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Up Close - Corporate Citizenship - August 16, 2012
Business associations push community involvement
Organizations pool members' time, expertise to help nonprofits

By Jessica Valencia
Of the Journal of Business

Spokane Home Builders Association officer Deacon Band says the association provided $75,000 to $80,000 in labor and goods for a recent philanthropy project.
Spokane Home Builders Association officer Deacon Band says the association provided $75,000 to $80,000 in labor and goods for a recent philanthropy project.
—Staff photo by Jessica Valencia
Corporations here support various philanthropic causes of their choosing, but business and professional associations also are spearheading efforts to get their members to donate their time and talents to charitable endeavors.

"We do a lot of things in the community, and it isn't just one big annual event," says Joel White, executive officer for Spokane Home Builders Association.

White says SHBA supports multiple local charities. The organization teams up with Habita...


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