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.
AutoCricket.com Creates No Shave November Beard Competition to Raise Funds for Place of Hope
The call for the best beard in America has begun as AutoCricket.com launched its No Shave November 2011 campaign through their Facebook fan page. - November 18, 2011 - AutoCricket.com
Salon at Westchester Donates $6,000 in Wigs to The American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society recently received a donation of 12 wigs valued at more than $6,000 from The Salon at Westchester for its Look Good…Feel Better program. “Women who are undergoing cancer treatment often lose their self-esteem and get frustrated easily,” said Maribel... - November 17, 2011 - The Salon at Westchester
Giving Back on Thanksgiving – Third Annual Thanksgiving Brigade
VIP Realty Platinum needs your help to meet their 2011 Thanksgiving Brigade goal. Ridge says “We have a goal of serving 75 of the cities neediest and it is time to step up and be part of the solution.” - November 17, 2011 - VIP Realty Platinum
UNESCO Chooses ClarkMorgan for "Decade of Education" Program
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), an agency of the United Nations established in 1945 to promote the exchange of information, ideas, and culture, is holding a series of seminars for selected local school children as part of their "Decade of... - November 16, 2011 - ClarkMorgan Corporate Training
REI Holiday Giving Program Benefits Community All Year Long
Salt Lake City Area REI Stores have designated two local charities for their holiday customer giving program. Last year's charity, Splore, with the support of REI took over 500 adults and children rock climbing in the Wasatch-Cache-Uinta National Forest. - November 12, 2011 - Splore
Storage Village Donates Turkey Dinners to Show Gratitude for Community
Storage Village will be saying “Thank You” to its community by helping to ensure that no neighbor goes hungry this Thanksgiving. Through its “Room for Dinner” campaign, Storage Village will be feeding families in the Baltimore-Washington area that would otherwise be unable... - November 12, 2011 - Storage Village Self Storage
Detroit Toys for Tots Supported by Jorgensen Ford
Jorgensen Ford is making the holidays a little brighter for Detroit residents by supporting the Toys for Tots organization. - November 12, 2011 - Jorgensen Ford
Guardian Capital Advisors, LLC Sponsors Artspace Collectors Gala and 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sponsorship of Local Financial Advisory Firm to Benefit Artists, Educational Programming and Community Outreach - November 11, 2011 - Guardian Capital Advisors
Carl W. Herrmann Furs Celebrates 111th Anniversary; Gives Back to Local Pittsburgh Charities
Pittsburgh fur company, Carl W. Herrmann Furs, will celebrate 111 years in business with a week-long anniversary event, beginning with a VIP party on 11/11/11. Proceeds from door prizes and a raffle at the VIP party will benefit three local charities – Project Bundle-Up, The Dollar Energy... - November 11, 2011 - Carl W. Herrmann Furs
Electronic Payment Systems Partners with Pink Ribbon Riders® to Provide Financial Assistance to Breast Cancer Patients
Electronic Payment Systems (EPS), a merchant service provider, proudly announces a new partnership with Pink Ribbon Riders (PRR)®, a 501 C3 non-profit organization that provides direct financial assistance to both men and women breast cancer patients. In addition to being a presenting sponsor for the 1st Annual Colorado Snow Run event upcoming March 2012, EPS has created a special Give Back Program enabling the PRR® to raise unlimited funds through merchant processing. - November 11, 2011 - Electronic Payment Systems (EPS)
The Profectum Foundation's Website Was the Key to Networking People All Over the World Who Are Interested in Helping Autistic Individuals
New Web Design.com joins forces with The Profectum Foundation to help children all over the world with autism. - November 10, 2011 - NewWebDesign.com
Event in San Diego, CA to Explore Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship in Southern California
On Wednesday, November 30, from 6pm – 9pm Seedstock, LLC in association with the Rady Entrepreneur Club, an affiliate organization of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, will host a networking event and panel discussion with a number of Southern California-based agricultural entrepreneurs. The panel will be held at the Rady School of Management on UC San Diego's La Jolla Campus. Food and beverages will be provided by food sponsor Whole Foods Market, La Jolla. - November 10, 2011 - Seedstock
Local Medical Spa Winter Park Laser Raises Food Donations for the Hungry in Central Florida
Winter Park Laser & Anti-Aging Center will host a free community event focused on helping women look and feel younger -all for a good cause. The 2nd annual event; “Fall into Beautiful Open House & Food Drive” will feature free hors’ deurves, champagne, swag bags, raffles,... - November 10, 2011 - Winter Park Laser & Anti-Aging Center
Lyon Communities Kicks off Annual Food Drive
Donate Canned Goods, Get Application Fee Waived, Residents Earn Rent Credit for Donation of Canned Goods - November 09, 2011 - Lyon Communities
Superior Grocers and Its Foundation Raises Over $600,000 for Local Communities & Schools
Superior Grocers, one of Southern California’s largest independent supermarket chains, raised over $600,000 through its annual Golf Tournament event held on October 29th at the JW Marriott Resort in Palm Desert. Funds have been donated to various schools and non-profit organizations in Southern California communities. - November 08, 2011 - Superior Grocers
Bob Gillingham Ford and Normandy High School Fun-Raiser to Raise $8000 in One Day of Fun
Local Ford dealer Bob Gillingham Ford and Parma Ohio area high school Normandy High School raises funds Saturday, November 12, 2011 for a good cause called Drive One for Your School. - November 08, 2011 - Bob Gillingham Ford
Insight Global Holds Toy Drive for Toys for Tots
Insight Global hosts 2nd annual toy drive in 26 offices nationwide. - November 08, 2011 - Insight Global
Dawn Enterprises Helps Create a Lasting Legacy with Memorial Bench
Dawn Enterprises helps build lasting memories with personalized benches. - November 06, 2011 - Dawn Enterprises
Wildlife Management Company Gives to Children in Need This Holiday Season
A All Animal Control's Corporate Office is sponsoring two programs to help children in need this holiday season. Operation Christmas Child is a program that sends millions of shoe boxes filled with small toys, school supplies, hygiene items or other items like hard candy, lollipops, mints,... - November 06, 2011 - A All Animal Control
Continuing the Celebration: 2nd Annual Free Thanksgiving Feast and Give-Away
The Community Baptist Church of Garden City, Michigan is excited to announce its second annual Community Feast. The November 19th event is generating a lot of support from the local community, including many of last year’s contributors like Westland Party Store and De Luca’s Restaurant. - November 06, 2011 - Community Baptist Church
SoBran Gives to Women and Children
A Special Thanksgiving for the Women and Children of Linda Vista Most people expect to spend Thanksgiving at home, surrounded by friends and family. For the women and children of Linda Vista, “home” has a very different meaning this year. Previously homeless, they will celebrate... - November 06, 2011 - SoBran, Inc.
PNH Technology is Stepping It Up This Holiday Season
PNH Technology, is sponsoring a food drive for Share Our Selves (SOS). - November 05, 2011 - PNH Technology Inc.
Vigor Ground Raising Money for American Kids Cancer Fund
Vigor Ground’s Luka Hocevar raising money for the American Kids Cancer Fund through their weekly charity boot camp. - November 05, 2011 - Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance
Belcan Staffing Solutions Partners with Faurecia Exhaust Systems to Help Local Charity
Belcan Staffing Solutions recently donated $1,200 to Faurecia Exhaust Systems in its support of Love Chapel, a faith-based emergency assistance program based in Columbus, IN. - November 04, 2011 - Belcan Corporation
Over 500 Children Take Part in Sunny Island Drawing Contest
With four of the eight selection stages already complete, in the past four weeks more than 600 drawings have been submitted, while the number of online voters is fast approaching 30,000. - November 04, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank
Sustainable Production and Consumption Starts to Get Real in the Marketplace
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) announced the completion of 10 Category Sustainability Profiles as part of research on 50 product categories, with a commitment to develop 50 additional product categories by the end of 2011. The profiles provide accessible and actionable information for a wide range of companies on supply chain impacts. This knowledge allows institutions to reduce production costs, use fewer resources, and communicate benefits to consumers. - November 04, 2011 - The Sustainability Consortium
Gobble, Gobble, Law Office of Corso & Rhude Gives Away Thanksgiving Turkeys This Holiday Season
The Law Office of Corso & Rhude is giving away free turkeys in November on its Facebook page. From Nov. 1 through Nov. 22, the Peoria law firm will give away a turkey per day to Arizona residents who first “like” then post a comment on the company’s Facebook page, located at... - November 03, 2011 - Law Office of Corso & Rhude, PLLC
Blitz, Inc. Announces Numerous Volunteer Opportunities for Employees
Blitz, Inc., is currently planning many volunteer opportunities for his employees in the upcoming months. The two biggest opportunities are with Toys for Tots and Seattle Children’s Hospital. - November 03, 2011 - Blitz Inc.
Prudential Consulting Holds Charity Dodgeball Tournament for Oxfam America
The company will join members of the local community in a charity dodgeball tournament to raise money for OxFam America. - November 02, 2011 - Prudential Consulting, Inc.
Prudential Consulting, Inc. Plans Basketball Tournament to Raise Money for Charity
The company will be gathering members of the company as well as local businesses and members of the community to conduct the charity event. The purpose is to raise money for the charitable organization, Oxfam America. - November 02, 2011 - Prudential Consulting, Inc.
Elior Commits to the Responsibility Deal
Contract caterer Elior UK has signed up to the Responsibility Deal, volunteering to work with the government to improve public health. It has so far made six pledges including a commitment to salt reduction, the removal of artificial transfats from meals served and the provision of healthy food and... - November 02, 2011 - Elior
Prudential Consulting Inc. Holds Barbeque to Raise Money for the American Cancer Society
The event was held at a neighborhood park in Albuquerque. Members of the teams each donated $10 to the cause. All profits went directly to the American Cancer Society. - November 02, 2011 - Prudential Consulting, Inc.
Basement Doctor Supports Honor Flight Columbus
Columbus’ The Basement Doctor waterproofing, foundation and crawl space repair contractor is supporting Honor Flight Columbus. Honor Flight takes World War II vets to Washington, DC, to visit their memorial. The daytrip is at no cost to veterans, and they are accompanied by a trained guardian. - November 02, 2011 - The Basement Doctor
Dallas / Ft Worth Horse Trainer Helps Humane Society of North Texas
Horse Trainer Joe Weitekamp Lends Expertise to Make At-Risk Horses More Adoptable - November 01, 2011 - Weitekamp Horse Training
Amazing Spaces Storage Centers Partners with Toys for Tots to Give to Children in Their Communities
Amazing Spaces Storage Centers joins forces with Toys for Tots to reach out to greater Houston communities asking residents to help enrich the lives of local children during this holiday season. - November 01, 2011 - Amazing Spaces Storage Centers
Belcan Corporation Raises Over $100K to Help Local Organizations
Belcan Corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, proudly raised over $100,000 in its 2011 United Way Campaign, exceeding its 2010 fundraising total by $8,000. The funds will benefit United Way of Greater Cincinnati in its mission to support a variety of local organizations that help create... - November 01, 2011 - Belcan Corporation
The Library Project Builds Its 500th Library with ClarkMorgan
ClarkMorgan Corporate Training and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce have helped The Library Project build its 500th library. Since 2006 The Library Project has been donating Chinese language children's books to under financed schools and orphanages, of which 80% are new books and 20% are used books. - October 30, 2011 - ClarkMorgan Corporate Training
MBEConnect and OfficeMax Collaborate to Highlight Diverse Business Owners
OfficeMax is the first company to collaborate with MBEConnect to create an issue of MBEConnect Profiles magazine exclusively devoted to a single corporate supplier diversity program and its diverse vendors. - October 30, 2011 - MBEConnect
A.J. Perri Employees Raise Over $3,000 to Fight Breast Cancer
Employees of A.J. Perri, a New Jersey-based heating, cooling, and plumbing company, recently raised over $3,000 when they participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. - October 30, 2011 - A.J. Perri, Inc.
Long® Fence is Gold Sponsor of Komen Maryland Race for the Cure®
Long® Fence, one of the largest residential and commercial fencing contractors on the East Coast, was a gold level sponsor of the 19th annual Komen Maryland Race for the Cure® for their donation of temporary fencing to protect and separate pedestrian spectators and participants during the... - October 29, 2011 - Long Fence
SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza, Chef Michael Smith, Cellar Rat Wine Merchants Join Forces to Benefit Harvesters Food Bank Four Pizza and Wine Flight Dinners in November
Top food and wine purveyors SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza, James Beard Award-winning Chef Michael Smith, and Cellar Rat Wine Merchants are joining forces to benefit Harvesters: the Community Food Network. On four Tuesdays in November, the collaboration of friends will present “Tour d’ Italia” pizza and wine flight dinners. Each week will feature a specially created four-course meal along with four wines from a different Italian wine region. - October 29, 2011 - SPIN! Neapolitan Pizza
AutoCricket.com to Participate in Palm Beach Light The Night
AutoCricket.com will be supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on November 4, 2011 at the Light The Night Walk. - October 29, 2011 - AutoCricket.com
Billboard World Artist/Actress Gay Marshall to Perform “Gift of Light” with Tony Award Winner Anika Noni Rose, Friday Oct. 28 at Liberty Island Celebration
“Gift of Light” was composed by Grammy-winner Doug Katsaros and Emmy-nominated Bill Schermerhorn. Ms. Marshall was commissioned to write a French translation, recorded this fall in New York. - October 28, 2011 - Gay Marshall
Toyota of Greenville Sponsors Emerson Rose Heart Foundation Golf Tournament
Toyota of Greenville, a premier Toyota dealership in upstate South Carolina, is pleased to announce that it was a gold sponsor of the 1st Annual Emerson Rose Heart Foundation Golf Tournament. In addition to being a gold sponsor, Toyota of Greenville also offered a brand-new Toyota Corolla as a... - October 27, 2011 - Toyota of Greenville
Stop the Traffic in Humans by the Network for Peace
Network for Peace honors Media 4 Humanity and their founder, former TV reporter Melanie Siben, for their work to eradicate child trafficking in the United States. Media 4 Humanity attracts student interns from all over the country. More than 250 undergraduate and graduate students have undergone a rigorous internship program that prepares them to be leaders in the fight against modern-day slavery. Event details: October 26th at 6:30-9PM at Marymount School, Fifth Av at 84 St in NY. - October 26, 2011 - Network for Peace
Food for Thought Video - Food Waste the Missing Link in Recycling
The missing link in the recycling puzzle arena is food waste. More than ever, people should start looking at food waste as the way to reach zero waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Treating organic waste onsite is the ideal option. Landfill is a short-term solution that contaminates; it comes at a price both to organizations’ bottom line and to the environment. There is little to no awareness of the damage caused when sending food waste to landfills. - October 26, 2011 - NATH Sustainable Solutions
RMCN Teamwork
On Tuesday October 25th Derrick Scobey, Kim Danna, Eric Green, and David Harry of RMCN Credit Services helped with McKinney Make a Difference Day. Lisa Bourasssa from the Volunteer McKinney Center said, "Thank you so much for helping us close out the McKinney Make a Difference Day can drive. I... - October 26, 2011 - RMCN Credit Services, Inc.
North Essex Chamber of Commerce Highlights "NYC Lights" at Its Third Annual Casino Night
Rhonda Rivera, co-founder of Top-Tier Tutoring, is the chairperson for this year's Casino Night, to be held Thursday, October 27th. - October 26, 2011 - Top-Tier Tutoring, LLC
Dryhome Seeks Nominations for Its "Free Roof for the Holidays" Program That Helps Struggling Northern Virginia Families and Nonprofits
Nominations open on November 1 for DryHome Roofing & Siding's Free Roof for the Holidays program. For the 9th year, DryHome will give away a free roof to a Northern Virginia family, individual or nonprofit in need. - October 26, 2011 - DryHome Roofing and Siding
RMCN Gives Back to the Community
On Saturday, October 22, 2011, representatives from RMCN Credit Services, Inc. participated in McKinney Make a Difference Day by volunteering at Holy Family School. There were over 40 volunteers; many were in the current class of Leadership McKinney or were prior graduates. At 8:00 AM in the... - October 25, 2011 - RMCN Credit Services, Inc.