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Sponsor a Youth Sports Team. Chances giving employees a specific amount of
are someone on your staff has a child on a time each month, quarter, or year for
youth sports team. volunteer work, which boosts morale while
Set Up a Collection Jar. Simply choose a also increasing a business’s community
charity that is important to your team and involvement.
collect money in a high-traffic area inside Enter a float in an annual parade or help
your business. decorate the town at Christmas
Sponsor an Event. Sponsoring a Donate the use of a delivery vehicle or
participant in a local marathon can be a other resources for a local function
great way to show support, especially if Donate a portion of your sales to a
you can support your own employees who charity on a particular day or for a specific
are participating in such events. period of time
Build a House. Organizations like Give a charitable or community group
Habitat for Humanity offer businesses the a meeting or workspace on your business
opportunity to participate in construction premises for free
projects that benefit disadvantaged
residents. Make presentations to local elementary
schools about bugs!
Offer Your Skills. As a leader in
your industry, you likely have an Adopt a Highway. Those roadside signs
area of expertise that’s of value to are pure advertising gold, and all it costs
others. Consider teaching classes on you is maybe one weekend a month
entrepreneurship to local residents. spending a couple of hours picking up
soda cans. You make your community
Encourage Employee Volunteerism. nicer and build your reputation at the
Many businesses are now encouraging same time.
employees to volunteer by offering paid
time off for volunteering. A business can So, as you can see, there are
show its support for the community by numerous opportunities to support your
local community!
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