Rain streamed steadily from the sky for much of the day, but it certainly didn’t dampen spirits at Feed the Children’s Homefront Harvest St. Louis community outreach event. Volunteers helped serve food, essentials, children’s books, coats, hams, hugs and holiday wishes to 800 military and civilian families in need. “It was a wonderful experience and so […]
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Worn-Down Home Gets Dramatic Makeover Thanks to Perficient Team
Colleagues in our Charlotte, North Carolina, office recently joined together to tackle their third annual Habitat for Humanity volunteer day, and in just 8 hours, the team pulled off a dramatic home exterior renovation. “The neighbors across the street became ‘friends for life’ after seeing the change we were able to make,” said Kevin Anderson, Senior […]
Perficient and St. Louis Rams Spotlighting Community Players of the Week
As the St. Louis Rams’ Official Community Partner and Technology Solution Provider, we are proud to present the Rams Community Player of the Week series. Each week during the 2015 season, the St. Louis Rams will select a player who has made a positive impact on the Greater St. Louis community. Here are the players […]
Volunteer Day Renews Perficient Salesforce Team’s Outlook on Life and Work
A team of new hires from Perficient’s Salesforce practice recently took part in a volunteer day to sharpen their skills and give back to their local community. The colleagues, based in Perficient’s San Francisco office, spent a morning at Saint Boniface Church supporting its nonprofit Gubbio Project, which seeks to create a safe place for […]
Football Field Refurbish with St. Louis Rams Empowers Local Youth
The day’s work began on a dusty dirt field. Wooden pallets piled high with 80,000 pieces of locally grown sod dotted the Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis–Herbert Hoover Club’s football stadium – ready for volunteers to breathe new life into the grounds. The St. Louis Rams, Perficient and Dr. Pepper joined together […]
Rams, Perficient and Junior Achievement Teach 400+ Students Through “JA in a Day”
The St. Louis Rams, Perficient and Junior Achievement recently took to the classroom to help prepare more than 400 St. Louis-area elementary students for the real world through hands-on lessons in entrepreneurship, work readiness, financial literacy and community improvement. The JA in a Day program served as part of the St. Louis Rams’ monthly “Staff […]
Perficient Team Tackles Chicago’s Biggest Stair Climb for Good Cause
Co-workers in Perficient’s Chicago office recently put their lungs to the test in a big way. Nearly a dozen joined together to tackle the American Lung Association’s 2015 Fight for Air Climb in the nearby Presidential Towers. For the fundraiser, individuals and teams climbed 45 floors, 585 steps, of 1, 2, 3 or all 4 […]
Video: Building Up and Giving Back in 2014 with the St. Louis Rams
Last year, when we partnered with the St. Louis Rams, we said that we wanted to make a difference and become their official community sponsor. We committed to working with the Rams to “focus on building up, giving back and inspiring others to do the same.” In 2014, the Rams impacted more than 400 children with life-threatening […]
Perficient Lands on CRN’s 10 Solution Providers Making a Difference in 2014 List
We are excited to announce that Perficient has landed among CRN’s list of 10 Solution Providers That Made A Difference In 2014. CRN’s article highlights Perficient’s community partnership with the St. Louis Rams NFL football team and our company’s work alongside the civic-minded staff and team members. Perficient first joined the St. Louis Rams at the Marygrove […]
4 Perficient Colleagues Conquer IRONMAN & Keep Going
With several IRONMAN competitions under his belt, Martin Gibson, General Manager, has become quite an inspiration to his Oracle ERP Operations colleagues. This year, he took three of his co-workers under his reins and helped them prepare for Austin’s IRONMAN 70.3 in October. The group – Gibson, Neelan Singh, Stuart Massey, and Chris Wilson – trained […]
Perficient’s San Francisco Team Makes Big Impact in Community
Perficient colleagues are actively involved in supporting the communities in which they live and work. The team in the San Francisco office, for instance, often joins together to back philanthropic initiatives that are near and dear to each other, and in just the past couple months, they have volunteered at two notable organizations in their region. […]
3 Perficient Consultants Talk About the Perks of Travel
“In the security line now. Hopefully I’ll be through by 11,” Zachary Fischer emailed me on a recent morning. We were scheduled to chat, and he was working in our phone conversation while waiting to catch a flight to his next project, a month-long stint in New Orleans. As a senior IBM technical consultant, Zachary […]