History
The Awards for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards programs honoring outstanding employee volunteer programs. The program, established in 1993 by the Points of Light Foundation, in partnership with several major national businesses and nonprofit organizations, recognizes businesses, of all sizes and of all industries, that meet the Principles of Excellence for Workplace Volunteering. Designed to honor a company's overall employee/retiree volunteer efforts, the Awards for Excellence acknowledges those businesses that have made workplace volunteering a central part of their business operations by putting structure, policies and procedures, and evaluation in place to allow employees to give back their time and talent to its communities.
Principles of Excellence for Workplace Volunteering
The Awards application is based on the Principles of Excellence for Workplace Volunteering—standards for an effective and sustainable employee volunteer program. The Principles, established nearly 15 years ago, recently went through a validation process to ensure that the definition of excellence in workplace volunteering was still relevant in today's current business environment. The review panel, comprised of business leaders, found that the Principles of Excellence are still applicable to the current business climate with an increased focus on cross-sector partnerships and measurement and evaluation.
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