working at the troop level or teaching adults — is all the sort of stuff that’s important in your life,” she says. “Whether you use it at home or at work, it’s the sort of thing that, once you have it, you take it back to young people and help them become better citizens. They don’t teach a lot of these leadership and ethics skills in school and our young people need that foundation to become better, more responsible adults and citizens.” Other employees on Generazzo’s team volunteer their time and efforts with other causes, she says. “One of my co-workers volunteers with a theater in San Diego. Others are involved in teaching financial literacy to local high school students. And our branch supports a local organization that raises funds and
donates in a variety of ways to help overcome homelessness.” CB&T’s corporate philosophy strongly supports philanthropy and giving back through several means. “On the branch level, we have individual budgets established that we use to support different
nonprofits and nonprofit events,” Generazzo explains. “Each year, we identify which among the nonprofits we think are most in need, and then we make sure to support them however we can.” “Over the last couple of years, our business resource groups have done a very good job identifying different volunteer opportunities and making them available on a regular basis. These groups are bringing awareness and education to let us know what options are available to us, from a volunteer/philanthropic standpoint.”
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