Corporate social responsibility has never been more...

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Corporate social responsibility has never been more critical, and Philadelphia businesses are stepping up to offer nonprofits and first responders vital financial support, volunteer hours and expertise. In the following pages, some of the region’s corporate philanthropists

share how they’re making an impact—both locally and globally.

$2Mdonated to local

organizations families and children in need

since 2005

4Kchildren adopted for

Christmas as a part of CityTeam Ministries

Adopt a Child program

$100Kdonated to the

annual Sixers Youth Charity Gala since

2005, including 35,000 just last year

David Auto610-358-5300, drivedavid.com

David Auto has always prioritized giving back to their community, even when they didn’t think they had the means to do so. President David Kelleher shares how, as one of four 2020 Time magazine Dealer of the Year fi nalists, that commitment has paid off .

How did your charity efforts begin? Shortly aft er we opened in 2005, a client came and asked me to donate a car to help save St. Cyrils School in Lansdowne. I hadn’t even turned a profi t at this point. Against common sense, I donated the car. The school was saved, the media caught the story, and my business escalated quickly. I never anticipated this, but karma is such a strong force. So, as the years have gone on, I’ve continued to follow my heart and help our communities and the families who live in them and my business has grown to one of the most successful in the nation. We include our staff and even our clients in the work we do, and the results are amazing. In recent years we’ve made thousands of donations to the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, the Cystic Fibrosis Society and many more.

How did you pick CityTeam Ministries to partner with? Our dealership is located in Chadds Ford/Glen Mills, an affl uent community just 12 miles away is one of the poorest cities in Pennsylvania. CityTeam does amazing work with the people in Chester that need their help gett ing back on their feet. We partner with them for at least three events a year and they help us get our resources to people that desperately need them. And every year, when I get to put those new coats on the kids as part of their

coat drive and I see their smiles and they hug me, it makes me just yearn to do it over and over.

What is the CityTeam Ministries’ Adopt a Child Program and how does your team get involved? This program helps families that are not in a position to provide Christmas for their children and they do it in a manner that maintains the esteem of the family. We take cash donations and do the shopping for hundreds of kids every year. This is a huge undertaking and everyone gets involved. Kim Burfi eld and my mom, Nancy, coordinate, the ladies in the offi ce shop, the technicians assemble the bikes and toys, and client services personnel coordinate the hundreds of donations that we get. As this grew from 25 kids adopted to 700, I have gott en to watch my team take this mission so personally and donate so much time and money to help children we’ve never met. It makes us bett er as a team all year long.

Why is it so important to incorporate giving back into your business model? I don’t think you can prosper and thrive in a community and not contribute back to sustain and grow that community. We have an obligation to be there for our neighbors. I’ve also found that my charitable work has returned to me not only business success, but fulfi llment in a way I could’ve never anticipated.

WTOP: David and Marlo Kelleher load up a truck with gifts ready to brighten childrens’ holidays. BOTTOM LEFT: David Kelleher delivers coats to CItyTeam Chester with his daughter, Kennedy, as part of the Caring For Kids Coat Drive. BOTTOM RIGHT: David Kelleher greets children at the Caring for Kids Coat Drive.

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What is Fox & Roach/Trident Charities? Fox & Roach/Trident Charities (FRTC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of children and families in stressful life circumstances. FRTC is funded primarily by contributions from BHHS Fox & Roach and The Trident Group, with voluntary donations from sales associates, employees and the Board of Trustees. The donations are partially matched up to 50 percent by the company.

How has the FRTC made an impact during the coronavirus pandemic? All contributions, both monetary and through volunteering, make a diff erence. In 2020, we had to shift some of our eff orts to help those struggling and in dire need due to COVID-19. FRTC donated $25,000 to eight food banks in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Many of the food providers FRTC partners with reported seeing as much as a 200 percent uptick in food insecurity due to the COVID-19 crisis. This rapid increase

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach Realtors/The Trident Groupfoxandroachcharities.com

was compounded by school closures, leaving children who relied on school meals hungry, as well as a spike in unemployment among families living paycheck to paycheck.

Do your volunteer efforts improve company spirits? Absolutely! Without a doubt. Our company looks forward to our initiatives, drives, events and volunteer opportunities each and every year. We pride ourselves on it. Our initiatives also att ract individuals looking for the right match for their career.

How do you support your own employees and agents? For both our employees and our agents, we have made this part of our company culture both professionally and personally. The company supports these eff orts by covering 100 percent of all administrative costs, matching donations to Fox & Roach/Trident Charities up to 50 percent, and through a hardship program that assists our own in fi nancial struggles.

$8Mdonated to over 250

nonprofi ts

255Kvolunteer hours to

local organizations

$21Kdonated to

underserved hospitals during the coronavirus

pandemic

WTOP: BHHS Fox & Roach/Trident employees volunteerat the Share Food Program.BOTTOM: Cradles to Crayonsstaff extend a virtual thankyou to BHHS Fox & Roach/Trident for donating more than$100,000.

In celebrating the 25th anniversary of Fox & Roach/Trident Charities (FRTC), the company is proud to continue to donate time, fi nancial support and assistance to their communities. Kassie Erb, president of FRTC, shares the foundation’s impact on the company and their nonprofi t partners.


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How does your charity work fi t into your company culture? Caesars Entertainment is committ ed to putt ing people fi rst. This means promoting diversity, equity and inclusion along with health and wellness to create a great place to work. The company is dedicated to supporting local communities and providing positive economic contributions.

Can you tell us about your main charity efforts? Our eff orts over the last several years have focused on Marine Corps Toys For Tots and Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives. Tropicana’s annual culinary event Taste of The Quarter raises funds for United Way and other area charities. More recently, we’ve put our resources into helping those in need aff ected by the pandemic through food donations to the Community Food Bank of NJ and Boys And Girls Club of Atlantic City, supply donations to hospitals for staff , and recognizing fi rst responders with special off ers and donations.

Caesars Entertainment - Greater Philadelphia and Atlantic City Region609-348-4411, caesars.com

How do you encourage employees to get involved? Our employee-based volunteers embrace our commitment of community service and support and believe that we have a responsibility to help the communities where we are privileged to operate become bett er places to live. Through HERO hours, the company encourages team members to volunteer to organizations they are passionate about in the community

Why is it important to Caesars give back to your community? For 40 years, Caesars has established a legacy in the market, deeply rooted in our commitment to the community, helping to make Atlantic City and Philadelphia great places to both work and play. We call our employee-volunteers HEROES and they truly live up to this title each year for their passion and service to the community. We’re committ ed to making a true diff erence in Atlantic City and Philadelphia.

40K LBSof fresh food donated

during COVID-19

$100Kdonated to the

Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City in 2019

$85Kdonated to American

Cancer Society in 2019

WTOP: Caesars Entertainment executives including Steve Cal-lender (fi rst from left) and Ron Baumann (third from left) present the Community Food Bank of NJ with a fundraising check.BOTTOM: Caesars Entertain-ment chefs package meals for fi rst responders during the coronavirus pandemic.

Caesars Entertainment’s Atlantic City resorts including Caesars, Tropicana and Harrah’s Resort, as well as Harrah’s Philadelphia, strive to stay focused on serving others—even in these tough times. Regional president for Caesars Entertainment, Steve Callender, describes how the company motivates employee-volunteers to be a force for good in Atlantic City.



What is the Caring, Sharing, Giving initiative? Our corporate Caring, Sharing, Giving charitable initiative aims to increase awareness and support for exemplary organizations and causes. We found it as a way to give back to the members of our communities by providing exceptional support through partnerships with both local and nationally known organizations. Our primary audience for the initiative is our valued residents, who come from all walks of life. When a resident moves into a Morgan Properties community, they instantly become part of the Morgan Properties family. Caring, Sharing, Giving embodies our “Experience More with Morgan” mantra which refl ects top-level service, value, amenities and, most importantly, provides residents with a strong sense of community.

Can you tell us about how you have helped out during the coronavirus pandemic? In May, we launched Morgan Cares, an extension of

Morgan Properties610-265-2800, morgan-properties.com

our Caring, Sharing, Giving initiative driven by Jonathan Morgan (president) and Jason Morgan (principal) to support local hospitals and food banks as they combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The company donated a percentage of each residents’ May and June rent to their choice of a local hospital or food bank. The initiative was established in partnership with residents across 300 apartment communities in 15 states. Morgan Properties gave $500,000 in funding to give back to local organizations.

What inspires your corporate philanthropy? Caring is a deeply rooted trait within our company culture, and we are passionate about positively impacting the lives of the many communities in which we serve. To us, there is no bett er service than uplift ing those in need, and we believe our multifaceted, charitable initiative has succeeded in tapping into the true potential of each of our communities.

$500Kdonated to local

hospitals and food banks in 2020,

including Food Bank of South Jersey and Cooper University

Health Care

$50K+donated to Alex’s Lemonade Stand

Foundation since 2018

WTOP: As a part of its Morgan Cares initiative, Morgan Proper-ties’ donated over $40,000 to Foodlink in Rochester, NY.BOTTOM: Over 50 Morgan Properties’ employees volunteered at Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C.

Morgan Properties off ers apartment buildings to a wide variety of residents—and each of those residents becomes a part of their broader community. Tracy Fauntleroy, the director of corporate brand marketing and communications, describes how they go above and beyond for that community through their Caring, Sharing, Giving initiative.



How do Patriot’s charitable efforts tie into your mission as a company? As a home care agency, Patriot provides care for the elderly and disabled. Our charitable efforts are our way of giving back to the community that we care for. Providing food and hot meals to seniors and families to address food insecu-rity, donating backpacks and school supplies to school-aged children, and donating PPE to first responders and the community is our way of showing that we care.

You were able to provide much-needed PPE to many hospitals and other frontline workers. Can you tell us how? When the pandemic hit we were in a unique position to acquire PPE, which was in short supply. Our executive team mobilized to acquire PPE for our home care workers and in the process decided to acquire as much PPE as possible so that we could donate to police departments, fire departments, EMTs and hospitals.

Patriot Home Care877-535-5550, patriothomecare.org

Why is it important to Patriot to give back to your community? Members of the communi-ties that we service put their trust in us to see that their loved ones are properly taken care of. It is important for us to be part of the fabric of the community and to be a corporate citizen that community leaders can count on to step up and provide support for worthy causes. Patriot’s charitable efforts are an essential part of our corporate culture. While it is important to do well, it is doing good that really matters.

How do you choose which charitable organizations you support? We support charitable organizations whose mission is to serve the underserved and are involved in community outreach. We want to have a positive impact on those organizations that have a positive impact on the community and be a partner that organizations can count on for support.

40K+KN95 masks to area

hospitals and first responders

400box fans to seniors

without air conditioning

10Kplates of hot meals

to families in under-served neighborhoods

•TOP: Patriot Executives Vlad Matkivski, Mark Bereslavsky and Ted Millstein donate PPE to representatives of the Reading Police DepartmentBOTTOM: Patriot Executives Vlad Matkivski, Mark Bereslavsky, Yury Shmerlis and Ted Millstein donate facemasks to nurses union at Temple University Hospital

Patriot Home Care has been serving the Philadelphia area through at-home healthcare since its founding, but they truly stepped up to help frontline workers, seniors and families in underserved neighborhoods amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Patriot’s Chief Operation Officer Ted Millstein shares how they’ve used their connections to make a difference.


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Why is giving back important to Rivers Casino? We believe in doing all we can to support and enhance the quality of life in our area and contribute to making Philadelphia a great place to work, visit and play, which is why we’ve made donations to hundreds of organizations, such as Susan G. Komen, the Lutheran Sett lement House, the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia, the Philly Pride Parade, the Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade & Festival and veterans’ groups. It’s also imperative for our Team Members to stay connected and help our neighbors in any way we can so that we can continue to make Fishtown and Philly a great place to live, work and play.

What is your Rivers Gives program and how did it get started? Our Team Members have been volunteering at local events for a long time—anything from food donations to citywide cleanups. This commitment led

Rivers Casino Philadelphia877-477-3715, riverscasino.com/philadelphia

to establishing our Rivers Gives program, which empowers Team Members to contribute service hours. The River Gives program has included events such as the Liberty USO’s Christmas in July—where Team Members prepared more than 2,000 care packages to Pennsylvania and New Jersey troops serving overseas—as well as volunteering at Philabundance’s Hunger Relief Center to pack and sort food to benefi t neighbors in the Philadelphia community.

What goals have you set moving forward? It is such a critical time not only in Philadelphia, but throughout the country. Our goal is to help the city and our local communities in any way we can, whether that’s through volunteering, fundraising, or just showing up for a community event. We just want to be there to support our neighbors and let them know Rivers Casino Philadelphia is here for them.

$8Mto the Penn Treaty Special Services

District

600turkeys donated to local organizations

each November

$3.7Min additional

donations

WTOP: Rivers Casino Team Members volunteer during Black History Month for Family Fun Day at the African American Museum of Philadelphia (AAMP). BOTTOM: The Rivers Gives team volunteer at MANNA to help package meals for individuals in the Greater Philadelphia area.

As the city’s fi rst casino, Rivers Casino is a part of the fabric of Philadelphia. According to Community Relations Manager Emily Doñes, this is why it is so important for Rivers Casino to give back to the community in any way it can, from donations to community organizations to mobilizing its staff to lend a hand on company time.




How do your charity efforts tie into your mission as a company? We Stand For Service is our mission and we live it every day—our customers and associates experience it and our communities feel it. As a bank, we oft en stress how saving can help lead to a bett er life, but it is just as important to remember to be a giver as well. As the largest locally headquar-tered bank in the greater Philadelphia and Delaware area, I believe we have a respon-sibility to not only ask for the community’s business and support, but to provide support to them as well.

How have you stepped up during COVID-19? The WSFS Community Foundation has provided $300,000 in grants to 21 local nonprofi ts; the Bank provided a $200,000 donation to four community development fi nancial institutions for relief grants for local small businesses; the Bank and Foundation pledged $35,500 to provide technology devices

WSFS Bank888-WSFSBANK, wsfsbank.com

to students for online learning; and, most recently, WSFS joined with four other local banks to provide $650,000 to fund a Micro-Loan Recovery Program for small businesses. And, WSFS quickly responded to the Paycheck Protection Program with hundreds of Associates working 24/7 to provide over 5,500 loans worth nearly $1 billion and safeguarding around 100,000 regional jobs.

Can you tell us about your fi nancial educa-tion programs? Our associates volunteered a record-breaking nearly 27,000 hours in 2019. As part of that eff ort, we expanded the reach of our fi nancial education programs by teaching at many local schools. In 2019, we provided more than 9,500 hours of fi nancial education on topics such as the importance of savings, budgeting and the responsible use of credit. We’re helping youth learn how to save, to think about spending, to be fi nancially responsible, and to make good decisions.

WTOP: WSFS Bank and the WSFS Community Foundation Pledged $35,500 to Provide Hundreds of Technology Devices to Area Students for Online Learning. BOTTOM: Team WSFS volunteers at the Jewish Relief Agency’s Monthly Food Packing Event, packing over 500 food boxes for distribution to individuals, families and senior citizens in need.

WSFS Bank was built on the principles of community and giving back, so in the face of a pandemic, WSFS didn’t miss a beat. Vernita Dorsey, the senior vice president and director of community strategy, shares how WSFS Bank supports the communities they serve.

$1Bin loans through the Paycheck Protection

Program

$200Kfor relief grants for

local small businesses

$300Kin grants to 21 local

nonprofi ts


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