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January 4, 2010

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AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Former VIA Leader Donates Funds to Child Care Center

When John M. Milam, former president and chief executive officer of VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, TX, discovered that more than $16,000 remained of the private funds raised for his retirement luncheon, he made sure to give back to the agency where he had worked for 34 years. He donated the money to VIA’s on-site Child Development Center for the purchase of new playground equipment.

County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson had raised the funds from private sources to thank Milam and recognize his commitment to VIA and the employees that keep the agency running.

VIA designed the Child Development Center to provide child care for its employees. At the time of its opening in 1990, the agency became the first in the nation to establish an on-site child-care center run by agency employees. Because of the center, VIA has seen absenteeism decline, recruitment increase, job performance improve, and employee morale grow.

The agency’s efforts in providing child care earned VIA honors including the 1991 APTA Management Innovation award.

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