Last night, while the Chicago Cubs were making history by playing the first game in the 2016 World Series, the Chicago Charity Challenge also entered the history books with the equivalent of a Grand Slam in our world of corporate workplace giving!
The Chicago Charity Challenge was announced as the People’s Choice for the Chicago Innovation Awards! We were honored in the Innovation Awards’ Civic Affairs category and were selected as The People’s Choice after more than 46,000 votes were cast in that category. The Chicago Charity Challenge is among an elite group of 25 winners chosen from more than 600 nominees.
We are so honored by this distinction and feel that it is a true tribute to the value of our unique platform, which is only three years old!
The Chicago Charity Challenge was created to engage employees in a deeper dive into philanthropy by capitalizing on the competitive spirit alive and well in corporate America. This award validates the need that we are serving; the Chicagoland community is looking for a unique workplace giving initiative like ours. Thank you to everyone who participates in the Challenge, to our funders and others who support our work, to our Board and staff, and to everyone who voted for us!
Please take a moment to read and share our press release, and to encourage people in your network to sign up for next year’s challenge and learn more about what we do. Together we can continue to accelerate service to the entire nonprofit community.
Registration for our 2017 season is now open at www.chicagochacha.org. Let’s continue to expand the impact of our one-of-a-kind annual competition that makes giving a team sport.