This story was submitted as part of the #Pledge1Gives GivingTuesday campaign, which celebrates the many ways our member companies are having an impact around the world.
Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. Slalom does what is right by their clients, and strives to do the same in their local communities. They’ve just joined Pledge 1% a few months prior, and have a group within Slalom called Slalom.org that focuses on giving back to the local community and the non-profits that serve it.
Slalom San Francisco
At Slalom San Francisco’s annual conference earlier this year, Slalom.org, sought to take advantage of the large gathering of local clients, partners, and employees. With the goal of creating a unique, San Francisco-themed piece of art, Slalom.org crowdsourced words that captured “What does community mean to you?”. As submissions poured in, Christo Oropeza, a local artist hired by Slalom, hand-painted a large-scale mural live, while utilizing the words given to him by the attendees.
The finished mural is a map of San Francisco, with descriptions like “resilience,” “support,” and others in multiple languages representing the diversity of the city. As the city has always been a hub for creativity, culture, and inclusion, Slalom.org felt that the piece of art should be shared with a local non-profit that also celebrates and provides support to this diverse community. That was found in The Women’s Building, a women-led community space that advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice. To celebrate the unveiling of the mural and The Women’s Building’s tremendous impact to the local community, Slalom.org hosted a bar fundraiser, donating proceeds to organization.
Slalom Silicon Valley
This year Slalom Silicon Valley hosted a food drive that raised $8,761, exceeding their goal. This was only made possible by the generosity, enthusiasm, and sense of community demonstrated by all of the members of their office. The entire SV community contributed in kind, cash, dancing, bartending, and marathon walks.
Their Food Drive this year had some truly memorable moments for everyone involved. They organized a Salsa and Cocktails evening fundraiser that was met with great enthusiasm. SV employees taught Salsa basics to their peers, and had skilled bartenders handpicked from their leadership teams to make sure that all participants were served top-quality, hand-crafted cocktails.
The money raised in the drive funded 3304 hot meals to those in need in the Bay Area. Also, through their volunteer work with Loaves and Fishes they celebrated the spirit of teamwork and community by preparing 547 lunch brown bags in a record time of 40 minutes!
These are just a couple of the many ways Slalom.org gives its employees opportunities to give back to their local community. Slalom looks forward to continuing to lend their skills and time and leverage future events to give back to the community and Pledge 1%!
