Write ) memo addressed to the general manager and team leads at your store. In your memo, recommend one charitable organization you wish to partner or volunteer with that you found via a web search. This memo will briefly discuss the rationale and benefits of partnering with a non-profit, and propose a date for a meeting for your team and members of the charitable organization.

Retailers are becoming increasingly aware of how charitable contributions to local communities and non-profit organizations can impact customer buy-in and brand loyalty to the company. Your general manager has asked you to research a possible community service opportunity for your workplace. Some examples include reading to children at a school, sponsoring a blood drive with the Red Cross, or a local wildlife volunteer event, or a local volunteer litter clean-up event etc.

Step 1: Research

Include in your memo an overview of your research by responding to the questions below within the body of your communication:

How many non-profit or charitable organizations are in Denver city?
How many non-profit or charitable organizations are within a 5, 10, 15, and 20 mile radius of the Community College of Denver ?
Find the five best rated non-profit or charitable organizations within a 5, 10, 15, and 20 mile radius of the Community College of Denver  location.
Step 2: Analysis

After searching and collecting the information for the questions in Part 1, you will analyze this data to decide which charitable organizations would be the best match with your team. Use the chart linked below to compare your data from Part 1, Question 3.

Include within your memo an overview of the analysis of your research by ranking the charities, provide their names and answer the following two questions: 1) What is the organization's mission and what do they do? 2) How does this match the school or company's goals?

Click here to download a PDF of the Analysis chart. (https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/course-building/BCommMgrs/Assignments/AnalysisofLocalCharities.pdf)
Click here to download a .docx file of the Analysis chart.
Step 3: Writing

After you decide on one organization that best aligns with the goals and mission of your company write a memo or e mail message analyzing your findings. You will include one paragraph that provides the overview of your research and analysis to help your general manager understand why you have landed on your first recommendation that you wish your company to partner with and propose a date for a meeting on the organization to work with. This memo should briefly discuss the rationale and benefits of partnering with a non-profit, explain your recommendation for a non-profit foundation found during your research, and propose a date for a meeting with the charitable organization.

You will submit 2 items into the submission folder in our LMS:

Your memo
Your Analysis chart