Giving Back In the Communities Where Business Is Done

Civic-minded companies support employee volunteer service as an integral part of doing business in any community. Since 2004, more than 100 companies have partnered with VMC, enabling tens of thousands of corporate volunteers to be placed in meaningful projects in nearby charitable organizations.

VMC can partner with your company and match your volunteers to projects with maximum community impact, aligned with your corporate priorities.  We also enable team building projects throughout New Jersey and provide needed logistical and coordination support.

VMC recognizes that corporate volunteer programs have unique needs and provides expertise in the following key areas:

  •   Screening agencies and projects for best fit and maximum impact
  •   Identifying large-scale projects and/or multi-site and multi-day projects
  •   Providing logistical and coordination support
  •   Identifying community leadership opportunities
  •   Creating avenues for volunteer and corporate recognition in the community

 

Group Volunteerism Support

VMC reaches out to non-profit organizations throughout northern New Jersey to ascertain their potential volunteer projects.  We post those opportunities on two websites FREE to agencies, businesses and service organizations so that groups can find needy causes and vice versa.  In addition, VMC offers:

1)  Complete business services from project brainstorming, finding worthy/appropriate demonstration projects, procedures for effective project execution, to implementing the program.

2)  Post-project employees surveys (anonymous), focus groups, media promotion  

For every Day of Service project request made, VMC will: 

  • ascertain the company's needs, criteria and resources
  • identify three projects from which to choose that are appropriate
  • provide all agency contact information and serve as liaison between the agency and the company
  • monitor the planning process
  • make recommendations for tools, equipment, amenities important for the day of service (pass-through expenses, if purchases required)
  • have a designated project coordinator on-site for the project day
  • evaluate the project.

 

Business Rates

If general research or a consultation is the only service needed, our fee is $150/hour (with a maximum of $750).

A Day of Service project for a company will be $60/volunteer ($1200/minimum) with an on-site volunteer coordinator provided by VMC. If more than three projects are requested, there will be an additional $150/hour to research additional projects.  Projects for less than 50 volunteers require 6 weeks advance notice.  Projects for more than 50 volunteers (usually requiring multiple sites) require 8 weeks notice.  If less notice is given, there will be a 50% surcharge and only one appropriate deliverable project is guaranteed.   A non-refundable deposit of 1/2 of the fee is due when the project is accepted.  The remainder at the completion of the project.    

To get started, fill out the volunteer projects questionnaire and fax it to Carol McKinney at 973-984-7658.  If you have questions about group projects, you can contact Carol at 973-538-7200 Ext. 15, or email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

VMC will make your corporate volunteer projects easy, rewarding, and fun!