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This Friday we will be closing up our offices for the day to embark on our second annual “Great Give” event! On Friday, all 260 of us will fan out into the Bay Area communities to deliver a day of hands-on volunteer services to community-based organizations and non-profits. This year, we will support 15 organizations spanning five counties. Activities at this year’s Great Give event will range from building repairs and classroom teaching appearances to landscaping and serving food to the needy.
The firm estimates that we will donate more than 2,000 hours of total volunteer time. Even more exciting, over the last three years, we have amassed over 5,000 hours of volunteer time and raised more than $115,000 for community organizations!
It is an exciting day for Armanino McKenna and its people as the Great Give symbolizes the firm’s culture of teamwork and collaboration. One of AMLLP’s staff sums it up stating, “Many of the firm’s employees are heavily involved in their communities at the individual level. It is inspiring to be in a firm that sees the value in giving back to the community so much that it makes time for us to come together as a group and give back as a team. Plus, the Great Give has created a wonderful opportunity for us to develop stronger bonds with one another outside of the office setting.”
Every year Chris Seely, one of our Supervising Seniors in our Tax Department, organizes a firm-wide Adopt-A-Family program where we all donate money and gifts to families in need. This is a great effort from Chris, those who helped her and all of those who participated. Below is a letter to the firm from Chris outlining the impact our firm was able to make on these families this season. Collectively, the firm did a great job and we are proud of what we were able to accomplish by coming together.
Happy Holidays,
Andy
12/16/09
RE: HOLIDAY SHARING - 2009 ADOPT-A-FAMILY THANK YOU ALL!!!!!
Many THANKS to all of AM who participated and contributed to make our 2009 AMLLP Adopt-A-Family program a TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!! You are all truly AWESOME & VERY GIVING!! We out-did ourselves this year to help make a wonderful holiday for the 36 members of the 9 families we “adopted”. Over one third of the firm participated in what is now our 9th Annual holiday sharing effort!! Congrats to all for a job well-done!
With your generous support, last Friday we delivered to the Salvation Army Concord Community Church over 40 boxes & bags chock full of Christmas gifts wishes along with a total of $3050 of Safeway grocery gift cards – each family received up to $500 in Grocery Gift Cards (depending on family size). A truly great accomplishment!!! Your generosity and caring are so much appreciated at this busy time of year and in these tough economic times. THANK YOU ALL!!
THE FIRM MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF 36 SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!!! For that, we are all thankful! And you know there will be many SMILING FACES and LOTS OF LAUGHTER, along with FULL TUMMIES, in the homes of all our special families on Christmas Day!! THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYONE’S GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT!
BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR A JOYOUS HOLIDAY!!
In May, the firm closed its doors and went out into the community to donate their time and give back. In total, all of the firm’s 300 employees served on 16 projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
“Be the Change You Want to See In the World” – Mahatma Ghandi
That is one of my favorite quotes. I do attempt to live by it as best I can and I was excited to hear Armanino McKenna felt the same way when it announced we would have an opportunity to contribute by volunteering. Instead of just *talking* about volunteering or contributing to the community – Armanino McKenna is doing it! Not just by suggesting we volunteer on our own, they are doing this on a grand scale!
Facts:
• One May 29th, 2009 the whole firm will close its offices for a day to spend time in the local community.
• 300 employees will be at their choice of one of many projects throughout the Bay Area that were suggested by fellow employees and organized by the firm.
• We are have our choice of local projects to volunteer at with tasks like gardening, maintenance, teaching, spending time with senior citizens – just to name a few.
Are individuals enough? – of course, enough of them are!
Thinking in a larger scale - what if our employers actually took a step up to the “volunteering plate” so to speak, and actually did something more than what an individual could? Can you imagine what reach and effect that would have?
Think about it – 300 employees – converging on local projects that deserve volunteer assistance – on a work day, with everything set up by the firm. Now that is what I would call serving others in a way that will truly be felt by the communities!
