Accounting firm Maner Costerisan volunteered at eight nonprofits throughout Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of its fifth annual Maner Costerisan Cares Day of Impact.
"We were so proud to partner with volunteers from Maner Costerisan to bring financial literacy principles to our area students," said Laura Lutterbeck, interim education director of Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes, in a statement. "Their employees' enthusiasm, dedication and commitment to our students was phenomenal! We hope to partner again in the future to benefit our kids."
The event takes place every year on the first Thursday of November as part of the firm's Maner Cares community relations program. Between four to 20 team members volunteered at each nonprofit location this year, which were the Greater Lansing Food Bank, Junior Achievement, Tri-County Office on Aging, Habitat for Humanity Capital Region and Mid-Michigan Recovery Services in Lansing, as well as Junior Achievement, Senior Neighbors and the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Grand Rapids.
Last year, more than 115 staff members volunteered all around the country. Among chosen nonprofits, some employees hung holiday lights at Lansing's Potter Park Zoo, some assisted with demolition for remodeling of a residential treatment center, while others made fleece blankets for children in Michigan hospitals.
"Volunteering is critical to our mission of partnering to alleviate hunger one meal at a time," said Michelle Lantz, CEO of the Greater Lansing Food Bank, in a statement. "We are very thankful Maner Costerisan understands the importance of investing their time with community organizations like ours to help put food on the table of mid-Michigan neighbors during this increased time of need."
Maner Costerisan was named one of Crain's Detroit's 2022 Cool Places to Work in September and one of the 2022 Best Midsized and Large Firms to Work For by
"I had the opportunity to teach a fourth-grade class about the basics of starting interdependent businesses and how regions influence how businesses work while volunteering with Junior Achievement," said Sarah Jennings, principal and head of Maner's community development initiatives, in a press release. "It was such a fun experience listening to the kids have real-life debates about how to use their business' profits and help their employees."
