Volunteer Work and the Business
Monday, June 21st, 2010Volunteering — a path to a better community, and assisting the local needy. To quote the old saying, “charity begins at home”. The obvious problem is that freeing up the time to volunteer often actually squanders time that could really be put to so much better use. On the other hand you’ll have more fun volunteering with your colleagues pitching in right along with you.
So, a number of companies are creating initiatives helping their employees to support the community. One of the leaders in this is Adaptive Marketing LLC of Connecticut who developed programs like SavingsAce (MVQ*SAVEACE) to consumers.
If you were asked for examples of company-backed volunteer work, you’d most likely talk in terms of giving blood, perhaps an annual call for donations, nothing more, but that’s simply not the case in the modern day. The staff members of Adaptive Marketing have been given the opportunity to get involved in a wide variety of community initiatives. In cases like these, the times, locations and dates that had been arranged were published well in advance, ensuring that staff knew what to expect, and how much time it might take precisely. Making sure volunteers have their say in which initiatives the company sponsors is important. At Adaptive Marketing, the people who brought you SavingsAce (MVQ*SAVEACE), members of staff are given the chance to choose from a wide variety of programs in the local area. There’s so much to be done; working with young adults, lending a hand to environmental programs, or supporting local performance art to list a few that have already been tried. Adaptive Marketing’s employees have so much to choose from that they’re certain to have something they enjoy, ensuring they’ll spend their time happily as well as productively.
A big one-off event or a regularly scheduled day — these are the most likely ways for a company to organize volunteer initiatives like these, maybe at a nearby homeless shelter or one of the local schools. Even staff who say they don’t have time may be able to squeeze in the public library’s sale of used books. It has always been a fairly common practice for companies to help out the people living around their premises. Goodwill is generated by the projects undertaken by Adaptive Marketing’s staffers, and the staffers of companies like it, over the course of these projects. The simple fact is, the benefits of volunteer work include feeling better about yourself — a positive feeling that uplifts the entire corporation.
