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March 29, 2019Volunteer Opportunity for Team Builds- TLD Law
Foster Love - Together We Rise is an expert in facilitating volunteer opportunity for team builds and charitable team-building service projects. This week we helped two divisions of TLD Law with a philanthropic team build of their own. The teams in Long Beach and Irvine, CA, helped assemble and donate 50 Sweet Case duffle bags. Sweet Cases are…
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March 26, 2019Volunteer Team Building Activities: Wells Fargo
Volunteer team building activities are important tools to keep your organization and employees refreshed. This week we drove out to Dallas to help Wells Fargo with a philanthropic team build. Wells Fargo prioritizes their corporate and social responsibility initiatives stating. “We know that our long-term success is directly linked to the success of our customers…
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March 25, 2019Give Back to the Community: Chick-fil-A
Have you ever heard of Chick-fil-A being open on a Sunday? For decades now, Chick-fil-A has held the traditional policy in which establishments across the nation close their doors every Sunday to observe a day of rest. Owners of the Brea, California location started a quarterly “Serve Sundays.” This is where they serve up some…
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March 23, 2019How to Identify your Brand with Philanthropy
Fun Fact: Philanthropy (which comes from the Latin word philanthropia) translates as loving humankind. The act of loving humanity is practiced by many in our society but not as much by businesses compared to the general public. According to the Giving USA 2018 report, Americans gave a record-breaking $410.02 billion to charity. However, companies only…
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March 12, 2019Volunteer for Foster Kids with Alteria!
Foster Love - Together We Rise is a non-profit organization with a mission to improve the lives of children in foster care nationwide. We help companies give back to their communities through team-building events and service projects that benefit foster youth. One of our favorite corporate social responsibility projects is Sweet Cases! Sweet Cases are duffle bags full…
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March 11, 20197 Easy Ways to Engage Employees
Did you know that the average American spends roughly 90,000 hours or more at work over their lifetime? This places perspective on how our work environment plays a significant role in our life as well as our well-being. Considering that we are spending a rather large amount of time working, it is essential for employers…
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March 6, 2019April’s Adoption Journey
Going Home One of the priorities for children in foster care is reunification and adoption. While reunification is always the primary goal of the foster to adopt process, when that is no longer an option, it is joyous to see children gain a new home through adoption. April’s Adoption Journey April, a mother and photographer…
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March 1, 2019Candoris Philanthropic Team Building
Our friends at Candoris invited us to Pennsylvania for a philanthropic team build. Located in Annville, PA, Candoris is an international tech company. Grounded in Corporate and Social Responsibility principles, Candoris strives to do good works within their community. We arrived on-site early to set up several different work stations. The Candoris team chose to build 10…
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Feb. 27, 2019Benevity Hosts Annual Goodness Matter
Foster Love - Together We Rise is honored to have partnered with Benevity for their annual Goodness Matter Client Conference in Palm Springs, CA. The conference centered around global philanthropic good with over 350 corporate citizenship leaders from around the world in attendance to assemble and donate projects. As the featured charity of the conference attendees could immerse…
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Feb. 20, 20197 Ways to Give Back to the Community
The art of giving back and gifting is known as philanthropy. Generosity has been around since the dawn of humanity and has become a part of our everyday life and society. Philanthropy actively supports efforts such as scientific research down to volunteering your time to help out those in need in your community. Philanthropic efforts…
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Feb. 19, 2019Bikes for Foster Kids: Team-Building with CIT!
Foster Love - Together We Rise’s base of operations is in Brea, California; though we host service projects across the country, sometimes the best events are just down the street! One local team building activity was hosted by Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a company that delivers information to doctors so they can provide better patient care. We were excited…
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Feb. 15, 2019Golf for Duffel Bags for Foster Kids
Last week, our Donor Relations Manager Steven flew to Orlando, Florida to play golf to raise money for duffel bags for foster kids! Santa Rosa Consulting invited us to the Santa Rosa HIMSS ’19 Topgolf Event, where over 100 employees hit the green for kids in foster care. We had a blast playing golf with…
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Feb. 12, 2019Danielle’s Journey: Adopting from Foster Care
Going Home One of the priorities for children in foster care is reunification and adopting from foster care. While reunification is always the primary goal of foster care, when that is no longer an option, it is joyous to see children gain a new home through adoption. Danielle’s Adoption Journey Mother of five Danielle from Cedar…
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Feb. 12, 2019Get Cheesy This Valentine’s Day With MOD Pizza
Valentine’s Day is all about love, and there’s no better way to show your love than pizza! On Thursday, February 14th, MOD Pizza is hosting a fundraiser in support of Foster Love - Together We Rise, so make sure you take your Valentine on a dinner date for a good cause. If you don’t have a Valentine yet,…
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Feb. 11, 2019Foster Love This Valentine’s Day!
Spread the foster love this Valentine’s Day with our top 5 philanthropic date ideas. Flowers, chocolates, and candlelit dinners have all been done before, but to really impress your Valentine this year, make a difference with these 5 charitable date ideas! Help Animals At A Shelter What could be more heartwarming than taking care of…
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Feb. 3, 2019Foster Care Volunteer with Team Building
Whether you’re pitching to clients, creating innovative marketing strategies, or coming up with the next big thing, creativity is vital in any industry. Therefore, companies should invest in their employees’ creativity to help them develop skills that will enhance both their work and their quality of life. Here are a few ideas for creative foster…
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Jan. 31, 2019Foster Care Birthday Boxes with AIG!
In the Big Apple, anything is possible! Foster Love - Together We Rise traveled to New York, New York to help our longtime partner AIG bring foster care birthday boxes in a team-building project to the East Coast. We fought through rain, wind, and snow to get to the Marriott in downtown New York City, but it was…
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Jan. 31, 2019Non Profit Foster Care Reform in San Antonio
San Antonio is taking some big steps to reform its non profit foster care system. Beginning Friday, February 1st, 2019, the system moves towards privatization partnering with local advocates. The new shifts focus on the first few hours after the removal of the child. Currently, Bexar County has 2,000 children in foster care. The new…
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Jan. 25, 2019UPS Holds Bike Build Volunteer Event at TWR
Foster Love - Together We Rise hosted a two-day bike build volunteer event for team building in Orange County, at the TWR HQ in Brea, CA with UPS‘s Southern California Human Resource District. This is the second year in a row that the group has held their event at the Foster Love - Together We Rise Orange County headquarters. You might be…
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Jan. 25, 2019Sweet Cases Service Project with Amgen
Indianapolis, Indiana is home to the world’s largest racetrack, as well as some of the world’s largest team building activities! The Foster Love - Together We Rise team shifted into overdrive when we partnered with Amgen for a massive service project at Punch Bowl Social in Indianapolis. Over 600 Amgen employees volunteered to help improve the lives of…
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Jan. 18, 2019Philanthropic Events on the Horizon
Foster Love - Together We Rise wants to help make your 2019 the most philanthropic to date. On top of our traditional team building service based philanthropic efforts, we are ramping up our nationwide events. Last year we helped children in every state with our programs and this year we want to increase our event impact. We want…
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Jan. 16, 2019Family Fellowship Program Winter Trip
In the Family Fellowship program, we offer family-like financial and emotional support to college-bound “aging out” foster youth. As part of our family initiative, we also provide a support system, including mentors, care packages, and winter bonding trips. This year’s bonding trip was a blast! Fellows flew into Colorado on Friday night, ready for a…
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Jan. 15, 2019Team Building to Boost Employee Engagement
Employee engagement through team building is key to developing a thriving company. Passionate employees enjoy what they do, so they’re happier. Often do better work than those who are less engaged. Getting employees to engage can be a challenge, but team-building activities can boost employee engagement in 5 different ways: Invest in Success Employees feel…
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Jan. 10, 2019Why 2019 Is the Year to Make a Difference
Last year is finally behind us, and though you’re probably still getting used to writing the date, 2019 is officially here. Foster care volunteer opportunities are awaiting. There’s a lot you can do to make a difference in the next 365 days, and here’s why: 2019 is the year of crushing goals. Whether you’re following…
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Jan. 3, 2019Get Involved in Your Community this New Year
As New Year’s resolutions start piling up, it’s easy to lose track of everything you want to accomplish this year. Aside from diet and exercise, one of the growing trends is a movement towards activism and philanthropy. We should all do more to make the world a better place, but sometimes we don’t know where…
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