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Help Us Make A Difference Again This Year!
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Pictured with the Make a Difference Day award are Mr. John Baird (far left), Jim Schiefelbein and Steve Baird (far right) flank representatives from the Daily Herald and USA Today. |
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Welcome to Baird & Warner's Good Will Network website. We are so proud to have won the 2006 National Make A Difference Day Award from USA Weekend and The Paul Newman Foundation. We are committed to going out into the communities in which we live and work to be of service to others.
We encourage you to assemble a group of family members, friends, or co-workers and join us on Saturday, October 27th for Make A Difference Day. Pick a charity or project that will mean something to your group. After you assemble your group, call a local charity or community organizations and offer them your volunteer spirit and time.
Click here for a list of volunteer opportunities known to us. Please bookmark this page and check frequently for updates.
Click here to watch a recent news segment about our efforts! | |
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Make A Difference Day October 27, 2007
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On Saturday, October 27, 2007, Baird & Warner, NBC-5, Daily Herald and Pioneer Press will join together to participate in Make A Difference Day throughout Chicago and the suburbs. We intend on helping in all sorts of ways - from hosting food drives to painting rooms in homeless shelters - we will be out on this Saturday giving our time in the spirit of making a difference in the life of another. Now in its 15th year, Make A Difference Day is the nation’s largest single day of volunteering, bringing 3 million people together to make a difference in the lives of others.
Click here for a list of known volunteer opportunities that you can participate in.
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Real estate agents are sold on helping 5,000 non-buyers
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It's a fact of business life: Saturday finds real estate agents chasing commissions. But one special Saturday in Chicago, employees at Baird & Warner turned off their cellphones and spent the day improving the lives of an estimated 5,000 needy people.
Among Make A Difference Day accomplishments by the 300 executives, agents and staff members: a face lift for group homes, landscaping enhancements for schools, and a refurbished children's play area and new swing set for a downtown women's shelter. Donors provided gutters, paint, tile, linens, window treatments, light fixtures, furniture and landscaping.
"We were just overwhelmed with how good it made us feel," says one of our agents, who painted and landscaped at a suburban homeless shelter.
$10,000 Make A Difference Day Award from Paul Newman benefits Orchard Village, Skokie, Ill. |
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"We really did give it up for the day," an agent says.
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To send an e-mail to Andrew Hayes, Baird & Warner, Director of Communications & Community Relations, about the Baird & Warner Good Will Network, click here. |
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