It’s that time of year again and Beyond.com will once again be contributing to the Greater Philadelphia community as part of our annual holiday team building activity! This year, Beyond.com has chosen to “adopt” eight families that are involved with Help Philadelphia, a non-profit agency that provides transitional living and training programs to homeless and low-income families. We felt that this would be a great opportunity for Beyond.com to make a difference in the lives of 8 single mothers and their children who wouldn’t have the opportunity to celebrate the holiday season otherwise.
Philadelphia based employees have been split into eight teams, which will each be assigned one family to adopt for the holidays. Although there are eight separate teams, the entire company is essentially working together to achieve a similar goal of giving these families a holiday season they will never forget. Over the next two weeks, teams will work together to purchase gifts, collect donated items and plan a holiday celebration for their family.
In addition to the gifts that each family will be receiving, Beyond.com will also be providing a gift basket full of holiday food essentials so each family can make their own holiday dinner. Each team will also determine what items are missing from the holiday food basket and work together to fill it with other holiday food items.
Beyond.com will also be making a contribution of gently used toys, clothing and other appropriate items to Cradles to Crayons, Help Philadelphia and Career Wardrobe.
By establishing an annual holiday charity teambuilding project, it has given our company the opportunity to give back to the local community, while learning and growing together as a team. Our company is very excited about this initiative and we are looking forward to dropping off the gifts and spreading some holiday cheer to these eight deserving families!
