Community

JGR CARES PROGRAM

Jefferson Government Relations promotes and encourages its staff to give back to the community through volunteerism and donations. Helping others feels good, it also helps people feel good about themselves by providing rewarding experiences and opportunities to utilize their talents, while making a positive impact in communities where they work and live. JGR makes corporate donations to various charities throughout the year and encourages employees to think philanthropically.

Every culture depends on philanthropy, voluntary giving and voluntary action to provide essential elements of a civil society. JGR has initiated a volunteer day option for all employees as a way to encourage participation in the program. Employees can have up to eight hours of time annually (not charged against vacation leave) to use during the business day in support of their personal philanthropic endeavors. JGR Cares!

Date	Event	Type	Description
12/19/07	SE White House Project	Donations	JGR Staff, tenants & interns adopted a young girl named Alexis for the holiday season. In mid-December a few volunteers delivered bags of wrapped presents, clothes, purple BIKE, helmet, $100 Target gift card and $55 cash (for phone bill) to Denise Speed, mother of Alexis, who received the gifts and bike. Alexis is recovering from emotional abuse and post traumatic stress disorders, but is now at a new school which is helping her tremendously. Contact Person: Tina Henderson 202-581-0800
12/07/07	Educational Media Group and GWTV George Washington University Cable Channel 6	Donation	JGR contributed as a Community Champion to help underwrite a public service campaign designed to encourage college students to consider donating blood during a dangerously low blood supply period in the Washington, DC area. www.edmedgroup.com
11/07/07	Capital Area Food Bank	Donation & participation	Collected 58# of canned goods to be distributed to needy residents in our nation's capitol. One of every 2 children in D.C. go to bed hungry every night. www.CapitalAreaFoodBank.org
10/17/07	Flu Shot Clinic	Participation	JGR contracted with a nurse from Pleasant Health Systems to give flu shots to 45 employees, tenants, interns and 1615 L Street building tenants in an effort to prevent the flu. www.pleasanthealth.com
10/06/07	HIV/Aids Walk	Donation & Participation	AIDS Walk Washington 2007 www.aidswalkwashington.org Whitman-Walker Clinic is a non-profit community-based health organization composed of volunteers and staff who provide dependable, high-quality, comprehensive and accessible health care to those infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Our Fall Intern, Shivani Gupta raised over $800 to support the 5K walk. Her team and hundreds more comprised over 7,000 people who raised nearly $1 million that day for HIV/AIDS.
10/05/07	Lee Denim Day	Participation & donation	Collected money from staff, tenants and interns to raise money for breast cancer research. A donation allowed participants to wear jeans for the day on October 5th. www.denimday.com
9/2/07	Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD	Donation	Supported the Literacy Council of Prince George's County with a donation to the Awards Banquet which applauds the outstanding work of students, teachers, tutors and staff in their efforts to provide quality educational services to adult students. www.literacycouncil.org
8/6/07	Fairways to Habitat	Participation & Donation	Donation as corporate sponsor, JGR employee, Tom Netting serves on the board & employees and interns volunteered and played in the golf tournament. www.fairwaystohabitat.com
06/01/07	Capitol PurSuit	Donations	Donations of mens and women's clothing were made to provide work clothes to men and women returning to the workforce from homelessness. www.CapitolPurSuit.org
06/01/07	Nicaraguan Preschool School Supplies	Donations	Staff and tenants gave generously to support a preschool teacher who was traveling to Nicaragua. School supplies, clothing and financial support were just a few examples of donations collected.
6/1/07	Secure the Call	Donation	Collected old cell phones to donate to those who need these phones to contact the authorities in emergency situations. www.securethecall.org
05/16/07	Gift for Garrett	Donation	Contribution & support for the ill son of a vendor JGR has a relationship with called EAdvocates www.giftforgarrett.org
05/15/07	Cystic Fibrosis Foundation	Participation & Donation	Sponsor Carolyn Cuppernull & daughters Courtney & Caylee in the 5k walk-a-thon held in Great Falls, Virginia. www.cff.org
05/01/07	American Red Cross	Participation	Several JGR staff members participated in a blood drive in the building to help add much needed blood to a dangerously low blood bank in the greater DC area. www.redcross.org
04/15/07	American Cancer Society	Participation & Donation	Jefferson sponsored Andrea Whetzel who participated in this year's Relay For Life on May 5-6, 2007 in Damascus, MD. The event was a huge success raising a total of $249,783! Relay For Life is much more than a walk around a track. It is a time to remember those lost to cancer and celebrate those who have survived. It is a night for people who have shared the same experience to comfort and console one another. Relay gives you the power to help accelerate the Society's progress toward a future where cancer doesn't take the lives of our friends and family. By supporting the American Cancer Society through the Relay For Life you help save lives, you help those who have touched by cancer, and you help empower individuals to fight back against this disease. www.damascusrelay.com
04/01/07	National Alliance to End Homelessness	Donation	www.endhomelessness.org
03/31/07	Hospice of Volusia/Flagler	Donation	A donation in the memory of Frank T. Bruno, Sr. to support Volusia County Hospice www.hovf.org
03/31/07	The Eisenhower Institute	Donation	Sponsored April award dinner as a corporate sponsor. www.eisenhowerinstitute.org
02/01/07	American Heart Association-Wear Red Day	Participation & Donation	Wearing red to fight against heart disease in women. www.GoRedForWomen.org
01/15/07	MLK Volunteer Day	Participation	Encouraged JGR employees to consider service projects- www.mlkday.gov