Organizing Holiday Giving for Your Company Has Never Been Easier
Posted by Kate White
Around the holidays, it is heart-warming to see people step up to assist others in need.
The employees at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts are a great example of those helping others in their community. Each year they organize an Adopt-a-Family Program to give back. The program includes opportunities to sponsor individuals, collect gifts and provide holiday meals.
"Our Adopt-a-Family program started out as a Giving Tree where I hung ornaments with the names and ages of children who needed Christmas sponsors on our department Christmas tree," says Kelly Holzworth, Ecosystems Center Administrator at the Marine Biological Laboratory. "People would select a child and sign-up on a list that was taped to my office door. I would then hand them the child's wish list and clothing sizes. It was one tree within my department and was easy to control and monitor."
Over time, this wonderful program started to grow as staff interest increased. Opportunities such as this are ways to unite staff and make MBL a stronger institution so it made sense to expand the program. But just like anything, as the program grew, details were more challenging to keep track of.
