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Vistaprint Digital Celebrates National Volunteer Month

admin — Wed, 11 May 2016 16:56:33 +0000

As part of April’s National Volunteer Month, the Vistaprint Digital team in Silver Spring partnered with A Wider Circle for the second consecutive year. A Wider Circle is a Washington, DC-based non-profit committed to helping people lift themselves out of poverty. They furnish over 16,000 homes a year and have multiple career-focused programs from skills-based learning to mock job interviews.

In anticipation of the volunteer day, we collected food, clothing, and household items for donation, and several team members contributed their time by packing grocery bags, compiling household cleaning bundles, and helping families set up their entire homes. Those who weren’t available to volunteer shopped A Wider Circle’s Amazon Wish List for donations. Each family carefully selected items for their bedrooms, kitchens, dining rooms, and family rooms, and crafted a home they could be proud of. There was a lot of heavy lifting involved and A Wider Circle was incredibly appreciative of our time and efforts in helping their community members.

The effort was a great success and everyone is looking forward to participating next year.

Team members celebrate a day of volunteering with a smile

A Wider Circle staff member shows our group around the warehouse before families arrive to select their furnishings

Halsey packing grocery bags and cleaning supply bundles for families

Team members loading a mattress for a deserving family’s new bedroom

Julie Chomiak
Content Marketing Specialist

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Digital Teams Up with A Wider Circle

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:15:29 +0000

At Cimpress we value giving back to local communities and those in need. Our Digital team members in Silver Springs, MD are no exception. Last year, eleven volunteers pitched in at a local non-profit, A Wider Circle, to help support its day-to-day operations. A Wider Circle focuses on the provisioning of basic need items, education, and long-term support for those in the community. These three components create lasting change in the lives of those they serve. In addition to individuals and families that look to A Wider Circle for support, more than 300 government, social service, and nonprofit agencies regularly contact them for help in serving their own clients.

Our volunteers (including George Goodman, Alvin Singletary, Kate Fuller, Halsey Hayes, Harrison Baum, Noah Chase, Meg Dzeng, Eric Rizzo, Chris Ozag, Ayobami Olarewaju-Alo, and Ayesha Gray) got right to work at the Wider Circle’s facility, primarily helping to prepare donated items. Team members spread out across different activities which included sorting and stocking linens and housewares, moving furniture and other bulk items, helping clients select baby clothes, and loading clients’ cars and trucks. While it was hard, physical work, the team found it gratifying to work directly with beneficiaries of the organization.

Here are just a few of the moments that were captured from a great morning of volunteering:

Kate and Alvin, sorting linens

Halsey helps get the kids’ shoes organized

Harrison does some heavy lifting

Noah lends a hand

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