Did you know?

• 65% of companies factor community involvement in their overall strategic plan
• 80 % include a statement in their annual report on their commitment to community relations and corporate citizenship
  
  - The Community Involvement Index 2003

United Way 2-1-1’s Business Cares Program provides local businesses with expert consultation services tailored to meet your company’s volunteer needs. It is our goal to make getting involved in the community easy and to provide companies with the ability to track and measure the impact of their employee’s efforts. Not only do we get you involved, we will publicize all your hard work. Let us talk about all the great work you do!

Our Goal
Business Cares is a membership program that provides resources to encourage and support its members to develop excellence in volunteer programs and advocates best practices in corporate volunteerism. We provide companies with the tools they need to get their employees involved in the community, the skills on how to measure that involvement and the opportunity to network with other like-minded companies. It is our goal to get companies involved in their community and to support them in doing so for a lifetime.

Research shows business volunteer programs:

• Increase employee morale
• Help with employee recruitment
• Help with employee skill development
• Improve company image within the community
• Improve company reputation among investors and consumers
  
  - Points of Light Foundation 2005

Our Services
Membership in Business Cares allows you to work closely with United Way 2-1-1 staff to develop Involvement strategies that work best for you. Membership levels range from $250-$2,300. All members receive access to on-line volunteer information and recognition on the 2-1-1 website.

Benefits of being a Business Cares member:

• Consultation on employee volunteer recruiting, company volunteer policies to have and volunteer liability strategies
• Consulting to develop new volunteer program
• Staff volunteer and non-profit board training and placement
• Volunteer events such as Make a Difference Day and National Volunteer Week
• On-line volunteer registration and tracking
• Annual report of volunteer hours
• Community recognition of volunteer activities
• And much more!