Motley Rice Volunteer Project Wins Two Awards and Promotes Year-Round Outreach
June 1, 2012
MT. PLEASANT, SC – May 31, 2012 – Eighty Motley Rice employees stepped awayfrom their desks and into the community for the Firm’s annual volunteer program,ProjectGO!.
The two days of service, April 18 and 25, 2012, gave employees theopportunity to provide a helping hand to CarolinaYouth Development Center (CYDC), the CharlestonAnimal Society, ElliotboroughPark and Community Garden and SandpiperRehabilitation and Nursing Center.
During day two of ProjectGO!, the firm received notice that its 2011 effortshad been honored with both the 2012 Communitas Award for Company SponsoredVolunteer Projects and a 2012 Hermes Creative Gold Award in the Community Relations category for the branding, design and promotion ofthe volunteer project.
“ProjectGO! is a rewarding way for Motley Rice employees to share theirskills with the community. We are always thankful for the support we’ve receivedfrom the Lowcountry over the years and believe that it is our responsibility togive back as much as we are able. I do hope ProjectGO! inspires others to dowhat they can to make a difference in the community,” shared Motley Riceco-founder JoeRice.
Motley Rice strongly believes in its mission to go beyond the office andcourtroom walls to better local and national communities. An overarching goal ofProjectGO! is to promote year-round employee volunteerism and foster newrelationships with organizations in need. The firm has already begun to see theprogram’s far-reaching impact as the vegetables harvested at CharlestonParks Conservancy’s Elliotborough Park site were donated to CrisisMinistries and served for dinner that very week. Employees who met andspent time with Sandpiper resident Earl Glines were also inspired to spread theword about his skillfully-crafted handmade hammocks ($60) and drop nets($15).
The firm’s charitable giving committee has already started planningfor ProjectGO! 2013. Visit www.motleyrice.com/info/project-go to learn more about the organizations we helped and how you or yournot-for-profit can get involved.
The Communitas Awards recognizes companies and organizations from around theworld that are changing how they do business to better their communities andinvest in the greater good. Seeking to recognize those that practice sociallyand environmentally conscious business practices, the Communitas Awardsevaluates nominees based on the extent, effectiveness and creativity of theirprograms.
The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition that evaluatescommunications, advertising, public relations, graphic design, production andweb technology. The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals(ACMP) judges projects based on their creative production, design andimplementation of materials and projects, as well as how they contribute topublic service and charitable organizations.
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Motley Rice is one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’litigation firms. Motley Rice attorneys have experience taking on complex civilcases against large corporate wrongdoers, including pioneering asbestos lawsuits, negotiating the tobacco master settlementagreement and continuing their lawsuit against terrorist financiers on behalf of9/11 families. Since its founding, the firm has made investing in, supportingand giving back to the communities in which its employees work and live apriority. The firm is headquartered in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and has additionaloffices in California; Connecticut; New York; Rhode Island; Washington, D.C.;and West Virginia. For more information, contact attorney Michael Elsner (NY, SC, VA) at 1.843.216.9250. Connect with Motley Rice on Facebook and Twitter.
