Corporate/Workplace Volunteering

For many corporations and businesses, the bottom line is not only monetary profit, but also a sense of importance and responsibility to their communities. Many corporations donate their products and make generous monetary contributions to charitable organizations as a way of being a good neighbor in their community. However, many businesses have increasingly found service to be an avenue for giving back even more. Sponsoring employee volunteering is a win-win situation.

Corporate sponsored employee volunteer programs: *

• Advance the business goals and connect corporate values and beliefs with community needs and employee interests.
• Employees feel more pride in a company which is a contributing part of the community.
• Employees see these programs as opportunities for person and professional growth.
• Service activities encourage employee teamwork and creativity, improving morale and productivity.
• Corporate programs help companies demonstrate their citizenship and sense of corporate responsibility.
• Through civic involvement, important business, government, and nonprofit contacts are made that increase networking opportunities.

*Information is taken from Corporate Volunteer Programs: Benefits to Business, a study done by the Points of Light Foundation and The Conference Board.

More information about corporate and workplace volunteering can be found through the Points of Light Foundation at http://www.pointsoflight.org/networks/business/