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…
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…
submitted by Morgan Stine Week 1 Nonprofit Expos: Liftoff! Friday, October 7th marked the close of the first week of the King County Employee Giving Program’s 2016 Annual Giving Drive. Only 6 more weeks to go! The first two Nonprofit Expos, at King Street Center and King County Courthouse, saw amazing turnouts of over 300…
written by Tarin Schalow On September 14th, almost 100 new and returning ambassadors filled the meeting space in the Chinook building to get ready for the 2016 Annual Giving Drive. This was the largest turnout the program has seen for a single training and the annual rally to date. Training started out with a question…
Regional Animal Services of King County had a record save rate of 88% in 2015 – an impressive feat by itself – but even more so when you hear the comeback story. And King County Employees have been instrumental to this success, at RASKC, leadership, and including through the EGP. Employees have donated more…
All public sectors have different eligibility requirements and processes but they are all happening around the same time. Each one is separate and we know it can be confusing. I get it, our names are pretty similar, goofy acronyms, and well… we are all the government. Let me see if can help you out,…
We are excited to announce our 2016 Nonprofit Cycle! Each year nonprofits must apply and meet eligibility requirements . We have grown to more than 900 organizations participating in our program and continue to grow each year! Every nonprofit that is eligible and gets a complete application in on-time will be accepted into the program…
The King County Employee Giving Program (EGP) has been named a winner of the United Way of King County‘s Outstanding Employee Campaign Award for the 2014-2015 year. The award was presented on February 4, 2016, during the EGP’s Annual STAR Awards Ceremony by Cole Hardman of United Way to Leslie Arai, the 2015 EGP Committee Chair.…
Haven’t had a chance to attend the Nonprofit Expo Road Show? Want to, but not sure what it’s all about?! Here are a few KC employees who shared with us their key takeaways from the Roadshow… “Speaking with the representatives of the various organizations, I was very impressed to hear of such genuine dedication to their cause.…
