Business Volunteering

By encouraging employees to participate in community activities through company sponsored volunteer programs, a business contributes to building better communities. Corporate volunteering allows people to contribute skills and knowledge to a non-profit organization and actively participate in the community. It makes people feel good.

Corporate volunteering can be a low-cost, short-term, low-risk, high-impact way of making the knowledge, skills and experiences of the business sector accessible to the non-profit sector while building understanding, employee skill and community goodwill.

Business Volunteering provides the following benefits:

• Employees have the opportunity to work together, away from the office, on a rewarding and satisfying project
• Companies experience an increased profile for constructive civic engagement
• Participation in Business Volunteering is a great way to retain committed, active employees
• Business Volunteering can improve employee morale, recruitment and retention/ reduce absenteeism
• Business Volunteering brings together the sectors - volunteers, companies, and non-profit agencies - in a unique network of service

To get your company involved in Corporate Volunteering or learn about corporate volunteering, please contact: Nicole Smaira, Community Projects Coordinator (559) 237-3101 or (866) 476-7787 (toll free) or nsmaira@vcfresno.org.

Upcoming Business Volunteer Opportunities:

• Calendar
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