The mission of Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade is to mobilize the Canadian Insurance Industry in the fight against cancer by focusing on cancer research, support and education

Since the inception of WICC in 1996, with the help of the entire insurance industry and its supporters, over $10 million has been raised in support of cancer research and education. Fundraising has been achieved through a variety of WICC functions, sponsored events and the purchase of branded products. In April 2014, WICC launched a [...]

2018-11-27T09:39:01-05:00November 27th, 2018|

The Butterfly Effect: How KMS Helps Others

Have you heard of the butterfly effect? This phenomenon suggests a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago. What if we applied that theory to the effects of volunteering? Imagine that something you do for others in your community could affect change in the world. The founders of KMS Technology, CEO [...]

2018-11-24T12:20:18-05:00November 27th, 2018|

Pledging 1%, Connecticut company, Viv, shows that giving often leads to getting

When Viv started earlier this year, its management team knew the company’s disruptive technology and customer-focused energy savings platform would help the company begin to break into a largely established industry. Beyond that, the company’s CEO knew her passion for helping underprivileged communities around the world could be more than a feel-good mission. It could [...]

2018-11-24T12:10:38-05:00November 27th, 2018|

Baking Pledge 1% into the DNA of Your Business

Coleman Insights is a media research company that that specializes in building strong brands and developing great content for radio stations and media brands around the world. Coleman Insights President Warren Kurtzman learned about the Pledge 1% initiative while attending Dreamforce in San Francisco, and began thinking about how he could implement it within the [...]

2018-11-24T01:59:19-05:00November 27th, 2018|

The First Year as a Pledge 1% Member

We’re wrapping-up our first year as participants in Pledge 1%, and we’re amazed to see  how transformational this pledge has been for our team. Our company, Debug Pest Control is just as the name would suggest: a pest control company. People don’t really expect a pest control company to be socially engaged or visibly active in [...]

2018-11-24T01:44:27-05:00November 27th, 2018|

Giving Time with Gen25

With Pledge 1% we inspire our employees to give back to our community. We convert part of our business success into support for nonprofits. Within Gen25, there are various options to start as a volunteer and giving to others. Volunteering can be done individual or as a group and helps to strengthen the effect of [...]

2018-11-24T01:32:36-05:00November 27th, 2018|

The Power of Team Work

We at Appluent feel very fortunate to be growing our company together as a team and understand that we’ve all had help getting this far in our own personal situations. Paying it forward is a philosophy to which we all subscribe and hold in high regard. That’s why we were so excited that a program [...]

2018-11-24T01:23:11-05:00November 27th, 2018|

Creating a Sense of Community with Your Pledge 1% Program

As designers, we are tasked with creating and improving a brand’s identity and defining the unique position it has in the world.  Our craft gives us a unique lens into culture and community and it fuels our passion and commitment to have a positive impact on the world we live in. Community service and charitable [...]

2018-11-24T00:32:16-05:00November 27th, 2018|

We Pledge 1% and Protect Non-Profit Mission-Critical Salesforce Data

The mission of non-profits is to help and give back to those in need around the world. To be successful, these organizations have established fundraising and marketing programs using the data stored on their Salesforce platforms. OwnBackup supports non-profit organizations by guarding this Salesforce data against data loss and corruption with comprehensive Salesforce backup and [...]

2018-11-26T09:17:15-05:00November 27th, 2018|
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