CreatisCares 20.19 Program

20.19 Program

As the new year quickly approaches, we wanted to take some time to evaluate where we’ve been, who we’ve served, and introduce our intentional new service program for the upcoming year.

Here are two of the major volunteering events we participated in last year:

Step-Up Mock Interviews

Back in March of 2018, Creatis leaders Kathy Hollenhorst and Beth Bitney participated in Achieve Minneapolis’ “Step-Up Mock Interviews” event. They sat down individually with interns and young job seekers to help them practice and hone their job interviewing skills, and provide helpful, specific feedback. You can learn more about Achieve Minneapolis and volunteering with them, here.

United Way “Action Day 2018”

Later in summer, several Creatis team members joined over 3,000 other volunteers in the United Way’s “Action Day 2018” hosted at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. We helped pack backpacks full of school supplies that would be given to children in need, as well as wrote personal notes to students encouraging them for their upcoming school year. Over 25,000 backpacks were packed through the effort!

20.19 - 20 Hours, 19 Minutes of Service

We got to thinking...while it’s great to get out into the community and volunteer whenever we can throughout the year, maybe it’s time to be more intentional with our time. We’re always focused on making business goals for growth, so why not do the same with our volunteering efforts?
Starting with core team members here at the Creatis home office - we are individually committing to doing at least 20 hours and 19 minutes of service at organizations we’re passionate about during 2019.

Those hours will be a combination of group and individual efforts. We want our team to really focus on serving in ways that match their skills and passions individually - and as a group, we’ll focus on organizations that are dedicated to training and growing job seekers who will contribute to the Twin Cities community.

We’ll be tracking our ongoing efforts on the website and social media as well as featuring the fantastic organizations we’re partnering with throughout the year. And who knows, we may even hand out special awards at the end of 2019 for those who’ve hit the 20 hour and 19 minute mark and gone beyond it.

We hope this program inspires you, too. Anyone is welcome to join us, not just Creatis employees. We want to encourage giving back in whatever way we can in our community. Stay tuned for more updates soon.