Holidays are the season of shopping and buying gifts. It’s the time when we rush into malls with endless lists and too little time to do everything. It’s the time when we want to surprise the ones we love and the time when we anticipate the gifts that we’re going to receive.
But holidays are also the time of giving back and helping those who aren’t fortunate enough to have the time or money to spend at the shopping malls. Luckily, some corporations think about these folks. These corporations are the ones that have good policies and the ones that give back the most during the season. One of these companies is HCR Wealth Advisors.
This year, decided to surprise their clients with special gifts they bought through Gifts for Good, the company that adds social impact to the corporate gifting industry. For example, did you know that the US corporations spend over $90 billion each year on corporate gifts? Gifts for Good is using the money from gifts for charitable causes, including the world’s most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.
Changing the World of Corporate Gifts
Gifts for Good support the work of over 40 nonprofits and social enterprises in 19 states and 65 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, North America, and Europe. They are also helping other nonprofits and social enterprises expand their reach and grow their impact. Here’s what Gifts for Good is doing for those who need our help the most.
First of all, Gifts for Good believes in social entrepreneurship. That said, it invests in the future generations of entrepreneurs. With many of their partners being social enterprises and nonprofits, the company is able to reinvest income from sales directly into the charitable causes.
One of these causes are disadvantaged groups, including those transitioning out of homelessness, human trafficking and abuse. Gifts for Good partners with organizations that offer jobs and job training and is helping those in need to become contributing members of society. Someone else’s corporate gift, therefore, becomes a meaningful donation.
The network of doing good for society and giving back is developing even further! Some of the organizations that work with Gifts for Good follow a buy-one give-one model of giving; for example, Woodchuck USA plants a tree for each gift that is purchased by a corporation.
Gifts for Everyone
Gifts for Good support other worthy causes thanks to their partner organizations. One of these causes is clean water. Today, over 663 million people lack access to clean drinking water. That’s why Gifts for Good work with nonprofits that specialize in water, hygiene and sanitation. Also, the organization offers gifts that fight child hunger in America and decrease food waste; for those who don’t know, 40% of food is wasted each year in the USA, and yet, 1 in 5 children is still hungry.
Gifts for Good also partners with nonprofits all over the country that provide shelters, job training, fair wages and support systems that help people fight poverty and homelessness. But to fight poverty, you need to have a job first. That’s why Gifts for Good supports social enterprises that employ women refugees and gives them empowerment through financial support.
HCR Helps People Overcome Challenges
HCR Wealth Advisors is a dedicated to providing financial strategies to their clients to help them reach their financial goals. Founded in 1988, HCR prides itself on helping people secure a brighter financial future despite the uncertainty of the financial markets.
Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, divorce, retirement, sudden influx of assets or something else, helping people face these challenges is something that HCR does best. The wealth management company knows that nobody escapes life’s transitions, and that’s why developing a sound financial strategy is crucial.
HCR works closely with nonprofits. The company gives back to the community and helping its clients participate with other organizations. This year, HCR purchased corporate gifts for their employees through Gifts for Good. That said, HCR has supported other good causes through these efforts.
Some of these causes include 38 hours of job training for women in LA who have transitioned from homelessness, 66 hours of employment for women at risk in Alabama, 16 hours of employment for a woman artisan in Thailand and 2 hours of employment for an individual living in poverty in LA.
Finally, while this time of the year is famous for buying gifts for friends and family, most of the gifts we receive at work end up in a junk drawer. Gifts for Good has finally given a new meaning for corporate gifts and HCR has joined them on this journey of giving back to those who need our help the most.
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