Corporate Volunteering
Every company gauges their business investments by totaling up the returns. But when it comes to social or environmental investments, the same rigors don't necessarily apply. The result? Community investments that aren't working as hard as they could be. However, with the field of corporate social responsibility maturing worldwide, this is beginning to change.

How to Invest in Communities Effectively and Efficiently
All volunteer efforts, big and small, are vital to the well being of our community. Corporate Volunteering has quickly become an essential and creative "corporate investment" strategy, and demonstrates that, by working together, local companies can make a visible and substantial impact in their community by getting involved in one of the many community service organizations that works to improve the quality of life in our communities.

Corporate support of employee volunteerism allows employees to learn about community agencies and services, while providing the opportunity to create unique and ongoing partnerships between the corporate and community non profit sectors.

Here are some important benefits of promoting corporate volunteering in your workplace.

Visibility - your company's community investments have to be noticed if they're going to enhance your relationships with the public, customers and staff. Staff volunteer teams allow companies to engage with community organizations and stakeholders - indeed staff volunteer projects are often newsworthy.

Team Building - your corporate volunteering projects can be tailored to improve how different company teams work together - while at the same investing in the community.

Staff Training - if your staff needs to brush up on interpersonal or other skills, corporate volunteering can be a cost-effective way to improve staff competencies while doing something great for the community. Through corporate volunteering, staff may improve their communication skills and social awareness. At the Hands Up! Expo there will be representatives from our leadership sponsors at their booths to answer any questions you may have on how you can institute a corporate volunteering initiative in your organization.