Corporate Social Responsibility News
Learn about companies that are doing good while turning a profit. This section features news on company and employee initiatives, corporate donations, activities and announcements that benefit the environment, under-represented groups and the community at large.
Adaptable Business Concepts, Inc. Holds Charity Event to Raise Money for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Adaptable Business Concepts host a charity softball game and cookout to raise money for CHOP. - July 27, 2012 - Adaptable Business Concepts
Living Water Lawn Care Announces Partnership with Spokane Indians Baseball
Living Water Lawn care is very excited to announce that they have partnered with Spokane Indians Baseball this season. They're a premier advertiser for the club and will be featured on the outfield fence, as well as the grounds crew's equipment. - July 26, 2012 - Living Water Lawn Care
GRRO International Eclipses One Million Pounds of Shipped Relief Supplies in Less Than Three Months
GRRO International began matching US surplus with millions of needy recipients worldwide in May and has already eclipsed a million pounds of shipped materials to US and international recipients. GRRO partners with dozens of non-profit organizations to match client surplus materials (FF&E) with those targeted recipients. GRRO clients include higher education institutions, K-12 education facilities, medical facilities, large and small corporations, federal and state government and many others. - July 25, 2012 - GRRO International
Local Business Mixer and Mingle for a Cause Was a Success at Amaro Pizzeria
On July 18, 2012 at Amaro Pizzeria & Vino Lounge, almost 40 local business professionals gathered to meet other business owners or neighbors, and raise money for a good cause. - July 25, 2012 - Kelli Grant Group
Sara Making a Difference: Raises Money with a Lemonade Stand
Sara Peters, age 6, with her team of Cary Christian friends and her brother, Robert, age 3, offered cupcakes, brownies and the sought after lemonade to much of downtown Raleigh and beyond for the benefit of Men or Armor. - July 21, 2012 - VisionQuest Wealth Management
Haute in the City Event at Cosmopolitan Restaurant Being Sponsored by Rothrock Motors
Rothrock Motor Sales in Allentown, PA supports Haute in the City to raise money for Tee Up for a Cure. - July 20, 2012 - Rothrock Motor Sales Inc.
Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS® Honor Veterans with Five Day Cruise Contest
Memorial Day marked the day the nation honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice in giving their lives in service to the country. This year, Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS®, friends and clients suggested the idea of honoring those who still serve in uniform with a five-day, cruise for two... - July 19, 2012 - Linda Craft & Team Realtors
Per Diem to Donate Dinner Proceeds and Executive Chef’s Hair to Wigs for Kids on July 24
Per Diem, an upscale restaurant in the Financial District serving Italian-inspired fare with a Californian twist, invites patrons for dinner and drinks on the evening of Tuesday, July 24 to benefit Wigs for Kids. Per Diem will be donating 25 percent of sales from the restaurant and is offering $50 gift certificates to anyone who donates their hair to the charity. Per Diem is located at 43 Sutter Street (@ Sansome), call for reservations: (415) 989-0300. - July 18, 2012 - Per Diem
Dress for Success Triangle Names Executive Director
Dress for Success© Triangle has announced the appointment of Debbi Fox-Davis as executive director. The nonprofit organization helps low-income women develop and maintain the necessary skills to gain and maintain meaningful employment. Fox-Davis has extensive fundraising and leadership... - July 17, 2012 - Dress for Success Triangle NC
RPM Revenue Drivers Cleans Ogden City Cemetery
RPM Revenue Drivers teams up with the Ogden Boys and Girls Club to clean the Ogden City Cemetery. - July 14, 2012 - Rapid Penetration of Markets LLC
YourCause Enhances Existing Volunteer Platform, Adds Skills-Based Volunteering to CSRconnect
New volunteering feature allows users to establish a skill profile, and create/search volunteer opportunities with specific skills. - July 12, 2012 - YourCause, LLC
Members of BET Marketing Concepts Held a Charity Kickball Tournament to Raise Money for Charity
Members of the company gathered with friends, family and members of the community to raise money for breast cancer through Susan G. Komen for the Cure. - July 12, 2012 - BET Marketing Concepts, Inc.
National Foundation for Cancer Research Announces Partnership with Give by Cell for Mobile Fundraising
Give by Cell, a San Francisco based company specializing in mobile technology solutions, was selected by the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) to provide the organization with its mobile fundraising service, Mobile Give, allowing NFCR supporters to make donations via text. “Like... - July 11, 2012 - Give by Cell
Citizens Bank and Triangle Realty Donate Trailer for JDRF
Citizens Bank and Triangle Realty of Amarillo have purchased a custom-built horse trailer that will be raffled at the Rope for a Cure event, benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. - July 11, 2012 - Citizens Bank
ClearOne Advantage Donates to Local Youth Group
ClearOne Advantage, a Maryland-based debt resolution company, is proud to announce its corporate donation to the Metro Maryland Youth for Christ (MMYC). “We are thrilled to lend our support to a wonderful organization that successfully strives to get their ministry message out to young... - July 11, 2012 - ClearOne Advantage
Handbag Designer Announces Fundraiser to Benefit Preeclampsia Foundation
Jordana Paige hopes to recreate the success of earlier fundraising efforts with all proceeds from sales of her imperfect handbags going to increase awareness and improve care for mothers and babies affected by preeclampsia. - July 11, 2012 - Jordana Paige
Evan Guthrie Law Firm Takes Part in Ashley Ridge High School Awards Program in South Carolina
Evan Guthrie of the Evan Guthrie Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina participated in the Ashley Ridge High School Higher Learning Academy and Evening School Awards and Recognition Program at Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, South Carolina on the evening of Wednesday May 16th 2012. The... - July 11, 2012 - Evan Guthrie Law Firm
Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS® Create “Shred-sation” at Annual Shredding Event – Recycle Equivalent of 70 Trees
Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS® could have papered the town with all of the shredded documents from Saturday’s annual Shred Event. Over four tons of papers were torn to pieces in the process. “It’s a really fun, free community event which grows and grows every year,”... - July 08, 2012 - Linda Craft & Team Realtors
Grow Your Business While Supporting Charities
Forest of Angels Inc® is aiming to establish a tradition in the state of Florida and perhaps become one of the country’s largest charity events. Forest of Angels® is a community event that will involve a spacious outdoor locale being transformed into an elaborately decorated... - July 07, 2012 - Forest of Angels Inc
FirstFloor & SfL+a Architects Announce Sandy Grove Middle School Project
Educational Facility Financed Through Public-Private Partnership First of Its Kind in North Carolina, Only Second in United States - July 07, 2012 - SFL + A Architects
Uniastrum Rewards Star Staff with Holiday on Cyprus
The winners of the Bank’s Autumn Marathon competition have been treated to a trip to the Mediterranean island. - July 07, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
Snaggle Foot Pet Franchise Makes Computer Donation to UIC
Barossa Franchise, the franchising company of Snaggle Foot Dog Walks & Pet Care, has donated a set of laptop computers to the Writing Center at UIC. - July 05, 2012 - Snaggle Foot Dog Walks & Pet Care
CS Odessa Provides a New Release of ConceptDraw MindWave, Its Online Collaborative Mind Mapping Solution That Now Supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
ConceptDraw’s MindWave for SAP Streamwork allows for real-time collaborative mind mapping over the web. New updates improve MindWave’s functionality for Microsoft IE 9. As the number of individuals scale in your enterprise, the cost remains fixed — free. - July 05, 2012 - Computer System Odessa
Big Daddy Marketing Creates Web Presence for Communities in Schools of Texas
Administered by the Texas Education Agency, the CIS of Texas is an exemplary stay in school program funded by the Texas Legislature since 1989. CIS is the largest dropout prevention program in the state. Local CIS programs are 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations established to support schools by... - July 04, 2012 - Big Daddy Marketing, LLC
Stewart Engineering Helps Dedicate Greenway and Pedestrian Bridge
Raleigh, N.C.-Based Firm Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Swift Creek Greenway and Pedestrian Bridge - July 01, 2012 - Stewart
LeaderOne Launches Fundraiser for Colorado Springs Wildfire
Some LeaderOne team members, are being devastated by the Colorado Springs Wildfire. LeaderOne has launched a fundraising campaign to support the victims of this tragedy. - June 30, 2012 - LeaderOne Financial
Address Validation Boosts Overseas Fundraising for World Muslim Federation
Postcode Anywhere’s Capture+ makes telephone operatives “much happier” capturing international addresses in CRM - June 28, 2012 - PCA Predict
YourCause and CanadaHelps Partner to Expand Online Giving to Canadian Charities
YourCause partners with Canada’s leading online charitable donation processor to expand the giving tools of the CSRconnect employee engagement platform. - June 27, 2012 - YourCause, LLC
Source-Omega Algae Oil Supplier Earns BBB Accreditation
This week, Source-Omega announced its recent accreditation by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Eastern North Carolina. As the first algae oil company with BBB Accreditation and as a BBB Accredited Business, Source-Omega is dedicated to promoting trust in the marketplace. “We are... - June 26, 2012 - Source-Omega
Hollywood, Autism Pioneers Answer “What’s Next” for Autistic Kids Aging Out of the System
As an estimated half-million autistic kids begin to come of age in the United States, the world is watching a group of producers, writers, actors and community leaders who gathered together Friday at Exceptional Minds studio to address the next uncharted frontier in autism. Exceptional Minds started in September 2011 as a vocational school and working studio for young adults on the spectrum. - June 24, 2012 - Exceptional Minds
Exceptional Minds Marks First Year as Vocational School and Working Studio for Young Adults on Autism Spectrum
Ed Asner, Isabella Hoffman, execs from Warner Bros. and others gather at open house Friday, June 22, to celebrate Exceptional Minds' many accomplishments its first year, including project for Weinstein movie Lawless. - June 24, 2012 - Exceptional Minds
Beezid Supports Alzheimer’s Research at “Glam Slam” Fundraiser
Penny auction website Beezid.com participated in the 15th annual JGH CIBC Tennis “Glam Slam” Party at the Time Supper Club in Montreal, donating thousands of dollars in prizes to raise money for Alzheimer’s research at the Jewish General Hospital. The JGHF tennis event has raised... - June 24, 2012 - Beezid.com
JW Salon Gives Hope...Benefiting The Rapunzel Project
From July 1 - 31, JW salon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida will be donating $2 from each KENRA haircare product sold, and $5 from each KENRA color service to The Rapunzel Project. Founded by 2 breast cancer survivors, The Rapunzel Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping cancer... - June 24, 2012 - JW Salon
Tubing Manufacturer NewAge(R) Industries Donates Laptop Computers to School in Rural Cambodia; Doubles the Number of Laptops Available to Students
NewAge recently gave five laptops to the Caramanico School in Ratanakiri, Cambodia, bringing the school’s total number of computers to eleven. The company has strong ties to Cambodia, as nearly 30% of its staff is from Cambodia or is of Cambodian descent. The computers will assist seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students at the school, where most of the electricity needed to power the equipment comes from solar panels partially funded by NewAge. - June 23, 2012 - NewAge Industries, Inc.
Prudential Howe & Doherty REALTORS® Volunteers a Team "Build" Day for Habitat for Humanity
Prudential Howe & Doherty spent Saturday, June 16, 2012 helping the Habitat for Humanity cause. A team of Agents, Management and Marketing volunteered at the 100 Parker Street, Lawrence, MA build site. The Parker Street location, previously the St. Patrick’s Convent, will be turned into... - June 23, 2012 - Prudential Howe & Doherty, Realtors
Amazing Spaces Now Provides Recycling Services at Four Convenient Locations in Greater Houston, TX
Amazing Spaces Storage Centers(R), a leader in providing self storage in Houston, Spring, and The Woodlands, TX, teams up with GREENspot DROPoff to provide Houstonians with a free, convenient and responsible way to recycle their e-waste. - June 22, 2012 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers
Starbucks Announce the Reduction of Their Reusable Cup Target - KeepCup Asks Why?
Starbucks Corporation consumes at least 4 billion of the 500 billion disposable cups relegated to landfill every year. Starbucks leads an annual Cup Summit dedicated to providing more sustainable solutions to the disposable cup issue. Most disposable cups are not recyclable as they are lined with... - June 21, 2012 - KeepCup
Rabine Group Foundation Hosted Its 4th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser
The Rabine Group Foundation held its fourth annual Golf outing in Woodstock, Illinois benefitting sponsored non-profit organizations advocating for children, the elderly and medical research. - June 21, 2012 - Rabine Group
Six Chicago-Area RE/MAX Firms Honored for Their 2011 Fundraising Efforts to Benefit Children’s Memorial Hospital
Six member firms of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network, all serving the metropolitan Chicago real estate market, recently were honored for their 2011 fundraising efforts to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) and specifically Children’s Memorial... - June 21, 2012 - RE/MAX Northern Illinois
Evershore Financial Group Supports Advisors, Graciously Gives to Lakeside Behavioral Health
Evershore Financial Group sets the standard on how companies should support their employees by sponsoring a golf tournament to benefit Lakeside Behavioral Health. - June 21, 2012 - Evershore Financial Group
CoachArt Receives Culinary Camp Scholarships from Chef Eric’s Culinary Classroom
Eric Crowley, the Owner of Eric’s Culinary Classroom, had donated 25 scholarships to his Kid’s Summer Camps at his a Cooking School in West Los Angeles to CoachArt. CoachArt provides free lessons in the arts and athletics to children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses and their... - June 20, 2012 - Chef Eric’s Culinary Classroom
The Headwear Association Launches Fourth Annual Hat Day in the Sun -- Free Hats Nationwide and on Facebook
On the first day of summer, Wednesday, June 20th, The Headwear Association (THA) is hosting the fourth annual “Hat Day in the Sun” to help arm people in the fight against skin cancer. Hat Day in the Sun is an annual national public awareness campaign that aims to educate adults and... - June 19, 2012 - The Headwear Association
Michael Rega Awarded Best Article of the Year by The American Society of Safety Engineers
Ecliptic Consulting Group (ECG) Announces Michael Rega has been awarded best article of the year by the prestigious Advisor Publication of The American Society of Safety Engineers. - June 19, 2012 - Ecliptic Consulting Group
Storage Village Partners with Severna Park Assistance Network
Storage Village has established a partnership with Severna Park Assistance Network to help alleviate the most urgent needs of our community members seeking for emergency assistance. Severna Park Assistance Network (SPAN) is now the beneficiary of Storage Village’s year-long and seasonal... - June 17, 2012 - Storage Village Self Storage
Going Green: Zimmermann Construction Staffing Embraces Eco-Friendly Practices
Zimmermann Construction Staffing is going green in an effort to make construction just a little more eco-friendly. - June 17, 2012 - Zimmermann Construction Staffing
Saluting the Old North State with Flying Colors
Bayer CropScience Cultivates Patriotism by Donating Historic Flag Collection to North Carolina State Capitol - June 17, 2012 - Bayer CropScience
Businesses Add Custom Commercial Water Fountains to Create Calming Office Environment
The addition of a commercial water fountain can provide branding while ensuring an atmosphere of tranquility and relaxation. - June 15, 2012 - Water Fountain Place
Non-Profits Benefit from Shade Tree Garage's Community Giving Efforts
Several non-profits recently benefited from the fundraising efforts made by Morristown, NJ's Shade Tree Garage. - June 15, 2012 - Shade Tree Garage
Whitefish Credit Union "Disney Divas" Battle Cancer with Relay For Life
The team is raising money for the American Cancer Society's annual cancer awareness and fundraising event - June 13, 2012 - Whitefish Credit Union
DiCicco Gulman & Company Now Accepting Applications for Pro Bono Summer of Service Program
DiCicco, Gulman & Company LLP (DGC), a CPA and business consulting firm that specializes in non-profit organizations, today announced that the firm will once again offer its pro bono Summer of Service program beginning June 15, 2012. To date, the firm has donated close to 1,000 hours and... - June 13, 2012 - DiCicco, Gulman & Company LLP