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Days of Caring Give Where You Live
More than 43,500 of Deloitte’s
employees have helped make a
difference in their community since
Employees give back the inaugural Impact Day nine years
ago, giving support to more than
2,000 organizations and completing
their calculators and get more than 3,500 projects across
Canada. When it comes to Windsor’s
out of the office participation, Tosti credits his staff
for driving the decision process.
in the spirit of making a
“We’ll go to our staff and ask
difference in the them what organizations, what
charities in the community, do they
community. feel need help,” he says.
“We switch every year, In 2002, Deloitte joined United
Way’s “Thanks a Million” club,
but generally speaking, which recognizes organizations
across Canada that annually donate
we go to two or $1 million or more to United Way.
Deloitte has managed to reach that
three charities in the milestone every year since.
community where our When asked why Deloitte
participates in things like United
staff donates a day of Way’s Days of Caring, Tosti says the
answer is simple.
our time,” says Remi
“We’re lucky enough to enjoy
Deloitte has fifty offices across Canada, where Tosti, Market Lead these communities we live in, where
employees put away their calculators in the spirit of Partner for Windsor. we have great clients and great
staff,” he says. “It’s one way of
making a difference in the community. “All of our offices giving back to everything that
we’ve enjoyed, to help people
A c c o rd i n g t o D e l o i t t e ’s support it.” who are less
calculations, helping businesses Employees of Deloitte’s Windsor fortunate in the
means helping the community, too. office kicked off a United Way Day communities,
where they
The international professional of Caring last October by donning maybe don’t
have the success
services firm applies its high standard painter’s pants and gardening and the luck that
we’ve had.” U
of excellence in the corporate world g l o v e s . S e v e r a l n o n - p ro f i t
to volunteering in Windsor, Essex organizations received help in the
County and elsewhere. form of painting, landscaping,
For the past nine years, Deloitte cleaning and maintenance. Staff
has hosted national Impact Days also helped with setup for a concert
where employees across Canada and a county running race. In
spend a paid day out of the office years past, employees have also
helping charities within their volunteered their time at the
community. Last year, Deloitte Unemployed Help Centre, a United
combined its national Impact Way-funded partner, delivering
Day, its regional United Way goods for the food bank and
campaign and a Day of Caring to picking up different items across
create Deloitte’s National Month of the community.
Giving. “What I like about United Way is
Similar to Deloitte’s Impact Days, that it’s not concentrated on one
United Way’s Days of Caring match specific charity, but they hit t he
up charitable organizations with broader community,”
local workplace employees on a says Tosti.
variety of projects throughout
Windsor and Essex County.
Deloitte has 50 offices across
Canada where employees put away Deloitte donates more than $1 million to United Ways across Canada each year.
U• i e • Fall • 2014 • Vol. 3 • United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County • www.weareunited.com • 13
Days of Caring Give Where You Live
More than 43,500 of Deloitte’s
employees have helped make a
difference in their community since
Employees give back the inaugural Impact Day nine years
ago, giving support to more than
2,000 organizations and completing
their calculators and get more than 3,500 projects across
Canada. When it comes to Windsor’s
out of the office participation, Tosti credits his staff
for driving the decision process.
in the spirit of making a
“We’ll go to our staff and ask
difference in the them what organizations, what
charities in the community, do they
community. feel need help,” he says.
“We switch every year, In 2002, Deloitte joined United
Way’s “Thanks a Million” club,
but generally speaking, which recognizes organizations
across Canada that annually donate
we go to two or $1 million or more to United Way.
Deloitte has managed to reach that
three charities in the milestone every year since.
community where our When asked why Deloitte
participates in things like United
staff donates a day of Way’s Days of Caring, Tosti says the
answer is simple.
our time,” says Remi
“We’re lucky enough to enjoy
Deloitte has fifty offices across Canada, where Tosti, Market Lead these communities we live in, where
employees put away their calculators in the spirit of Partner for Windsor. we have great clients and great
staff,” he says. “It’s one way of
making a difference in the community. “All of our offices giving back to everything that
we’ve enjoyed, to help people
A c c o rd i n g t o D e l o i t t e ’s support it.” who are less
calculations, helping businesses Employees of Deloitte’s Windsor fortunate in the
means helping the community, too. office kicked off a United Way Day communities,
where they
The international professional of Caring last October by donning maybe don’t
have the success
services firm applies its high standard painter’s pants and gardening and the luck that
we’ve had.” U
of excellence in the corporate world g l o v e s . S e v e r a l n o n - p ro f i t
to volunteering in Windsor, Essex organizations received help in the
County and elsewhere. form of painting, landscaping,
For the past nine years, Deloitte cleaning and maintenance. Staff
has hosted national Impact Days also helped with setup for a concert
where employees across Canada and a county running race. In
spend a paid day out of the office years past, employees have also
helping charities within their volunteered their time at the
community. Last year, Deloitte Unemployed Help Centre, a United
combined its national Impact Way-funded partner, delivering
Day, its regional United Way goods for the food bank and
campaign and a Day of Caring to picking up different items across
create Deloitte’s National Month of the community.
Giving. “What I like about United Way is
Similar to Deloitte’s Impact Days, that it’s not concentrated on one
United Way’s Days of Caring match specific charity, but they hit t he
up charitable organizations with broader community,”
local workplace employees on a says Tosti.
variety of projects throughout
Windsor and Essex County.
Deloitte has 50 offices across
Canada where employees put away Deloitte donates more than $1 million to United Ways across Canada each year.
U• i e • Fall • 2014 • Vol. 3 • United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County • www.weareunited.com • 13
