Heart of West Michigan United Way invites you to take on the Small Business Challenge, created through a generous matching grant of $100,000 from the Steelcase Foundation. Any new United Way gift of $1,000 or more from a workplace of 100 or less employees will be matched up to a total of $100,000 by the end of March 2012.
Small businesses are the heart of most communities, yet during the 2010 United Way Campaign small businesses of 100 employees or less made up only 11.5% of total campaign dollars. This campaign year, United Way is hoping to change that with the Small Business Challenge.
Help United Way Meet the Challenge
Do you know of a small business that would be interested in holding a workplace campaign, providing a corporate gift or a special event for the first time? Partnering with United Way is good for the community, and it's good for business too. It:
- Invests a company's corporate and employee resources right here in Kent County meeting local needs.
- Gives a company closer ties to the community in which they do business and creates opportunities for networking with other United Way workplace partners.
- Enhances the overall Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, an area that is becoming more important as consumers and potential employees seek out companies with a strong track record of helping make the community a better place.
Working together is how communities and companies grow strong. Partnering with United Way is the best way to do it. Don't wait - strengthen the greater Grand Rapids community and participate or refer a company to the Small Business Challenge.