Inc. Magazine - Volunteering: The New Employee Perk

Volunteering: The New Employee Perk
By: Susan Greco

Another logical approach is to use your company's work skills to fill a local need. That's what Abby Margalith, owner of the Starving Students of San Diego moving company, has done. Over the past 10 years, Starving Students has helped relocate more than 100 women and children from abusive homes. Margalith started small and got help. A local YWCA handles most of the up-front work, while Margalith's staff, which varies between 25 and 65 employees, helps coordinate the details. Special crews do the moves using an unmarked van. "It tends to be the same crews that volunteer to do them over and over again," explains Margalith. "They don't talk about what they see, but they're always enthusiastic about going back."

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