Thank you to our Corporate Partners for giving back to the community!

Check out what some of our corporate partners have been doing lately!
To get YOUR corporation involved, email volunteer@gpcares.com or call 215-564-4544.

Centocor
A hardworking group of Centocor employees had fun preparing the Variety Club, a camp for children of special needs, for summer campers. They washed down the playground equipment, assembled bunks, landscaped, cleaned and even worked on a butterfly garden.

McNeil Pharmaceuticals
McNeil Pharmaceuticals employees rolled up their sleeves and made a huge difference at Guild House West. Besides landscaping, planting flowers, cleaning and painting, they lifted the spirits of residents with rousing games of poker, bingo and pinochle.

Gallagher Benefits
Gallagher Benefits graciously spent a lovely day with seniors from the Fountains at Logan Square at the Morris Arboretum. They escorted the seniors on a tour of the gardens and enjoyed lunch.

Berwind
Berwind volunteers provided much needed help at McCall Elementary organizing and sorting hundreds of books to create a ESOL lending library as well as a library for sets of classroom books for teachers.

Aker Shipyards
Aker Shipyards employees kicked off their volunteering with Greater Philadelphia Cares by sorting, organizing and packing food at Philabundance.

Pine Street Dermatology
Pine Stree Dermatology graciously prepared an Italian meal at Bethesda Project's Bainbridge location. After toiling in the kitchen they sat down and enjoyed a lovely meal with the thirty male residents.

AON
AON once again partnered with Greater Philadelphia Cares for their annual Spring Fling. One hundred and thirty volunteers rolled up their sleeves and helped out at Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia and Pennypack Park in Horsham.

GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmith Kline had a notable month of giving back to the community. Groups organized and packaged food at Philabundance, cleaned up a neighborhood in South Philly, gardened at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills and helped out at Elmwood Zoo.

Accenture
Hundreds of Accenture employees generously collected school supplies to donate to the Free Store for Teachers.

Advanta
Advanta employees prepared dinner at MANNA on Main in Lansdale. The menu included meatballs, ziti, a Caesar salad and dessert. Afterwards, they enjoyed eating and spending time with the MANNA on Main guests.

Accenture
Accenture volunteers generously made and delivered eighty bagged lunches to Bethesda Project's 315 Cafe, a drop-in shelter facility in Center City.

Avenue A/Razorfish
Greater Philadelphia Cares would like to highlight one of our new Reading Stars partners, Avenue A/Razorfish. Thirty volunteer coaches work with first grade students from Ludlow Elementary to increase their reading skills.

Grosvenors
We applaud our volunteers from Grosvenors. Half of the firm’s employees are coaches in our Reading Stars program. They tutor students from John Welsh Elementary on their reading skills every week.

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
Volunteers from Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll rolled up their sleeves on MLK Day. They helped with maintenance and painting at AchieveAbility which provides single parent low income families with affordable housing.

GlaxoSmithKline
A group from GlaxoSmithKline lent a hand out at Philabundance by cleaning the coolers and organizing the warehouse.

Advanta
Advanta sorted and stocked the food cupboards at the Salvation Army Community Center & Shelter in Norristown.