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How to Elevate Employee Engagement and Community Impact Through Workplace Volunteer Programs
Whether your program was started ten months or ten years ago, it’s important to step back periodically to take stock of your corporate volunteer program. For businesses with an existing employee volunteer program, this guide is designed to help you develop and carry out a strategy that embeds social purpose throughout your organization, empowers employees to be change…
Read MoreAmerica’s Charities Grows Employee Assistance Fund; Kicks Off 2020 with Six New Clients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – February 11, 2020 – America’s Charities, a nonprofit celebrating its 40th year as a pioneer in employee engagement, today announced it has expanded its Employee Assistance Fund (EAF) service by welcoming six new clients. Based throughout the country, the companies partnering with America’s Charities to facilitate their EAF programs range from very large institutions,…
Read MoreBoard Member Engagement: Extending Giving Tuesday Throughout the Year
Giving Tuesday gets so much publicity these days, with thousands of nonprofit vying for attention in online campaigns, direct mail, fundraising events, and more. If you plan heavily for Giving Tuesday, you probably spend a lot of time ensuring your board is actively involved in your campaigns. Wouldn’t it be nice to extend that engagement…
Read MoreHow to Host a Successful Fundraising Event
While #GivingTuesday and the holiday giving season may be over, another year of generosity is just ramping up. Nonprofits — and employers that host charity fairs — have opportunities to raise much-needed funds through special events, which can help fuel the work of nonprofits all year long, and it’s important to make the most of…
Read MoreBeyond #GivingTuesday: How Your Donation Can Make an Even Bigger, Longer-Term Impact through Workplace Giving
Last year on #GivingTuesday, individuals, civic coalitions, nonprofits, schools, and businesses in all 50 states raised $511 million online in the United States alone. Not too shabby for a one-day fundraising event. But did you know donations made by employees through workplace giving campaigns generate more than $5 billion each year? That’s almost ten times more…
Read MoreThank you for Helping Humane Society International (HSI) Care for Animals Caught Up in the Australian Wildfires
HSI is no longer accepting donations for Australia bushfire disaster relief. Thank you to everyone who contributed to HSI/Australia’s animal rescue efforts! Wildlife in Australia is being devastated from the horrific fire emergency. The scale and intensity of these fires is difficult to fathom, with around 17,300,000 acres already burnt and more than 500 million…
Read MoreGive the gift of research this holiday season
At the age of 12, Eloise Gould was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma and her world turned upside down. In an instant, the Gould family became one of the 43 families who received a childhood cancer diagnosis that day. After a year of intensive treatment, the cancer returned. They were told that she had less than a…
Read More5 Ways You Helped Catholic Charities Transform Lives This Year
This holy holiday season, and throughout the entire year, at Catholic Charities we commit to serve those in need, and we invite you to join us. Each time you serve – by volunteering, offering financial support, donating food and clothing, teaching an English class – you are transforming lives and showing Christ’s love. As we…
Read More15 Reputable Charities to Support on #GivingTuesday – December 3, 2019
Last year on #GivingTuesday, individuals, civic coalitions, nonprofits, schools, and businesses in all 50 states raised more than $380 million online in the United States alone. Not too shabby for a one-day fundraising event. But did you know donations made by employees through workplace giving campaigns generate more than $5 billion each year? That’s about…
Read MoreUrology Care Foundation: Educating Patients and Funding Answers for One of the Most Misunderstood Fields of Medicine
Did you know that bladder, kidney, prostate and testicular cancer are among the most common cancers in the United States? Millions of American men, women, and children struggle with urologic cancer and disease each year. Â Every 3.1 minutes, a man is told he has prostate cancer; every 6.4 minutes, someone is diagnosed with bladder cancer;…
Read MoreMontgomery Hospice: Gentling the Journey for Our Diverse Communities
We all want our loved ones to be comfortable as their health declines, right through to the end of life. We also want to deal with grief in a healthy way that makes it possible to balance memories with creating a positive future. For thousands of individuals and families each year, Montgomery Hospice strives to…
Read MoreCapital Caring Health: Advanced Home Care & Hospice For All Ages at All Times
Capital Caring provides the highest quality advanced illness care with Dignity, Respect, and Compassion. One of the first and largest nonprofit hospices in the United States, Capital Caring has provided hospice and palliative care to more than 123,000 patients and their families across Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland for more than 40 years– regardless of…
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