Now is a great time to get involved with the program. We are looking for King County Employees to join our committee and our enterprise-wide force of Rock Star Ambassadors! What’s your favorite reason? Learn more here: Committee Ambassadors
We are now accepting applications for Rock Stars (or aspiring Rock Stars) to join our Lead Ambassador teams across the county. This is a great role if you are interested in building or breathing fresh air into your leadership employee experience. You will be building skills in developing and motivating others, project management, and working with…
Employee referred nonprofits are our favorite! It is our goal, after all, to connect Employees to the causes they are passionate about. Invite your favorite nonprofit here. As an Employee Champion, during the Annual Giving Drive you may: Share about your favorite nonprofit Invite them in or do a special event in their honor Pledge…
We are excited to announce our 2017 Nonprofit Cycle! We have grown to more than 1,000 organizations participating in our program! In 2016, employees pledged $1.92 million to their favorite organizations. This doesn’t include all the love and adoration. We love watching connections blossom! Each year awesome nonprofits, just like you, must apply and meet…
A frequently asked question we get from Nonprofits, especially those new to workplace giving, is: When is the best time to thank my workplace giving donor? Here is the answer: The Point of Pledge There are a couple of key reasons for this:
This time of year we often get questions from both employees and our nonprofit partners about documenting workplace giving charitable donations. For payroll donations, the IRS wants you to have two things: A copy of your pledge A copy of a paystub or a W-2 If you donated through the King County Employee Giving Program,…
It’s that time of the year to recognize a colleague who went far and beyond the call of duty to make a difference in the community! With the Employee Giving Program’s Annual Celebration just around the corner — Wednesday, February 8, 2017 (details below) — which celebrates outstanding effort and contributions made by departments and individuals, we…
If you are interested in joining the EGP Committee, know that coffee is on us! What? You read that right. A cup of coffee on us. The King County Employee Giving Program (EGP) is currently recruiting for 6 open slots on the EGP Committee. The Committee is made up of King County Employees from across…
This year the Department of Executive Services’ (DES) Financial Management Section (FMS) facilitated a department wide “Pledge for Pie” event. FMS ambassadors sought out volunteers throughout the department that were willing to get pied for charity. In total, we were able to sweet talk 15 volunteers into participating in our event, to include DES’s Deputy…
Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure to hear Katie and Tommy from Kindering speak. Instantly, Tommy and I had a connection – my son is ALSO obsessed with superheroes. So when Tommy showed up in his red Power Ranger suit – that could also pass for Spiderman, I knew we were going to have a good time.…
On October 6, 2016, Hurricane Matthew – “the most powerful hurricane to threaten the Atlantic Seaboard in over a decade” (Seattle Times, Hurricane threatens some of South’s most storied cities) – has caused great devastation to southern Haiti killing hundreds with a rising death toll expected due to the lack of water, shelter and food.…
