When clients come back to us for more Corporate Social Responsibility events, it’s a sign that we’re doing something meaningful and that CSR events are motivating for meeting and conference attendees, while giving back to the community. Following on the heels of a successful 2009 “Military Home Make-over” CSR event, where Underwriters Laboratories employees covertly fixed-up the home of a military family earlier this year, the same group brightened the day and the daily educational environment of the children at a local Neighborhood House Association’s First Step Head Start site.
A team of 80 international Underwriters Laboratories employees, in town as part of the global UL team, got down to business and spent the afternoon enhancing the site by painting walls with vibrant colors and animal-inspired murals as well as landscaping and enhancing privacy fencing. I am proud of our ACCESS team members who, with very short notice, were able to design, organize, and facilitate this event to meet the CSR goals of UL’s Corporate Social Responsibility office, while giving back to people in need of assistance and producing miles of smiles on the faces of the young children.
Jill Oakman, Global Marketing Manager for Underwriters Laboratories said, “As a group, we are so pleased to have the opportunity to give back to a wonderful community of people. Children all around the world deserve the best possible life and we are fortunate that we could contribute to their well-being.” She went on to say, “The reception we received from the children and the adults in attendance made this event a memorable one for all of us.”
The contribution counts and the resulting memories count in equal scale. The children will remember that there are “business” people who care and the UL volunteers will remember how great a community service event makes them feel about their company and their contributions.