Community Impact Receives Innovation Award at 2004 CityCares Conference.News Editors 2004 CityCares Conference MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2004 Conference Sponsor Accenture Presents Prize to Community Impact that Includes $20,000 in Pro-Bono Consulting Services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" Bay Area-based Community Impact, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that enables individuals to serve their community through volunteerism, recently won the Accenture Innovation Award for its unique approach to empowering volunteers through grant making. The award, worth $20,000 in pro-bono consulting, was presented at the recent CityCares 2004 Leadership Conference held in Atlanta. CityCares is a national organization that supports an innovative alliance of volunteer organizations that are building communities through service and civic engagement. "We are proud to present the Innovation Award to Community Impact as a leader in the service movement, and encourage them to continue the transformational work they have been doing throughout Bay Area communities," said Chris DiGiorgio, managing partner of Accenture's Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern offices. Accenture's goal is to collaborate with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and organizations. The company invests time and expertise in pro-bono work, particularly in projects that are related to bridging the digital divide. In partnership with Philanthropic phil·an·throp·ic also phil·an·throp·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian. 2. Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance: Ventures Foundation, Community Impact linked hours of volunteer service with grant making ability through its Impact Grants initiative, which empowered volunteers with the most hours of service within a given quarter to give grants of up to $1,000 to the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. partner agency of their choice. "We owe a debt of gratitude to Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, for enabling us to implement such a unique program that gained such popularity with our volunteers and agency partners, and to Accenture, for providing such a big boost to our volunteer efforts with their pro-bono consulting services," said Beth Meyer, executive director, Community Impact. The CityCares conference, which underscored the resurgence of volunteerism in America, focused on innovative volunteer management strategies and techniques for mobilizing mobilizing, v 1. freeing or making loose and able to move. 2. observing any ongoing movements in a client's body, whether small or large, assisted or not, that identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as the client's physical and new volunteer audiences. The interactive event drew more than 400 participants from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and abroad. The award of pro-bono consulting services comes at a particularly exciting and opportune op·por·tune adj. 1. Suited or right for a particular purpose: an opportune place to make camp. 2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: an opportune arrival. time for Community Impact, which will complete a merger with another City Cares affiliate, Hands On San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , at the end of this month. Bringing together their respective strengths and resources, the new organization will be called Hands On Bay Area and have a combined volunteer base of more than 9,500 volunteers to serve and support more than 300 community service agencies throughout the Bay Area. About CityCares CityCares supports an innovative alliance of volunteer organizations that are building communities through service and civic engagement. With proven models for successful civic engagement, CityCares develops entrepreneurial strategies for bridging community resources and needs. Last year alone, CityCares affiliates delivered measurable community impact by mobilizing more than 300,000 volunteers to participate in over 33,000 flexible, individual and team-based service projects totaling more than 1.2 million hours of service. There are 30 CityCares affiliates in the United States and one international affiliate in the Philippines, as well as 20 partner organizations in the United Kingdom that have replicated the CityCares model. CityCares' national headquarters is located in Atlanta. For more information about CityCares, please visit www.CityCares.org or call (404) 979-2900. About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize mo·bi·lize v. 1. To make mobile or capable of movement. 2. To restore the power of motion to a joint. 3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With approximately 86,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of U.S. $11.8 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2003. Its home page is www.accenture.com. About Community Impact Community Impact is a nonprofit organization that enables individuals to serve their community through volunteerism. By creating and managing meaningful volunteer experiences that make it easy for busy, caring people to get involved, Community Impact addresses some of the most pressing issues facing the Bay Area. Since 1988, Community Impact volunteers have provided more than 200,000 hours of service to more than 150 nonprofit agencies in five Bay Area counties. All projects are managed by a volunteer project manager, and are completed in a few hours on a weeknight week·night n. A night of the week exclusive of Saturday and Sunday. week  nights or weekend. Community Impact also works with
companies such as Levi Straus & Company, Cisco and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. to develop and manage volunteer programs that meet the unique needs of
their employees. For more information, visit www.communityimpact.org.
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