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May 24, 2018Berkshire Bank Named 2018 Halo Award Winner
Berkshire Bank announced that it was awarded the prestigious 2018 Gold Halo Award for its XTEAM® corporate volunteer program. The award recognizes the top corporate social responsibility efforts in North America across multiple categories including education, cause marketing and employee engagement.
Berkshire received the award for the Employee Engagement (Group Volunteering) category, which recognizes initiatives that meaningfully and measurably engage its employees in a cause-focused initiative to achieve both a social and a business impact. Berkshire’s Xtraordinary Day of Service, held in June of 2017, mobilized 92% of their workforce across the country and impacted more than 400,000 individuals. In 2017, the XTEAM® logged an impressive 306 projects benefiting 203 organizations and contributed 40,000 hours of service. This corporate employee volunteer program boasts a 100% employee participation rate, earning them the highest recognition in the Employee Engagement category…
“While many companies offer some form of employee volunteer program, Berkshire has gone above and beyond to truly engage employees in ways that are significant and personally meaningful to the employee. We are honored to receive this recognition and have the opportunity to improve and create change in the communities in which we live and work” stated Gary Levante, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Berkshire Bank.
“The Halo Awards were created to acknowledge best in class corporate social impact programs. This year’s winners are a fantastic representation of the effective and innovative ways companies and causes can work together to create meaningful business and social returns,” said Engage for Good President, David Hessekiel.
The Halo Awards are North America’s highest honor for corporate social initiatives and cause marketing and presented by Engage for Good (formerly Cause Marketing Forum). 2018 marks the 16th year that Engage for Good will honor businesses and nonprofits with Halos for doing well by doing good. The awards were presented at the 16th Annual Engage for Good conference in Chicago on May 24, 2018. A complete list of the Halo Award finalists can be seen at http://www.engageforgood.com/halo-awards.
