Community Health Charities Partners With The OKC Dodgers For American Indian Health Play ball! Community Health Charities is teaming up with the Oklahoma City Dodgers and the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board to support American Indian health. The three organizations are hosting the American Indian Health Fund Night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on Friday, August [...]
S&C ELECTRIC COMPANY RAISES $493,500 FOR COMMUNITY CHARITIES S&C Electric Company employees raised $493,500 for three organizations supporting Chicago, IL including $141,295 for Community Health Charities and our members. The campaign was funded by employee generosity and S&C Electric Company's 150% company match. "We’re extremely grateful for S&C’s support of our mission,” said Thomas G. Bognanno, president and CEO, [...]
After 60 years, Community Health Charities recognized that we stood at a vital crossroads: evolve or become irrelevant. The landscape of philanthropy has changed. Technology has advanced the transactional aspect of giving, as mobile, digital, social and online giving platforms replaced most in-person asks and paper pledge forms -- and supplanted a large portion of our role as [...]
The Secret To Measuring Employee Engagement (Hint : It's Not Participation) If you’re measuring volunteer programs by their participation rate, you could actually be hurting company culture. Reporting by Realized Worth shows volunteer programs that pressure employees to participate often backfire, leading to employees feeling coerced and obligated to participate. This results in a company [...]
Charitable Giving Guidelines For Small Businesses If your small business is looking to incorporate workplace giving into your company’s culture, consider the following guidelines from BBB Wise Giving Alliance: Verify the charities’ tax-exempt status. Keep in mind state registration requirements for charities. Be wary of excessive pressure. Confirm the amount donated from benefit dinners and [...]
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 [...]
Jerome Tennille, an employee engagement professional who specializes in volunteer management, recently presented “Corporate Social Responsibility – Making it Work for your Organization’s Volunteer Program” with candid recommendations for how companies and nonprofits can best align for mutual benefit. 5 Takeaways: Do your research first. Due diligence is critically important in understanding a company’s corporate social responsibility [...]
Liberty Diversified International Celebrates 100 Years By Giving Back Liberty Diversified International (LDI), a Community Health Charities corporate partner, celebrated their 100 year anniversary celebration this July. The celebration consisted of a 19 day “Great Gratitude Tour,” where the organization gave back to 17 cities and boasted millions of dollars in giving. The bus tour [...]
EXPERTS FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, AND MORE SHARE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES Thank you to everyone who attended the 17th Annual Charities@Work Employee Engagement Summit June 27-28, 2018. The preconference sold out and the Summit was packed. Participants joined distinguished presenters from American Express, Best Buy, The Coca-Cola Company, Campbell Soup Company, KPMG US, Johnson [...]
Employee engagement has never been more critical. Engaged employees are happier and 22% more productive (Harvard Business Review), yet most companies find employee engagement challenging. In fact, Gallup studies show 70% of U.S. workers are not engaged at work. Every company has three types of employees: engaged, not engaged, or actively disengaged. Engaged employees have a passion [...]
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