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Planning for First-ever South Jersey Corporate Philanthropy Summit Underway

07/30/08

By Emily Cooke

PBJ and Community Foundation of SJ Team Up to Recognize Local Companies for Contributions to Community 

  South Jersey businesses that are perennial “good corporate citizens” are going to get some much needed and deserved recognition this fall.
  It’s the brainchild of the folks at the Philadelphia Business Journal and it will happen on September 18th at the first-ever South Jersey Corporate Philanthropy Summit.
  The event will take place at The Merion in Cinnaminson and will follow in the footsteps of PBJ’s successful Philadelphia Philanthropy Summit this spring. That event drew more than 400 business leaders to a sold-out awards breakfast in Center City on April 30th at which more than 50 companies were recognized.
  The local event is being labeled South Jersey Good Works and the Business Journal is working closely with the new Community Foundation of South Jersey as well as The Philadelphia Foundation as it plans the awards.
  According to PBJ’s Kevin Pitts, “the goal of this summit is to showcase the effects that local companies can have on the community.  Through volunteering time and donating money or services corporate giving has a visible effect on the community.”
  Nominations were taken through July 16 from companies ranging in size from fewer than 100 to more than 1000 employees. 
  An independent panel of judges will select the winners based on criteria such as monetary contributions, in-kind contributions (donating a service that the company would typically charge for), volunteer hours, and community impact.
  To be eligible, companies’ contributions must have been made to organizations in Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties, but companies did not have to be based in those counties to qualify
Non-profit organizations were encouraged to nominate businesses that have supported them throughout the year.
  In addition to the Community Foundation of South Jersey and The Philadelphia Foundation, key support for the Philanthropy Summit has come from Citizens Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, FOX 29, PECO, KYW Newsradio 1060, Comcast Business Class, Deloitte, Sovereign Bank, and US Airways
  Also supporting the event are the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Delaware Valley Grant Makers, Greater Philadelphia Cares, The Non-Profit Center LaSalle University, and United Way of Southeastern PA.
 
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 Pictured left to right: Mike Comardo, Mindy Holman, Jack Tarditi

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