Score Consulting and Corporate Volunteerism

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about volunteerism. This has come primarily as a result of me actually getting involved in different causes in my local community of San Diego and doing quite a bit of volunteering myself.

Lately, I’ve been volunteering by offering music, marketing assistance and supervision to groups in need of help and every time, I’m amazed at how rewarding it is. Not only do I come away feeling like I’ve done something worth doing, but when someone offers you heartfelt words of appreciation and gratitude, it’s a feeling like none other.

In today’s world, with unemployment at or near all time highs, funding being cut on a seemingly daily basis and everyone in both the public and private sectors crying mercy, it’s more important than ever to reach out and ask one question: “what can I do to make your life a little easier?” Regardless of whom you’re talking to, whether it’s an employee, a co-worker, a family member or a stranger on the street, that simple question could mean the difference between success and catastrophic failures in an organization, a company and especially a person’s existence.

Now I don’t mean to preach here but, when I read the paper every morning and I talk to the people who run these groups for whom I’ve been volunteering, I realize that there are troubling realities that can’t go unspoken or unattended.

So how can we fix it? In truth, I have no idea how to fix the larger problems. I’m not an economist; I’m not a politician or a lawmaker. What I am, however, is someone who manages a business that may be able to offer help.

Over the past year, there have been a lot of changes here at Score Consulting, as I’ve been trying to make some changes that, in a positive way, shake up the status quo. In the new year, I plan on adding staff to the rank and file of the Score Consulting: new consultants, new assistants and new project managers.

Along with these additions, I’m making a pledge to the communities in which Score Consulting employees reside. We will make mandatory one paid day of volunteering per month for everyone working in the company. The details will all be shaken out down the line, but essentially, we’re going to provide a full day’s pay, access to child care, any administrative and business support that our employees so that they can give back to their communities.

This isn’t a new idea, but I truly believe it’s a good one, and one that should be sewn into the fabric of my growing business.

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