GWN Events

It’s that time of year again; Make A Difference Day -- the nation’s largest community service campaign -- will be taking place this coming weekend.

 

As you know, throughout the month of October all Baird & Warner offices have been collecting new and gently used coats and other warm clothing for men, women, and children in need.  

 

B&W sales associates and employees will be out volunteering in their respective communities for Make A Difference Day and all B&W Open Houses will continue to accept donations of new and gently-used warm clothing by the public.

 
Some branch office projects include:

B&W City North will be participating in a volunteer project at their local Boys & Girls Club.

B&W Downers Grove will be holding their annual Halloween Happening & Coat Drive at the Tivoli Theater.

B&W Evanston will be preparing a meal for Connections for the Homeless.

B&W Fox Valley will be collecting items for the St. Charles, IL homeless shelter Lazarus House.

B&W Glen Ellyn will be holding a food drive for the Glen Ellyn Pantry.

B&W Gold Coast will be volunteering the Greater Chicago Food Depository on Saturday from 9:00a - Noon.

The Home Office held a food drive to benefit Loves & Fishes pantry.

B&W Lake Forest will be holding a food drive at their local Jewel from 7:00a-4:30p on Saturday to benefit the Illinois Food Bank in Park City.

B&W Lincoln Park will be volunteering at The Giving Tree, Inc. 

B&W Naperville will be holding a food drive in front of Casey's Supermarket to benefit Loaves & Fishes food pantry.

B&W Near Northwest will be holding a warm clothing drive at the Chamber in Park Ridge and at Happy Foods in Edgebrook.

B&W North Randall will be holding a "Needs All" Drive at Wal-mart to benefit the PADS in Elgin.

B&W Northwest Suburban will be holding a food drive at the Jewel on N. Vail Avenue to benefit WINGS.

B&W Oak Park/River Forest is holding a gold party where people can bring in their old gold for cash with a portion of the proceeds going to PADS.

B&W Orland Park is holding a warm coat drive.

B&W Palatine held a Live/Silent Auction to benefit WINGS.

B&W Schaumburg will be holding a food drive to benefit the Schaumburg Food Pantry.

B&W South Suburban will be holding a food drive and a warm clothing drive.

B&W Winnetka will be holding a food drive to benefit the New Trier and Northfield Food Pantries.

For information on your office's project or the clothing drive, contact your office's B&W Good Will Network representative.

Good Will Network Documents
  Updated
NEW! Make A Difference Day 2009 Flyer 9/24/2009
2009 Back to School Flyer 8/19/2009
B&W RAISES OVER $1 MILLION FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY PRESS RELEASE 5/8/2009
Back to School Drive Flyer 5/8/2009
Board of Advisors Rules and Guidelines 10/19/2009
Board of Advisors - Explanation of the role of the Board of Advisors 5/8/2009
Check Transmittal Form 'Editable" 5/8/2009
Doing good is good for business 5/8/2009
Employee Contribution Form (for matching funds) "Editable" 5/8/2009
Good Will Network FAQ's 5/8/2009
Good Will Network Statement 5/8/2009
H.O.W. - Housing Opportunities for Women - Flyer explaining H.O.W. 5/8/2009
La Casa Norte - Flyer explaining La Casa Norte 5/8/2009
Local Advisor Committee Outline 5/8/2009
Local Office Initiatives Guidelines 5/8/2009
Local Office Proposal Electronic Form - Use this online form to submit your local office GWN proposals. 5/8/2009
MADD 2008 editable certificate 5/8/2009
Major Grants Guidelines 5/8/2009
Making a Difference - Flyer describing how many small contributions can make a difference. 5/8/2009
Organizations - List of organizations the Good Will Network has already helped. 5/8/2009
P.A.D.S. - Flyer explaining the P.A.D.S organization 5/8/2009
Press Release Template "Example" for publicizing your GWN event Use these instructions as a template when publicizing your GWN event 5/8/2009
Press Release Template Save this Word document to your pc and type in the blanks to use as a press release for your event 5/8/2009

North Randall Rides for Charity

Our North Randall office's recent motorcycle charity ride raised over $1,300 for the Eckert Center for Mental Health!  Riders congregated at North Randall first thing in the morning before departing on a rally that stopped at five local establishments.  Riders picked up a playing card at each location, and the three with the highest hands at the end of the day won cash prizes.  Beautiful weather and a great turnout made for a successful event, congrats to everyone involved!

Fox Valley Bowls for a Good Cause

"A Random Rack of Kindness" was the theme for B&W Fox Valley's bowling fundraiser for Marklund on May 6. Through the involvement of realtors, staff and outside contributors the Fox Valley office raised $2,216 for Marklund, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Home Office Helps HOW with Holidays

 

Our Home Office donated $1,000 to Housing Opportunities for Women and adopted three families for the holidays, donating gifts such as clothes, toys and Dominick's gift cards for needy mothers and their children.

In addition, they filled and donated an additional 11 Christmas stockings!

 

 

 

North Randall Holds Holiday Toy Drive

The sales associates and staff of the Baird & Warner North Randall office participated in a toy collection drive for needy children on behalf of the 2008 Elgin Community Holiday Toy giveaway on Thursday December 18. 

This large community toy drive helps approximately 900 families with 2500 children.  The sales associates and staff used their sphere mailings, telephone calls and Relationship Manager to ask for assistance in collecting toys during the drive. 

The toys -- enough to help over over 50 children -- have been delivered for distribution.  The North Randall agents are also volunteering for the set-up and distribution of toys for this event.  Congratulations to the North Randall Team!

South Suburban Adopts Family for the Holidays

 

 

Sales associate Sherry Liang of our South Suburban office recently organized a very successful Adopt-a-Family holiday present drive through the South Suburban Family Shelter.

 

 

 

City North Gives Precious Gift


Donating perhaps their most precious possession, over 40 members of our City North office attended the branch's first annual "Save a Life Day" blood drive.  If three lives are saved by every single blood donation, many more families had reason to be grateful this Thanksgiving.  City North plans on holding another blood drive this coming summer.

B&W Palatine Fundraiser Nets $6,700 for WINGS


Our Palatine office's recent fundraiser for WINGS included a pie eating contest for sales associates and a pumpkin decorating contest for the kids.  They also held a raffle, a silent auction and a live auction for the big-ticket items.  In all they raised $4,700 and -- combined with their office's annual $2,000 grant -- were able to bestow a total of $6,700 to the organization.

GWN 2008 Year-End Report

 

  

 

Good Will Network 2008 Year-End Report

"Neighbors Helping Neighbors" series

Housing Opportunities for Women

 

La Casa Norte

 

 

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