“A walk in the park” isn’t typically how one would describe climbing more than 100 floors of big city buildings. But for Ian Linsell, a solution delivery director at Perficient, that’s in some ways what the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb has become for him. “…assuming that the park has lots of stairs […]
Posts Tagged ‘Perficient volunteers’
Perficient Dallas Team Prepares Farm for New Hope Equine Festival
Blog contribution by Tim Branham, Perficient Dallas General Manager Colleagues from our Dallas office recently traveled to Argyle, Texas, to help prepare the grounds of a 50-acre horse farm called New Hope Equine for the organization’s annual Fall Festival. More than 50 hours of service were delivered. New Hope Equine provides horse therapy for children […]
Perficient’s Milwaukee Office Goes to the Dogs
Dog lovers in our Milwaukee office recently came together in strong support of their four-legged friends. Colleagues participated in the Wisconsin Humane Society’s annual Tails on the Trail fundraiser, a 5K run and 1-mile walk, and they raised $520. A large portion of the Humane Society’s annual fundraising comes from the event. “The event itself was […]
An Inspiring Day with Microsoft at the George Hull Centre
I have never been more proud to be a part of an organization than I have as part of the Perficient team at Microsoft’s 2016 Worldwide Partner Conference. On the first day, we sponsored and participated in Microsoft’s community outreach event in support of the George Hull Centre for Children and Families. The non-profit charitable […]
Giving Back to the Community: A Day at the Saint Louis Crisis Nursery
Twenty volunteers from Perficient’s St. Louis office recently had a very rewarding day at the Saint Louis Crisis Nursery. Our team broke up into morning and afternoon shifts on Saturday, June 25, at the St. Charles, Mo., location. I was personally part of the 10-person morning crew, and I brought my 8-year-old daughter along to […]
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 […]
Hometown Huddle with St. Louis Rams Scores Big Points at Boys & Girls Club
When baseball coaches Martin Luther Mathews and the late Hubert “Dickey” Ballentine shook hands in 1960, they embarked on a shared dream that their teams would have a place to play that was just as safe and respectable as others in the St. Louis region. The two men founded Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club, and […]
Greg Mannon Puts Out Fires In and Out of the Office
If you heard that a coworker spent all day “putting out fires” you would probably envision a laptop bursting with urgent emails and a phone busy with heated calls. However, for Perficient employee Greg Mannon, a day like this could actually require flame-retardant gear, a fire truck, and a hose powerful enough to knock a grown […]