Companies That Cares Day is an annual national event that encourages employers to highlight and expand their employee and community initiatives, and recognize the people who make their companies successful. Companies That Care Day is celebrated on the third Thursday of every March, with organizations encouraged to jump-start and expand their activities that reflect the 10 Characteristics, foster a people-supportive work environment and strengthen the local community.

CAREDAYS Annual National Initiative
Each year on Companies That Care Day, the Center for Companies That Care launches an annual national initiative - CAREDAYS™ - which is designed to bring individuals and employers together to collaboratively address a significant societal issue that is undermining the well-being of our communities. The philosophy behind CAREDAYS is this: “If we all do a little, we can truly accomplish a lot.” CAREDAYS runs from mid-March through mid-April each year.

• The 2005 CAREDAYS initiative was Terrific Tales – a literacy promotion initiative to put classroom libraries in schools that couldn’t afford them.
• During CAREDAYS06: Spring Back to Life, employers collected funds to purchase athletic equipment for five Mississippi school districts that had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
• CAREDAYS07: It's Your Life focused on providing needed medical supplies to community health clinics.
• CAREDAYS08-10: Terrific Tales is a three-year commitment to provide classroom libraries to 10% of less-advantaged schools nationwide.

Eligibility
All employers are encouraged to participate in Companies That Care Day and the national CAREDAYS initiative. There are no specific eligibility requirements. Participating employers represent the diversity of organizations that care - large corporations, small businesses, service firms, publicly held and privately owned organizations, government entities, health care organizations, not-for-profits, academic institutions, and others.

Other Companies That Care Day Celebration Activities
In addition to participating in the annual CAREDAYS initiative, companies may celebrate Companies That Care Day by organizing activities and events that integrate the 10 Characteristics of caring organizations more fully into their work environment. Each organization may plan customized activities that make the Day meaningful to them and responsive to their development or recognition needs.

Cost
The only costs associated with celebrating Companies That Care Day are any costs an organization might incur to implement the activities it plans for the Day.

Support from Center for Companies That Care
The Center for Companies That Care offers many resources to help you plan and implement Companies That Care Day.

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