Jo-Ann: Jumping into Volunteer Week 2012

Photo Credit: HFHI/Steffan Hacker.
Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity

How do you give back? Next week is National Volunteer Week, and for the first time, Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores corporate employees will get the opportunity to use 8 hours during the work week to volunteer. Join us here, on our Facebook page, and Twitter feed, as we share photos from our volunteer experiences.

Jo-Ann has 59% of corporate employees donating a total of 2,259 hours

"We are thrilled with the response from all our team members who are eager to give back to their communities," said Jen Frantz, manager of community marketing for Jo-Ann. "And we would not have been able to to put this Volunteer Week program together without help from the organizations we are partnering with; I cannot thank them enough."

With the help of BVU: the Center of Non-Profit Excellence, Jo-Ann team members will be working with organizations near Jo-Ann corporate headquarters in Hudson, Ohio, including:
Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank
Hattie Larlham
Replay for Kids
Habitat for Humanity
The Salvation Army
Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Ohio & Erie Canalway
The Holden Arboretum
Mobile Meals
Conkerr Cancer

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