As spring quickly approaches, the need for volunteers at Food Well Alliance’s Community Gardens Program gets greater and greater. Our team woke up bright and early on Leap Day to volunteer at the Metro Atlanta Urban Farm. In 2018 they produced 80,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables that went directly to the East Point community. We […]
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Perficient Team Gifts Hundreds of Shoes Through Samaritan’s Feet
Charlotte Team Volunteers for Samaritan’s Feet Hundreds of new shoes found their way to children in need thanks to our Charlotte colleagues and their support of Samaritan’s Feet. The organization serves and inspires hope in children by providing shoes as the foundation to a spiritual and healthy life resulting in the advancement of education and […]
A Look Back at Life at Perficient in 2019
As we reflect back on 2019, it has been a pretty good year at Perficient. In addition to endless client wins, several partner awards, and unstoppable growth, our employees are thriving. And, oh yeah, there was that big bell moment, too. The end of the year is a great time to check-in. Time to reflect […]
One Paw at a Time: Making a Difference at a Montana Animal Shelter
One hundred and ten miles east of Bozeman, Montana, stands no-kill shelter Pintler Pets, run by a fierce mother-daughter duo. Located on a Superfund Site, no landscaping —including grass —is permitted to break up the heavy-metal-contaminated soil left behind by the copper smelting. Due to these conditions, isolated location, and misconceptions as being a low […]
Seven Reasons Why Perficient Chooses To Feed the City in Dallas
“Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table when man has the resources and scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will.” — Martin Luther King Jr. In America, over […]
Spreading Holiday Cheer with Operation Christmas Child
Holiday season is upon us! My Atlanta-based Perficient colleagues recently participated in Operation Christmas Child. Our team packed and wrapped gifts to send to children around the world affected by war, poverty, and disaster. This season, as with every season, we have lots to be grateful for, and we should keep those who are in […]
Perficient Team Spends Day with Habitat for Humanity
Colleagues from our Columbus, Ohio office recently decided to give back to the community and learn new skills by building a house. A team of nine volunteered with Habitat for Humanity for a day to form stronger connections with each other and their local community. They worked on various tasks throughout the construction site, tackling […]
Perficient Colleagues Give Back to Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago
Twenty-five Perficient teammates recently joined together to give back to the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago. Colleagues hosted an in-office crafting party during which they put together dog and cat beds, so the animals would have a warm place to lay down this winter while they are waiting for their forever homes. Together, our colleagues made […]
Going the Extra Mile to Support The Sandwich Project
Perficient’s Minneapolis colleagues are all about supporting the local community from large to small organizations and projects. Their latest Giving Back event featured The Sandwich Project, whose ultimate goal is to feed the homeless within the Minneapolis area not only around the holiday season but every day. Currently, they feed about 4,500 people per week […]
Perficient Teammates Fight Hunger with Feed the City
Staggering Statistics We’re a decade out from the Great Recession and still one in eight Americans are crippled with food insecurity. In North Texas, that number increases to one in six people – and even more staggering, one in five children. In Dallas alone, over 442,000 people (17.6% of Dallas’ population) are food insecure. And […]
Perficient Minneapolis Colleagues Support Annual Toys for Tots Charity Drive
Our Minneapolis colleagues dedicated their annual charity drive to Toys for Tots, a national nonprofit that distributes toys to low-income families. Team members brought new, unwrapped toys between Thanksgiving and the week of Christmas. Then, the week before Christmas, the toys were delivered to KARE 11, a local news station and convenient drop-off location near […]
Perficient Atlanta Team Helps Out at the Atlanta Community Food Bank
This past month Perficient Atlanta members volunteered a Saturday morning to help the community at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. The ACFB’s mission is to help provide for the food-insecure in the Greater Atlanta area. When parents have to make the difficult decision between feeding themselves and their children or paying bills, the food bank […]