Volunteering & Community

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust for Public Land named Tom Branch as Atlanta’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero. Branch’s nonprofit of choice, Park Pride, will receive $10,000 on his behalf. The three finalists were chosen by a judging panel and then competed in an online public vote to be named Atlanta’s Cox Conserves Hero.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, Wynn Las Vegas and Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas joined together to help rehabilitate Veterans Village in Downtown Las Vegas on Nov. 14 and 15.

Wynn Resorts’ commitment to diversity is among the strongest of any gaming company in the U.S.

More than 50 Action Team Captains from Maine and Massachusetts joined Major Leaguers and New Englanders Matt Barnes (CT), Chris Iannetta (RI) and Ryan O’Rourke (MA), on Saturday, Nov. 14, for a regional service project to help South East New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity build a house for a local veteran and his young family.

In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 21, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing families with the Daily Point of Light Award. Meet the Sjolseths of McKinney, Texas, and nominate someone in your community.

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., announced today the release of its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) to highlight the company's efforts in helping to improve its communities and planet.

No one should face cancer alone. Through collaborative programs and direct support services that fill critical financial, emotional, physical and practical gaps in care, LIVESTRONG works every day to help cancer survivors and their families through and beyond their cancer diagnosis.

A core value of Alliance Data's card services business is to give back to the communities where we do business, and Nationwide Children's Hospital is one institution in Columbus, OH, the organization has consistently supported. In recognition of those efforts, the hospital named a family lounge in the company's honor.