Taproot Foundation Partners with Bay Area Trade Associations to Engage Professionals in Pro Bono Service
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 10, 2006 - Taproot Foundation has partnered with the San Francisco chapters of the American Institute of Graphic Art (AIGA SF), American Marketing Association (SF AMA), Project Management Association (PMI SF-BAC), and the Bay Area Advertising Relief Committee (BAARC) to help achieve its mission of strengthening nonprofits by engaging business professionals in pro bono service. The Taproot Foundation is a nonprofit organization that builds teams of marketing/creative services, project management, human resources and information technology professionals to volunteer on structured pro bono projects for local nonprofits. Taproot Foundation lets professionals donate their business skills to make the strongest impact on the local community while networking and growing professionally.
The participating trade associations currently serve a critical role in advancing their respective professions. Through their partnership with the Taproot Foundation, these groups are committing to be vangaurd channels for spreading the pro bono work ethic throughout the professional community, beyond its current root in the legal profession. Visit www.taprootfoundation.org to learn more.
About the Taproot Foundation
The Taproot Foundation is the provider of pro bono services to the nonprofit sector. It works to engage the country’s millions of business professionals in pro bono service, building the infrastructure of organizations we rely on to strengthen and support our communities. Its pro bono model leverages the best practices of leading professional services companies to deliver reliable and quality marketing, human resources and technology services using corporate employees. Since 2002, the Taproot Foundation has recruited over 4,000 business professionals to award over $13 million in pro bono services to nonprofits in New York, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, please visit www.taprootfoundation.org.
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