Corporate Volunteer Programs and Partner Nonprofits Will be Recognized For Their Impact On Metro Atlanta Communities

June 5, 2008

The Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council (MACVC) is accepting corporate nominations for its 11th annual IMPACT Awards. The event will once again honor and recognize four outstanding corporate employee volunteer programs that demonstrate leadership in anticipating and responding to the changing needs of the Atlanta community through strategic community outreach programs. Awards will be divided into four categories: project, emerging program, innovative/collaborative program and IMPACT.

New this year: Award winners will be able to share their success with a partner nonprofit by designating a grant of up to $15,000 from the MACVC on their behalf.  The nomination form provides details on how companies can indicate which partner it would choose if selected as an award winning company in one of the categories listed above. All nominees, as well as the award-winning company’s selected nonprofit, will also be recognized at the IMPACT Awards Luncheon.  Finalists will be announced in July but the winners of the awards, and therefore the grants, will not be revealed until the IMPACT Awards Luncheon in September.

“Whether it is an emerging, evolving, innovative, or established program, the MACVC hosts its annual IMPACT Awards to recognize and honor Atlanta’s companies and our peers who have shown the true spirit of giving through their exemplary corporate volunteer programs,” said Whitney Munn, manager of community relations at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP and 2008 president of the Metro Atlanta CVC.

Corporate winners of the 2007 IMPACT Awards included The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (IMPACT), HRWorks (Innovative/Collaborative), Choice Point Inc (Project) and Hunton & Williams LLP (Emerging). Fulton County CASA, English for Successful Living and Families First received a total of $30,000 as recipients of the 2007 nonprofit grants.

To obtain an application for this year’s IMPACT Awards, download a copy from the MACVC Web site at www.macvc.org , call Linda Woodworth at 404-614-1022, or e-mail awards@macvc.org. The applications must be received electronically by Friday, June 6 to be considered.  IMPACT Award recipients and grantees, as judged by national level peers in a “ blind” process, will be announced at the annual IMPACT Awards Luncheon being held in mid-September 2008.

About the Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council (MACVC)
The Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council (www.macvc.org) is the professional association of Atlanta area businesses that promotes employee volunteerism in the corporate sector and provides a forum for networking, learning corporate best practices, research and local trends.  The Metro Atlanta CVC is the local arm of the Points of Light Foundation-Hands On Network, a national non-profit, non-partisan organization.  The Metro Atlanta CVC includes more than 75 Atlanta corporations with employee populations from 10 to 32,000 employees.