This means that top decision makers are finding business value in the many benefits a corporate volunteer program offers.
FORBES: Reputation Building and Corporate Volunteerism Impacts Bottom Line
We also have a very robust volunteer program called Intel Involved which is managed by our corporate affairs group.
FORBES: CSR@Intel: H.R., Communications, and Talent Management All Take Responsibility
Employers that are considering adopting a volunteer or internship program must be self-critical and ask themselves what is motivating them.
In September she'll be heading to the Dominican Republic as a volunteer in a new program sponsored by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development called "Weltwarts, " which means "Going out into the World, " for young people between the ages of 18 and 28 who would like to volunteer in developing countries.
CNN: Born in the east, young Germans still forced to head west
Brazilians were obliged to cut back their power usage by a fifth under a government led "volunteer" rationing program.
Corporations who genuinely have an effective corporate volunteer program often earn a good reputation from stakeholders, media and the general public.
FORBES: Reputation Building and Corporate Volunteerism Impacts Bottom Line
"Any civic-minded organization, business, individual, family, city, county, state, or federal agency is welcome to volunteer in the Georgia Adopt-A-Highway program, " the DOT website says.
This year, Points of Light will launch two programs that have AmeriCorps at the center, a 75 member corps that is focused on equipping returning veterans for the workforce as well as engaging these same veterans as leaders of volunteer activity in their communities and a 72 member VISTA program focused on education in under resourced schools by developing programs that improve student attendance.
For starters, they keep their program pretty open to those with a calling to volunteer.
FORBES: Is Your Company Doubling Down on its Employee Volunteers?
Before the lab submits a paper, they want to show the program to some volunteer patients and record their reactions.
Also know that volunteering, or running the volunteer program for an organization, also can get you into a job you love.
FORBES: LinkedIn Report: Claim Your Volunteer Hours on Your Profile
Volunteer grants (aka Dollars for Doers): A type of program offered by businesses to match employee volunteerism with corporate donations.
Exxon Mobil has put together a well-structured, well-run Dollars for Doers initiative through its Volunteer Involvement Program.
FORBES: Is Your Company Doubling Down on its Employee Volunteers?
Some of you earned your tickets through the 9-3-1 program -- nine hours of volunteer work over three days for a community credential ticket.
Obama joined with Forum participants and Peace Corps members to volunteer at Nanga Vhuthilo (Choose Life), a home and community-based support program in Soweto for children and families in need.
As you immerse yourself in 2013 planning, plan for a high return on the investment of time and human resources associated with your giving and volunteer program by allocating appropriate dollars to fuel these efforts.
The festival is part of an outreach program by Sing for Hope, a grassroots group of over 1, 000 artists who volunteer to make art broadly accessible to everyone.
Meanwhile, three-year-old Code For America, a nonprofit that recruits experienced coders nationally for projects like building databases for local governments, has expanded its annual fellowship program from three to nine projects and last year launched a broad "brigade" of volunteer techies to work on ad hoc civic programs.
应用推荐