Our Employee Volunteers are Closely Knit
Posted by Amanda on 04 Feb 2010 at 12:48 pm | Tagged as: Other Stuff, Social Responsibility
One of the amazing benefits we have at Green Mountain Coffee is our CAFE time. We have 52 hours of paid time-off per year to volunteer. One of the challenges with this though, is finding a volunteer activity that fits with your work schedule and taps into your passions. Two women decided to create their own opportunity, building on their love of knitting. Below is their story.
Written by Jeannine Simpkins and Trish D’Arcy:
“Comfy Creations was born from a desire to meet with other people who love to knit and crochet, and to produce items for people in need. A little research proved that as long as we were creating items for a 501C3, non-profit organizations, we could utilize the Café Time program that is offered by Green Mountain Coffee. This program allows employees to donate time to a non-profit during their working hours, up to 52 hours a year, and be paid while volunteering. This hobby was the perfect opportunity for us to utilize Café Time and bring in more people who had the same desire to knit & crochet items for those in needs.
Our initial projects were making warm winter items for The Salvation Army and for Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation. Our current effort is to make 7 by 7inch squares which will be sewn together into afghans for WorldCare.org, for the benefit of Haitian earthquake survivors.
We currently have volunteers from our facilities throughout the country (Vermont, Washington and Massachusetts)!”
Hear it in their own words: