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In this issue of the Center for Companies That Care newsletter, we are pleased to highlight our Urban High School Mentoring Initiative mentors and sponsors, and recognize Honor Roll companies who have been named to Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers".
We hope many of you are in the process of completing the Honor Roll application. If you are not, but wish to know more, please contact us.
Happy Fall. Enjoy the colors.
Marci |
Center for Companies That Care Urban High School Mentoring Initiative on the Move: Meet the Mentors and Sponsors
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| In October, we are kicking off our Education Initiative. For those of you who are not familiar with this new and exciting endeavor, 14 companies have agreed to mentor students from Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men, in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, and Woodlawn High School, in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. In addition, 9 companies have chosen to sponsor the students. The goal of the initiative is to help ensure that disadvantaged high school students graduate from high school, and get TO, and THROUGH, college.
The inaugural year mentors are:
ChapterHouse, LLC
Convergint Technologies LLC
Curcio Webb, LLC
Fertile Ground Foundation
KPMG LLP
McDermott, Will and Emery
NeigerDesignInc.
Office Depot, Inc.
Opto Technology, Inc.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sysmex Corporation
The Care of Trees
University HealthSystem Consortium
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Organizations that will be sponsoring students are:
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Convergint Technologies LLC
Enterprise Fleet Management
Friedler Construction
Grant Thornton LLP
Hewitt Associates
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
The Care of Trees
Sysmex Corporation
Thanks to all of the above for their willingness to be pioneers!
Click here for additional information on this very exciting program. Click here to hear the student themselves talk about why this is important to their future.
Please contact Marci Koblenz for additional information and/or to become a sponsor or mentor. |
| Companies That Care in the News |
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| We hope you did not miss the September 24th issue of Business Week which featured a section on Corporate Social Responsibility. Center for Companies That Care is highlighted as an innovator! Please click here to read more:
http://www.businessweek.com/adsections/
In other news, congratulations to the following Honor Roll companies which have been named to the Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" list:
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Grant Thornton
KPMG LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System |
2008 Honor Roll Application
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 Honor Roll First-Time Applicants
Interested in applying for the Honor Roll but wondering what is involved? Call us at 312-661-1010 to find out.
The deadline for the first-year application is November 1, 2007. Click here for a copy of the first-year Honor Roll application. |
Webinars and Teleconferences
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Honor Roll Network Teleconference
(for folks from Honor Roll and Honorable Mention Companies only)
October 24, 1:45-2:45 Central Time
Topic: Leadership Development: Growing the Next Generation of Leaders
Click here to register for the October 24th Honor Roll network Teleconference or go to www.companies-that-care.org/register.
__________________________________________________________It's Your Life! Teleconference
October 25, 12-1pm Central Time
Topic: Volunteerism
Speaker: Nancy Medin from GCG Financial
Please join us in an interesting conversation with people who have found ways to integrate work and volunteer activities. Join by phone or in person. If you would like to join us in person in Lake Forest, Illinois, let us know when you register and we will let you know the address. There is no charge to participate. Click here to register. __________________________________________________________
Virtual Book Club
NOTE THE CHANGE IN BOOK
November 27, 12-1pm Central Time
Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today's Nontraditional Workforce by Cathleen Benko and Anne Weisburg (from flap) The long-predicted talent gap is upon us. While many of today's
business leaders typify the traditional workforce, the vast majority of
tomorrow's leaders do not. Knowledge professionals, who are in
ever-decreasing supply and ever-increasing demand, will drive business
growth in the early twenty-first century. And these are the same
workers who are irreversibly blurring the relationship between work and
life and redefining what it means to build a career. Now, even the baby
boomers nearing retirement want options beyond the all-or-nothing
approach of the corporate ladder.
Mass Career Customization is a wake up call to corporate
America and a guidebook for business leaders. Centered on the powerful
insight that today's career is no longer a straight climb up the
corporate ladder, but rather a combination journey of climbs, lateral
moves, and planned descents, Mass Career Customization provides
a refreshing approach to attracting talent and strengthening leadership
pipelines while providing more varied and well-balanced career journeys. COST:
Free - members of Community of Caring and Honor Roll companies $25 - non-members
Click here to register for the November 27 Virtual Book Club if you are not a member. |
| In Memorium: Bonnie Dayan |
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Center for Companies That Care mourns the death of Bonnie Dayan, VP Sales and Marketing and employee for over 25 years, of Honor Roll company Triangle Printers.
Triangle Printers is a family-owned business and an Honor Roll company since the inception of the Honor Roll in 2003. Bonnie was an enthusiastic proponent of Companies That Care, both internally for Triangle employees and externally, by nominating exemplary customers to the Honor Roll.
Bonnie was the kind of person you always enjoyed being around. Her contagious enthusiasm, her compassion for others, her integrity and her business problem-solving acumen made her an inspiring leader. We will miss her personally and we will all miss her presence at Center for Companies That Care events.
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CAREDAYS 2008
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In 2008, CAREDAYS will celebrate the Caregivers in our midst. CAREDAYS will kick off on Companies That Care Day, March 20, 2008. We will provide thoughts on how to celebrate those people in our workplaces that spend much of their time outside of work helping those in need. Stay tuned for more information. |
| Do you support Center for Companies That Care's mission that all companies are companies that care? If so, read on! |
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 We encourage you to join the Community of Caring. Becoming a member of the Community of Caring not only entitles you to many benefits, but, more importantly, by becoming a member you declare your interest in, and commitment to, making our world a better place to live. The investment is minimal, your vote for caring will be HUGE! Please join our Honor Roll Companies as members of the Community.
Community of Caring Benefits
Participate in collaborative community building initiatives with other members
Attend Center for Companies That Care educational programs (Best Practices Road Shows, Bi-Annual Symposiums, Stepping Stones Seminars, etc.) for a discounted registration fee
Participate in mentoring programs for a discount
Select topics for and attend 1st Monday virtual lunch 'n learns -- free
Participate in the Virtual Book Club -- free
Purchase tools (surveys, starter kits, etc.) at a discount
Receive advance notice of all educational and community building programs with limited participation
Submit nominations (including self-nominations) for Center for Companies That Care committees and Board of Directors
Receive a CARE bumper sticker and a Community of Caring seal for your website and collateral materials
Participate in the Community of Caring listserv and consult/collaborate with other Community of Caring members
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| We Want Your Input |
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We want to hear what's happening with our 2007 Honor Roll. If you have photos or a brief pieces of news about how your organization demonstrates the 10 Characteristics, please forward them to: marcikoblenz@companies-that-care.org |
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