Doing good deeds
We're delighted to support worthy causes
Merritt Group in the Community
Merritt Group recognizes the importance and value of corporate social responsibility. Volunteering time to philanthropic activities and charitable organizations can be rewarding for both employees and the people being helped. Here's how we promote good deeds:
- Volunteering. We encourage employees to take advantage of our generous volunteer policy: eight hours per quarter to devote to a volunteer project of their choosing, so employees can give back to their communities. Also, the employee-led Volunteer Committee sponsors quarterly programs aimed at helping those in need.
- Matching funds. This program entices employees to get involved in raising funds for worthy causes. For example:
- Fairfax County's Housing and Community Services programs, such as Holiday Adopt-a-Family.
- Reston Interfaith and its annual Kids R' First Back-to-School Backpack Drive, plus Thanksgiving food drives.
- Katrina hurricane and Asia tsunami victim relief efforts through the Red Cross.
Helping Clients with Pro Bono
Merritt Group believes in donating its PR services to a few worthy organizations each year on a pro bono basis. In the last two years, Merritt Group supported a local DC-based, non-profit called Brainfood, which encourages inner-city high school students to use food as a tool to build life skills through cooking classes, lectures, field trips and community service projects. Brainfood graduates are equipped with practical cooking skills, an introduction to the food industry, a framework for nutritious eating, and leadership experience that prepares them to make a difference in their community.
In addition, Merritt Group also handled PR for The Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Foundation's "Birdies for Bogies" golf tournament, in collaboration with Merritt Group's Booz Allen Hamilton client. Merritt Group's efforts helped to raise funds for the OI Foundation and individuals touched by this disease commonly known as "brittle bone" disorder, which is a genetic disease characterized by bones that break easily, often with little or no apparent cause.
