How Pest Control Companies are Giving in Their Communities in 2025
The young boy who wanted to be Darth Vader at Disney World got his wish.
Same for another who needed a wheelchair-accessible camper so his family could enjoy the outdoors together.
It's not just Fox Pest Control's partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America that enabled these events to happen in 2025. Rather, credit the spirit of giving that permeates and inspires every branch of this nationwide company.
People helping others is always an uplifting theme around the holidays, whether it’s through raising donations of cash, food, or clothing or volunteering. For Fox, as it is with numerous pest control companies, helping others is a year-round mission, and it’s one Davis says began through founders Mike Romney and Bryant White in the Logan, UT, home office and continues at Fox’s 31 branches in 13 states.
"One of the core values is 'share the profits,'" says Christina Davis, Fox’s cultural engagement specialist and managing editor. "When we grow, our community around us should also grow. If we weren't giving and making the community around us better, I don't think we would feel like we're succeeding.”
When she was hired in 2021, Davis helped bring coordination to Fox's efforts and introduced FoxGiving.
"The first year everybody did theirs in November," Davis says. "But then we found that people wanted to give all year. But it really started as a seasonal thing for Fox."
Now, each branch is provided funding “to do good.” Some will use all of those funds and then donate services or time to projects.
Fox has seen more than 350 employees volunteer 2,670 hours of their time for work on 90 projects in the last three years, Davis says. They've contributed aid of $70,300, and their volunteer hours, as calculated by Independent Sector, are valued at nearly $93,000.
Fox Pest Control employees have even supplemented the company’s giving with Make-A-Wish. Given a chance to donate, they collectively offered $5,000 for one child. So Davis decided to go a step further and invite a recipient family to share their story at the next year’s company leadership summit.
"The entire place was in tears and the family received a standing ovation," Davis says. "And then we opened it up for donations after that, and we had $10,000 in two hours."
Besides those being helped, volunteering also can prove beneficial to a pest control company, she says.
"There is something you cannot beat when it's also combined with service hours and people's actual time and interest investment," Davis says. “It brings a value to your job and to the company that you work for, a level of trust, a level of loyalty, a level of just heartfelt goodness that you're working for a company that cares.
"Companies big and small, you're going to gain way more than you're going to spend by giving an opportunity for your employees to give to their communities," she adds. "They're going to do so much good for your company, and you're going to find the loyalty. They become better at what they do because they feel inspired."
Fox isn’t alone in giving back and inspiring, of course. Here’s how a selected number of FieldRoutes customers are also giving back in their communities for late-fall, early-winter holidays and beyond.
PMi
A "Culture of Care" drives extensive community involvement for Pest Management Systems Inc. (PMi) in Greensboro, NC.
Above: Gifts inside the Pest Management Systems Inc. office in Greensboro, NC, will go to families in need.
Each holiday season, the team comes together to purchase and wrap gifts for children, ensuring families in their community can experience holiday joys. That complements drives to provide coats and food for those in need. Although PMi's presence at this time of year is merely a portion of PMi's year-round devotion to giving back.
PMi's giving in 2025 has been powerful:
More than $100,000 in donations and sponsored events.
More than two dozen organizations helped.
Thousands of hours volunteered.
More than $2 million raised.
"We all have the power to make a difference," says Julie Tesh-Clark, PMi's chief communications officer. "Sometimes it's time and effort; other times, it's financially. But all of those are acts of kindness, and it can be very powerful if we all do something. It becomes a domino effect of people helping others. Live to give, as I say."
Spearheaded by the PMi Cares initiative, the company empowers its team to make a difference through volunteering and direct support, with leadership participating alongside their employees. Their efforts extend to numerous local and national organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Kids Path, and the Greensboro Science Center, demonstrating a long-term commitment to enhancing the community's well-being. In addition, PMi supports Companion Animal Alliance in Baton Rouge, LA.
The company's contributions also encompass significant pro-bono work and in-kind services. PMi provides complimentary pretreatments for new Habitat for Humanity homes and has completed essential crawlspace work for an entire community at cost. They also offer free pest control services to organizations such as the Victory Junction Camp and have provided critical bed bug treatments for homeless shelters and housing authorities.
When Hurricane Helene's remnants struck in western North Carolina in 2024, the team collected truckloads of supplies and delivered them to affected areas, but they also sent their moisture control team to offer relief. They also partner with two minor-league sports teams, baseball's Greensboro Grasshoppers and basketball's Greensboro Swarm, to host fundraising and awareness nights that benefit Habitat for Humanity and Red Dog Farm Animal Rescue Network.
Champion Pest & Termite Control
The team at Champion, in Pickerington, OH, took the day on Dec. 8 to volunteer for a community food program, according to Helen Holloway, who owns the company with her husband, Dwight.
And that’s important because the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2023 statistics that are the most recent to be made available, estimated that 13.5% of American households were food-insecure, including 17.9% of households with children.
In addition, Champion is a part of ColumbUS Gives, an initiative with the Chamber of Commerce in which the company has committed to donate 1% of profits each year.
Native Pest Management
Native Pest Management, based in West Palm Beach, FL, serves markets that include seven counties along the Atlantic Coast from Brevard (Melbourne) to Miami-Dade (Homestead).
"We have provided free treatments to nonprofits and community members in need," says Daniel Banting, company vice president. "We also annually donate money to a non-profit, and many of our employees are involved in their communities including shelters, working with the homeless, and more."
Natural State Pest Control
It's December, and that means Natural State Pest Control in Lowell, AR, is assisting families in need through its Twelve Days of Pestmas promotion.
"We treat their homes completely free of charge because every family deserves to have a pest-free Christmas," says Brittney Oakley, director commercial sales and marketing for the company owned by Amanda and Trent Ragar.
Natural State also partnered with ServiceTitan's Power the Nation project in 2025 as it presented awards to two Benn Banks Memorial Scholarship recipients.
"Natural State Pest Control was founded on the principle of helping people, so we continually seek opportunities to live our mission and serve those within our community," Oakley says. "As a company, we exemplify our mission statement: 'We kill bugs. We help people. Period.' We believe in serving our customers, community, and employees through our commitment to ethical practices, outstanding service, team-building activities, and philanthropic efforts. We truly believe our company sets the bar exceptionally high in the pest control industry, and we prioritize the complete satisfaction of both our employees and our customers."
ohDEER
The pest control company ohDEER, with 20 franchise locations, delivers not only tick and mosquito control throughout the year but offers a natural deer repellent spray designed to protect a property owner's vegetation.
The company promotes the slogan "Enjoy More Time Outside," and ohDEER is trying to help everyone do that by inviting donations to a coat drive that assists local children and adults in need. The company is partnering with Anton’s Cleaners and the New England-based Coats for Kids & Families project, and six ohDEER branches—Metro West and Nashoba Valley (both operated by founder Kurt Upham), South Shore, Cape Cod and North Shore in Massachusetts and Northwest Columbus in Ohio— are participating.
David Mulcahy, president of ohDEER South Shore and Cape Cod, says the goal in 2025 is 2,025 coats donated.
During the year, ohDEER services preschool play areas free as part of the T.I.C.K., or Take Initiative Check Kids, campaign. It does similarly for doggy daycares with its T.I.C.K9, or Take Initiative Check Canines, program. The company also is involved in community sports team sponsorships and supports school fundraisers, animal shelters, and environmental non-profits.
Trees Hurt Too
The Fort Worth, TX, company donates services to non-profit organizations and to churches, says Ken Hewlett, president and owner of Trees Hurt Too.
The company, serving Tarrant County, targets pests that can damage yards, vegetation, and trees, and its offerings also include home and commercial pest control, bed bug, and termite services.
