Amidst the 2007 worldwide financial crisis, a large financial services firm looked inward to ensure the health and wellbeing of their employees during the chaos. What they found was bleak: Growing medical costs, underutilized employee wellness centers, lengthy medical follow-throughs, and poor medication protocols among employees. Their solution? Realigning company priorities—linking health and key top-line metrics. They [...]
Jeff and Natalie Meyer opened Perk Place cafe three years ago in Oklahoma City with a simple business model: giving back. Since then, the coffee shop has expanded to two more locations in Oklahoma. Each of Perk Place’s locations donates 25 cents of every transaction to their desired charities. Along with their primary cause, Perk Place highlights [...]
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Philanthropy or Fraud: Support Safely If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. BBB Wise Giving Alliance, a Community Health Charities partner, issued a warning about a fake charity sweepstakes. The scammers call from a Washington D.C. area code (202), referencing the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and saying that the recipient has [...]
Fuel Up for Back to School It’s back to school season! You know what that means: Busy schedules and even busier mornings. While it’s tempting to pack a pre-packaged breakfast, what you put in your body in the morning fuels you for the rest of the day. Whether it’s for a child or yourself, stay [...]
S&C Electric Company, an electric power switching, protection, and control systems company headquartered in Chicago, had their most successful giving campaign to date this year, raising $98,000 for Community Health Charities. How’d they do it? Friendly competition. Departments competed to have the highest percentage of team members donate to the cause, no matter the size of the [...]
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