As a leader in your workplace, you know how important it is to ensure every employee feels welcomed and engaged. That’s one reason why employee resource groups (ERGs) are a growing presence at many organizations, uniting employees who share a common identity to foster inclusion and belonging in the workplace. ERGs are often led by and for employees — but it’s still crucial that your leadership team offers support and resources to show how much you value them.
One way to engage your workplace’s ERGs is partnering with charities that align with their goals. For example, faith-based ERGs unite employees who highly value faith in their lives. For many, this means serving these principles in the workplace through generosity, open-mindedness, and charity.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is a great example of a faith-based nonprofit your workplace can engage. Compelled by Christ to be a voice of conscience on behalf of the people called Methodist, UMCOR works globally to alleviate human suffering and advance hope. UMCOR is a great fit for companies looking to engage employees around global disaster relief efforts, especially for faith-based ERGs.
Employee Engagement Offering: Assemble Relief Supplies
UMCOR collects relief supplies in the form of cleaning kits, hygiene kits, and menstrual hygiene kits that are assembled by volunteers for distribution in the United States and its territories. These kits provide care for the most vulnerable following a disaster or during times of crisis.
Your employees can help keep UMCOR’s relief supply kit inventory ready to go by assembling completed kits in your workplace. A kit-packing event is a great way to engage employees and encourage generosity in your workplace. Employees can raise money for and purchase essentials like towels, toothbrushes, menstrual products, cleaning supplies, and more before gathering to assemble and ship the kits to UMCOR for distribution. At your assembly event, UMCOR can also speak to your workers about their important work and how relief kits help during times of crisis.
This event is a great way to engage and connect with all employees, but UMCOR’s faith-based mission makes them a particularly great fit for members of faith-based ERGs. Your employees will be empowered to work together to put their values in action; this can be particularly impactful after a hard-hitting disaster like Hurricane Beryl, to commemorate holidays at work, or around a key observance day like International Day of Charity on September 5 or International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
Speak to your workplace’s ERGs about how you can help set up an engagement event with UMCOR today.
Exploring the Impact
Learn how your employees’ support can provide hope and healing for communities impacted by disasters in the video below.
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At Global Impact, we are dedicated to empowering companies to create meaningful and impactful employee engagement experiences. As a proud partner of UMCOR, we offer comprehensive support to help you make the most of their incredible offerings. Whether you’re looking to introduce UMCOR to your organization or ERG, need assistance with event planning, or want fresh ideas for themes and topics, we’re here to help.
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