Posts Tagged ‘community outreach’
The Small Business Guide to Charitable Giving in a Hybrid World
Almost everyone agrees: the hybrid work model is here to stay. Not fully back to the office but no longer fully remote, many businesses are having to rethink what work and company culture mean in a hybrid model. For larger companies with multiple locations, this may be an easy transition, but for small or mid-size…
Read MoreThe Fight Against Food Insecurity
It’s 2005, small-town Pennsylvania. The only grocery store in town is shutting down. Helen Lazara, the founder and then-owner of local business IP Services, has some concerns about food insecurity. “When that store closed, I did worry somewhat about food insecurity for people who couldn’t always drive easily to go to an out-of-town store,” Helen…
Read MoreHelping Your Community Through Crisis
In a time of crisis, those of us who can help our community, should. There is certainly ample opportunity during our current situation. IPS was proud to donate meals to local hospitals in partnership with Red Letter Hospitality, a local management company. Since their restaurants are currently only open for takeout, they started a program…
Read More3 Tips for Increasing Community Outreach Participation
If you are launching a community engagement program or organizing a community outreach event, participation will be critical to its success. So, what next? Follow these three tips to increase participation: 1. Time vs. money vs. stuff A big decision you’ll need to make when organizing a community outreach event is, “What do you want…
Read MoreOver a Decade Later: A Tradition of Giving
At the heart of most traditions are three things: people coming together, a celebration of what matters, and a sense of enjoyment. As a company, IP Services has gathered many traditions over its twenty-plus years. Two of the most important revolve around the holidays and community outreach. YMCA Family Charity In 2006, one of our…
Read More5 Donation Drives That Are Easy & Engaging
A hard thing to confront when you first start a community outreach program is your inability to help everyone. There are so many vulnerable members of the community, and if you could, YOU would be the one to help them all. But that’s not how it works. In order to keep your outreach program alive,…
Read MoreOur community in 2018
IP Services is a people-first company. We care about our employees and our clients, and we want the best for all of them. At the beginning of 2018, we decided to take that one step further; we wanted to help not just the people we work with, but also the people in the community around…
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