The Spirit of Giving!

8:21 PM |

I absolutely love it when I hear of stories about companies showing their philanthropy efforts through giving back to the local communities. I think it shows a huge amount of gratitude and humility through not only the employees executing on the task, but also the leaders of the company. Good or bad attributes of a company always flow from the readers. I follow ClearChannel on Twitter, and they recently posted a story from the “Local Spirit” sector of the company website. The article was titled “Clear Channel Radio Rochester Breaks Records for Toys for Tots.” The article talks about how every year the local ClearChannel radio stations in Rochester, Minnesota participate in the Toys for Tots toy drive for the Christmas season, but according to ClearChannel.com this year they broke a regional record and “23,432 toys were raised and distributed to 12,002 kids in southeastern Minnesota. 300 toys were specifically donated to families suffering the loss of their homes in the fall floods of 2010 (2010).”

I know that companies do these types of things all the time, but a few things about this story stood out to me. One thing is that they donated their energy towards makings sure that kids all throughout the state of Minnesota had presents to open for Christmas. I adore kids, and volunteer my time twice a month in my church’s Children’s Ministry. When I initially went to college, my major was Biology-PreMed because I always wanted to grow up and become a pediatric cardiologist. Even though biology and chemistry both deterred me from that career, my love for kids and their future has not changed.

All in all, I think was ClearChannel is doing with their “Local Spirit” campaign is amazing! The business that I am going to start from the business plan I have been working on through my coursework at Full Sail is geared towards youth aged 12-18, but I am going to make sure that we integrate community service programs aimed towards the compassion for younger kids.

Check out the website for the whole story.

http://clearchannel.com/LocalSpirit/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=2881

~*Love, Peace, & Radio*~