Orange Day Event for Leukemia Awareness by ÜÇAY Mühendislik and METU LODOS Community

ÜÇAY Mühendislik supported the “Orange Day” event organized by the METU LODOS Community within the scope of the November 2–8 Children with Leukemia Week. At the event held on the METU campus on November 7, students conveyed messages of support to children fighting leukemia with their orange T-shirts and an awareness walk.

With over 25 years of experience in energy, air conditioning, electromechanics and e-mobility, ÜÇAY Mühendislik continues to contribute to projects that strengthen social awareness and solidarity. The company supported the Orange Day event organized by the METU LODOS Community within the scope of the November 2–8 Children with Leukemia Week, under the message “It's not leukemia that's contagious, it's kindness!”

At the event held on the METU campus on November 7, students expressed their support for children fighting leukemia by holding a walk around the campus with their orange T-shirts and awareness banners.

The program, which began with a musical performance by the Alegria Choir, continued with the painting of the Orange Day banner and an awareness walk stretching from the Physics Lawn to Devrim Stadium. Banners carried throughout the walk drew attention to leukemia, while messages of solidarity were shared across the campus. The program was completed with an event held with the participation of the METU Orienteering and Navigation Team.

“We Value Being Part of Social Solidarity”

ÜÇAY Mühendislik Corporate Communications and Marketing Coordinator Zeynep Damla Kaynar, in her assessment of the event, drew attention to the place of initiatives that strengthen social solidarity within the company's corporate responsibility approach.

Kaynar made the following statements:

“As ÜÇAY Mühendislik, we do not view sustainability as limited only to the sectors in which we operate and our environmental responsibilities. We value being part of social solidarity. In this context, we consider initiatives that add value to society, strengthen solidarity and raise social awareness as an important part of our corporate responsibility. Our collaboration with the METU LODOS Community within the scope of Children with Leukemia Week is also a reflection of this approach. With the Orange Day event, we wanted to show that we stand by children fighting leukemia and their families. We also find this event very valuable in terms of raising social sensitivity and spreading awareness of solidarity, particularly among young people.

We thank the valued members of the METU LODOS Community, who brought us together with the youth in this meaningful organization, and all the student communities who contributed. As ÜÇAY Mühendislik, we will continue to stand by initiatives that contribute to the growth of kindness, hope and solidarity.”

“It's Not Leukemia That's Contagious, It's Kindness!”

Gül Kandemir, Chair of the Board of Directors of the METU LODOS Community, stated that the Orange Day event aims to raise awareness about leukemia and spread solidarity.

Kandemir said the following in her statement regarding the event:

“Sometimes creating awareness starts with coming together in the same color. The Orange Day event, which we hold every year during the November 2–8 Children with Leukemia Week, also brings students together around the awareness and solidarity symbolized by the color orange. With our orange T-shirts and awareness banners on the METU campus, we aim to draw attention to leukemia and make children fighting leukemia and their families feel that we are by their side. As the METU LODOS Community, we do not limit this solidarity to Orange Day alone; we try to offer morale and support to children fighting leukemia and their families through the oncology visits we carry out throughout the year.

This year, with the Orange Day event we organized in collaboration with ÜÇAY Mühendislik, we aimed to raise awareness and encourage more people to become part of this solidarity. Because we know that it's not leukemia that's contagious, it's kindness!”

In addition to the Alegria Choir, the METU Orienteering and Navigation Team, METU Crochet, Knitting and Handicrafts Community, METU Psychology Community, METU Fashion Community (METUFASH), METU IAESTE, METU Sitcom Community, METU Far East Community, METU Hip-Hop Community (OBC Family), METU Linguistics Community, METU Environmental Engineering Community (ÇEMÜT), METU Energy Community and METU Polyphonic Music Community also contributed to the event.

About ÜÇAY Mühendislik

Founded in 2000, ÜÇAY Mühendislik Enerji ve İklimlendirme Teknolojileri A.Ş. operates in the fields of air conditioning, electrical, mechanical, solar energy systems (SES) and electric vehicle charging services in line with energy saving and sustainability goals. Through its subsidiary Elaris, it also provides services in electric vehicle charging network operation and electric charging station sales.

Headquartered in İstanbul, ÜÇAY Mühendislik continues its operations through 30 branches, warehouses and showrooms in 21 provinces across the Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Southeastern Anatolia regions. Having provided engineering services to more than 2 million individual and corporate customers since its establishment, the company serves an average of 30,000 customers annually through its branches, which operate in an integrated manner via its advanced ERP infrastructure.