13th annual Pay It Forward employees selected

The U.S.-based Washington Companies awarded $125,000 to 250 randomly selected employees for donation to charities of their choice.

An annual Washington Companies program in its 13th year, “Pay It Forward” is designed to place philanthropy in the hands of employees. The program distributes charitable giving cards worth $500 each to winners of a random drawing of employees from Envirocon, Modern Machinery, Montana Rail Link, Montana Resources, Pipestone Quarry and Washington Corporations. The program was launched in 2009 and is consistent with the value placed on grassroots philanthropy by the Washington family and the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.