Month of Service

Challenge

How do you engage hundreds of employees in supporting one cause nationwide when they work in dozens of states, multiple locations and – in many cases – as agents without an office in which to bond with colleagues?

Solution

After consulting leaders of the company’s annual Month of Service, Caring Capital:

• Created an online custom catalog featuring projects hand-selected for the client’s targeted recipients, children at risk or in need
• Led a conference-call orientation on steps to order and execute projects
• Researched, recommended and introduced appropriate nonprofit organizations to our client’s local offices
• Shipped comprehensive self-guided project kits to offices nationwide

Results

Through our partnership, the company witnessed a dramatic impact:

• Roughly 2,000 employees in 19 offices made gifts for children at risk or in need
• One office offered options: On Site Group Events as well as Personal Project Kits to complete at home
• Employees loved making gifts with their families, turning the experience into the company’s first-ever teachable moment
• The number of Month of Service volunteers nearly doubled from previous years, given the ease of paying it forward at the office, rather than having to leave work to volunteer