JEA, a publicly owned electric utility company, annually raises over $50,000 during their workplace giving campaign—peaking at $73,104 in 2014. How do they do it? Passionate employees, an organizational culture of giving back, and following tried and true methods of employee engagement and workplace giving. JEA’s 2018 campaign ran from April—June and was themed “Many Hands Doing [...]
Donan knows that the key to a successful workplace giving campaign is simple: Support employees giving back to their communities. The Kentucky-based forensic engineering company has 300 employees across the country. Despite the distance, the organization keeps employees engaged with GivingMatters365, Community Health Charities’ customizable online giving portal. The portal features Donan’s logo and campaign theme—“Let’s make [...]
According to Forbes, 77% of employees believe health and wellness programs positively impact the culture at work, yet only 55% of organizations practice workplace wellness initiatives—Is your company one of the few not valuing employee wellbeing? Dakota Electric Association leadership values employee wellness, focusing on keeping employees healthy and engaged all year—not exclusively during workplace giving campaigns. [...]
Research shows that 70% of all U.S. employees would be more loyal to a company that helps them contribute to social and environmental issues. Plus, our proprietary research shows that 85% of consumers prefer to give to local charities, making a difference right where they live and work. Maximize your employee’s potential by maximizing the impact they [...]
Workplace giving isn’t solely about meeting CSR or company goals—it’s engaging employees by helping them give back to their communities. SFM Mutual Insurance knows this first hand. For their second annual giving campaign with Community Health Charities, the company focused on giving employees the opportunity to work hands-on with the charity partners they support. Employees gathered in [...]
To keep employees engaged, Northern Tool hosted an event every single day of their two-week giving campaign. It’s the fourth annual campaign with Community Health Charities. The events centered on giving back to the community, and included impact speakers and volunteer activities benefiting partner charities. However, supporting the community doesn’t always have to be serious. The more [...]
Together, we don’t just give—we celebrate! Community Health Charities company partner Medica’s 2017 “Together We” giving campaign didn’t just focus on fundraising. Instead, it focused on uniting the Medica community around a single cause: Together we can make a difference. The campaign kicked off with a picnic with over 900 Medica employees. The picnic lunch was emceed [...]
Looking to engage employees? Try Lyft’s route: Promoting employee wellness and community involvement. Based in San Francisco, Lyft is disrupting not only the transportation services industry, but employee engagement as well. This month, the VC-backed company hosted a week of employee volunteer activities across the San Francisco Bay Area with an impressive employee participation rate of over [...]
How do you get your employees involved in workplace giving campaigns? Michael Foods does it by having them involved in the planning process from start to finish. Michael Foods is a seasoned Community Health Charities partner. They’ve found that their campaigns raise the most funds when employees join committees to handle campaign communication, monitor pledging, organize kick-off [...]
What’s even better than one workplace giving campaign? Helping your clients’ workplaces give to the causes they care about too! Spirit HR, a professional employer organization that businesses use to outsource employee management tasks like HR, benefits and payroll, partnered with Community Health Charities to do just that. Their online portal, Spirit HR Gives, makes it easy [...]
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