On Saturday, July 18, Southwire’s Project GIFT distributed essential school supplies to thousands of K-12 students in the West Ga. community through its annual Back to School drive.
The Office, NBC’s hit comedy that aired from 2005 to 2013, led to millions of viewers laughing on a week to week basis. It was one of my favorite shows and even all these years later, it still makes me laugh…and rings true of what goes on in most office environments, albeit a little exaggerated. The show documents the life of a rather dysfunctional office and their daily antics. While as a whole, the extreme personalities of The Office, lead to an incongruous environment, there are traits from each of the characters that can be quite beneficial when applied in the workplace.
To honor its commitment to the Commonwealth, Keep America Beautiful affiliate Keep Virginia Beautiful announced “30 Grants in Thirty Days” recipients for 2016 each day during the month of June.
Blue Shield of California's Narcotic Safety Initiative, the health plan's three-year program to help its plan participants avoid opioid abuse and addiction, is seeing significant results in its first year.
Pat Summitt, head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012, was a master of hard work, determination and success. Summitt won over 1,098 games, 8 NCAA titles, and the hearts of millions of people across the globe. As the world mourns the recent loss of such an inspiring coach, we also remember her brilliant legacy and the lessons it can teach us as we move forward.
Alliance Data is highlighting our biggest wins of 2015: we continued to perform among the top 1% of publicly traded companies, we were recognized by Fortune Magazine for our culture of inclusion, we increased giving by 84%, and more. Check out this infographic about our 2015 achievements.
On a daily basis, businesses serve as powerful forces for good around the world. From job creation to corporate citizenship initiatives, the private sector's impact on society is enormous. Building corporate purpose has the potential to unlock even greater societal impact.
This past week, I had the privilege of joining some of the nation’s most service-minded companies, along with their intermediary and nonprofit partners, at the Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service. The three-day convention offered a wealth of insights, many of the most poignant and inspiring centering on the vibrancy and artistry of our host city, Detroit.
After reading Kathy Gu’s review of Benevity's 2016 Goodness Matters User Conference on the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) website, we thought it would be a good time to pick her brain for insights that are sure to be interesting to anyone running corporate giving programs. We got a chance to catch up with Kathy recently about workplace giving, employee engagement and the corporate responsibility field in general. Her replies paint a picture of the evolving world of the CR professional, and how both Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and SVCF are engaging people, connecting with communities and creating meaningful charitable impact.
The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...
Since 1950, Southwire has powered progress, from bringing light to rural communities to enabling the infrastructure that drives modern life. Today, we...
For more than 160 years, Bacardi has been a family-owned company guided by its heritage. From the revolutionary introduction of BACARDÍ rum, the birth...
Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
