ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY PRSSA
  • Home
  • Blog
    • Archives
      • Spring 2013 Posts
      • Fall 2012 Posts
      • Spring 2012 Posts
      • Fall 2011 Posts
  • About
    • Executive Board
    • Committees
    • Awards
    • Contact
    • Become a Speaker
  • Newsletter
  • Membership
    • Chapter Meeting Minutes
  • Calendar
  • Progressive Image
    • Clients
  • Internship Opportunities
  • Home
  • Blog
    • Archives
      • Spring 2013 Posts
      • Fall 2012 Posts
      • Spring 2012 Posts
      • Fall 2011 Posts
  • About
    • Executive Board
    • Committees
    • Awards
    • Contact
    • Become a Speaker
  • Newsletter
  • Membership
    • Chapter Meeting Minutes
  • Calendar
  • Progressive Image
    • Clients
  • Internship Opportunities
Search

BLOG

January 27th, 2020

1/27/2020

0 Comments

 
While interning at ComEd this summer I was introduced to the Dollars for Doers program from the corporate relations team at their parent company, Exelon. This program finds a way to benefit the employees, corporation and the community. Dollars for Doers rewards the employees for their volunteer work by donating grants to non-profit organizations of the employee’s choice. It allows them to support a wide-range of causes and support all areas of the community. They gave 1.1 million dollars in 2018 to non-profit organizations that employees chose. That makes an impact in every corner of society and helps the causes employees felt passionate about. It incentivized me to volunteer while I was there and I’m so happy that I did because I was able to work with and learn about so many great causes. I worked with AIDS Run Walk Chicago, Chicagoland Military Roll Call, Feed My Starving Children and others which really educated me on causes I didn’t know much about before.

I received two grants, which I gave to Project Oz, an organization that helps homeless and runaway youth in the Bloomington-Normal area. Corporate social responsibility is a big deal at ComEd and Exelon, who have been trying to separate themselves from being just the electric company for awhile and this helps that. As a regulated utility, they have to show they are conscious of the environmental impacts they have so they will have so they offer plenty of volunteer events for employees to get hours for the Dollars for Doers program. They see that people view them as a company that just takes their money, so they try to give back in all of these different places to show they understand the impact they can make and that all causes matter.

It shows how ComEd cares about the communities that it serves and how they want to make a difference in lives. It also shows employees how they want to support them and the causes they hold dear. By rewarding employees for their work in the community by giving more back to the community, it makes the company look great to the benefit of all.

​By: Josh Pozniak 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    About

    PRecisely PR is the blog of the Illinois State University Chapter of the PRSSA. We write about Chapter events, the public relations industry, member profiles, and more.

    Archives

    October 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    November 2020
    September 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    March 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013

    CategorIes

    All
    Agency Tours
    Bateman Team
    COM Week
    Conference
    Development
    Guest Speakers
    Industry
    Internships
    Meet The E Board
    Member Monday
    Mentor Mentee
    Panels
    Personal Branding
    Philanthropy
    Premier Newsletter
    Pri
    Prsa Chapter Meetings
    PRSSA National
    Relations
    Senior Spotlight
    Senior To Watch
    Socials
    Study Abroad

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Blog
    • Archives
      • Spring 2013 Posts
      • Fall 2012 Posts
      • Spring 2012 Posts
      • Fall 2011 Posts
  • About
    • Executive Board
    • Committees
    • Awards
    • Contact
    • Become a Speaker
  • Newsletter
  • Membership
    • Chapter Meeting Minutes
  • Calendar
  • Progressive Image
    • Clients
  • Internship Opportunities