Points of Light Institute presented the 18th Annual Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the world’s largest gathering of service and civic engagement leaders. Special thanks to KPMG for sponsoring the luncheon.

The Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence honors companies that have made a commitment to building strong employee volunteer programs and who meet the Principles of Excellence for Workplace Volunteering.

Community engagement is fundamental to everyone’s success at Cisco, helping to change the way people live work, play and learn. The “CiscoCitizen” employee volunteer program strengthens the company’s brand and reputation while helping to shape local business environments. Through its employee volunteers, strategic technology and cash grants, the company helps: nonprofits increase efficiency and innovation, employees develop leadership skills and communities become – and stay – vibrant. Cisco Civic Councils make a positive impact in more than 35 local communities worldwide. These passionate teams of employees plan projects and maintain nonprofit partnerships, tailored to local needs.



IBM’s tradition of volunteerism is as old as the company itself. In the 1910s, IBM president Thomas J. Watson, Sr. challenged employees to share their time and talents with their communities and IBM’s culture of community service was born. Nine decades later, IBM expanded on this tradition by developing a new way for IBM volunteers around the world to engage with their communities. With the launch of IBM’s global volunteer and service network called the IBM On Demand community in November 2003, the company reinvented its support of employees and retirees whose volunteer work enriches the communities where we live and work.


As the nation's leading healthcare services and information Technology Company, McKesson is in business for better health. The focus of McKesson’s Employee Volunteer Program aligns with the company’s business mission “to create better health for all” with an emphasis on chronic disease management. Whether it’s battling a killer epidemic like diabetes, raising funds to fight heart disease or making a difference in the life of a child with cancer, McKesson’s Volunteer Program harnesses the passion of our employees to implement projects aimed at building better health. From raising awareness about chronic disease prevention to assembling kits with medical supplies for those in need, McKesson employees are working together to build healthier communities.