In 2004, the Association for Volunteer Services invited a select group of successful and socially concerned businesses to become charter members of the Corporate Volunteer Council of Lebanon (CVCL), a division of AVS. The CVCL was launched at a Press Conference on June 28 under the patronage of the Minister of Economy and Trade, His Excellency Mr. Marwan Hamade. Currently, the participating companies are: Casper & Gambini’s, Ernst & Young, Gezairi Transport, Lebanese Canadian Bank, and Marriott Hotel.
The CVCL is a coalition of local business corporations who either have active
employee and retiree volunteer programs or are interested in initiating
such programs. It has the following objectives:
Training. AVS will provide corporate members with initial
training in the professional development of corporate volunteer
coordinators to develop and manage their corporate volunteer programs.
Support. AVS will continue to provide support to
corporate volunteer coordinators in terms of providing information about
volunteer opportunities and helping to solve problems related to
volunteer recruitment and management.
Networking. The CVCL will provide a forum for companies
operating corporate volunteer programs to exchange information about
their experiences in corporate volunteering, air problems and consider
solutions appropriate to Lebanese society and culture.
Promotion. The CVCL will encourage other companies
in the community to start corporate volunteer programs.
Community Needs Identification. The CVCL will provide a
forum where member companies can learn about community needs for
employee volunteers and noncash resources. This information can be
transmitted through a CVCL Newsletter or Bulletin Board, or when the
CVCL invites a local nonprofit agency to present information on its need
for volunteers during a regularly scheduled CVCL meeting.
Joint Projects. The CVCL will provide a way for member
companies to work together on a community need or problem that is too
large or complex for one company to handle alone. The project can be
subject-oriented (e.g., a food drive, cleanup, or fixup project,) can
concentrate on a community-wide recruitment drive urging employees and
retires to join their corporate volunteer project, or target a serious
social problem that needs the combined resources from many sectors of
the community such as hunger, homelessness or AIDS.
The CVCL is currently engaged in a campaign to collect books for public libraries in Lebanon called Lebanon reads! Click here for more information.
If you are interested in having your company join the Corporate Volunteer Council of Lebanon, please contact the Association for Volunteer Services: 01-800170, 01-797247, 03-757098, avs@avs.org.lb.
CVCL in the News
Newsclips from CVCL Launching Event:
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