the right amount of pressure at the proper speed during chest compressions and watch the chest rise and fall during each breath. To wrap up the course, each participant uses an AED and provides CPR for five continuous rounds to get a feel of just how taxing it is to perform CPR until emergency personnel arrive. Fast action saves lives, and thanks to this training, more people have the knowledge and skills to assist in the case of an emergency both at work and in our community!