INSIGHTs & INTUITION

Q.What does your company do to encourage employee volunteerism and community involvement?

At Otter Tail Power Co., we recognize that our success is connected to the success of the communities we serve. That’s why we lend financial support to a variety of organizations in the areas where our customers and employees live and work. Employees play a key role in directing our giving efforts through a program called The Power of Two. This program rewards projects and organizations employees directly support. When an employee volunteers at least 24 hours of personal time during the calendar year to a nonprofit organization, the company makes a $100 donation to that organization.

Believing that the desire to serve others is already planted deep within us by a loving God, CHI St. Alexius Health, guided by our mission to “receive all as Christ,” invites our associates to participate in a variety of options for service — everything from preparing meals for the homeless, providing warm clothes for those in need, painting houses for the Day of Caring, to providing support for victims of domestic violence. We encourage one another to serve because in that act of generosity, we celebrate Jesus’ presence among us.

Digi-Key Electronics highly values community engagement, as does its 3,400 employees. Digi-Key Cares is a company outreach program that encourages employees to volunteer hours at any one of several local charities during or after work hours. This program also oversees dozens of fundraising events each year that are facilitated by employees for those charities. Also, Digi-Key supports grassroots fundraising that is done by employees for their fellow co-workers and their families who are going through difficult personal challenges. These fundraisers include bake/craft sales and benefit lunches.

Community involvement is a core principle of the Blue Hawk family at Dickinson State University. Our students participate in service-learning and volunteer opportunities to give back to the community while also becoming lifelong learners. Our employees serve on leadership boards, volunteer at community-wide events, and share the DSU story as a reminder of our commitment to the community. DSU recently implemented the Blue Hawk Bond and Courageous Conversations, two community building initiatives designed to foster a caring, celebrative, disciplined, just, open and purposeful community. At DSU, we take pride in our mission of serving the region, and consider community involvement a salient component.

Hope Sisk

Our Odney employees are more than talented advertisers, artists and communicators. We’re passionate people. We look for volunteering opportunities that foster our creativity. Ask a graphic designer to design a T-shirt for the United Way and a dozen employees volunteer their time out of pride and support. Put an account manager in charge of coat drive collections and her organizational skills will translate to a warmer winter. Play to your team’s talents and volunteering isn’t much of a chore at all, but a passion project.

Invest in your community and your community will invest in you.

At First International Bank & Trust, we are a diverse organization set in a multiworksite environment across three states ranging in size from smaller rural locations to large major metropolitan U.S. cities. As such, we place our emphasis on employee volunteerism and community service at a localized level, empowering employees in those locations to donate their time and resources to community and charitable causes that are meaningful in their own locations or to them personally. We stand behind our commitment to community at FIB&T and dedicated one of our six core values to the community cause. Whether it is through company-wide sponsored community events or through more personal, individualized volunteerism, our employees are encouraged to give back to their communities in a way that provides the best benefit to the people they seek to serve while also bringing personal fulfillment to those who choose to volunteer their time and resources.

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