COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN: STAND FOR HEALTH There’s just one month left for military and federal employees to support their favorite charities with the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). With the unprecedented back-to-back disasters plus CFC’s delayed start this year, support is needed now more than ever for our charity partners to defeat cancer, fight the deadliest diseases, and [...]
WIN $500 BY POSTING YOUR HEALTHY SELFIE THIS #GIVINGTUESDAY As the holiday season approaches and you consider what you’ve been grateful for in 2017, #GivingTuesday is a great time to start thinking of ways to give back to your community and the causes important to you. This year, join us for #GivingTuesday on November 28 with one [...]
How One Business "Lyft"ed Employee Participation To 90% Based in San Francisco, Lyft is disrupting not only the transportation services industry but employee engagement as well. This month, the venture capital-backed company hosted a week of employee volunteer activities across the San Francisco Bay Area with an impressive participation rate of over 90%. Read Lyft’s full story [...]
Responding to the Health Impact of Hurricanes While the tragedy and loss suffered by the Harvey and Irma hurricanes has been heartbreaking, the outpouring of support as communities come together has been equally inspiring. Community Health Charities’ Disaster Response fund meets the short and long-term health and mental health needs of those impacted by crisis. Funds raised [...]
Invest in Employee Wellbeing and Increase Your Bottom Line Research shows that companies who invest in employee wellbeing annually reduce costs by $1,600 per employee. Not only does health and wellness improve employee morale, it lowers healthcare costs, increases productivity, reduces absenteeism, and lessens employee turnover rates. Check out Forbes’ 14 employee wellbeing initiative ideas to get [...]
Do it for Dad: Take Action During Men's Health Month June is Men’s Health Month, and June 18 is Father’s Day. Did you know that this year alone nearly 1 in 4 men will die of heart disease and about one-half of all men will develop cancer during their lifetime? And it’s not just heart disease and [...]
BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Community Health Charities Join Forces BBB Wise Giving Alliance (BBB WGA) and Community Health Charities recently joined forces to promote transparency and high standards of conduct among charities, especially in workplace giving campaigns. Through a new agreement, all of Community Health Charities’ more than 2,000 member charities must submit information for BBB [...]
At American Express, Health Means Business Nancy Testa, Community Health Charities’ board member and American Express Chief Diversity Officer, spoke at the recent U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Health Means Business National Summit about the important role businesses play in a culture of health. American Express has a unique partnership with Community Health Charities, providing custom educational content for [...]
17 Million Reasons Why 2016 Was Great Happy New Year! Take a look at all the amazing things we accomplished together in 2016 here. Thank you for your partnership, and here’s to an impactful 2017. Accolades of Note: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Speaking of accomplishments, check out some of the awesome awards given to our member charity St. [...]
Tom Ridge Joins Us to Lift Up Military Veterans Tom Ridge, first Secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania, joined Heather Nauert of Fox News, Major General Mark Graham, Brigadier General Allyson Solomon, Marianne Downs from Lockheed Martin, and Kerri Childress from Fisher House Foundation for Community Health Charities’ recent veterans’ event. Our session Exploring Cross-Sector Collaboration to Advance Military, Veterans [...]
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