Community Action 264: Ask Your Employer to Support Volunteering
The Idea: Encourage your employer to make responsible community service easier through volunteer time, matching programs, team projects, skills-based assistance, or nonprofit partnerships.
Why It Matters: Workplace support may help more employees contribute their time and expertise without creating unnecessary financial or scheduling barriers.
Try It Today: Review your employer’s existing volunteer, charitable-giving, community-engagement, and paid-time-off policies.
Make It Work for You: Present a practical proposal describing the community need, potential nonprofit partner, employee interest, time required, expenses, risks, and expected responsibilities. Follow approval, legal, insurance, payroll, accessibility, and communications requirements. Do not imply company sponsorship before authorization or pressure colleagues to participate, donate, or disclose personal causes.
Take It Further: Propose a small pilot, volunteer-time benefit, donation-matching program, annual service calendar, or employee-led committee with clear oversight and equitable participation.
Community Connection: Employer-supported service, workplace giving, employee engagement, and nonprofit collaboration
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