PAWS FOR Philanthropy and Community Relations
As an assistant in the Community Involvement Program of your corporation, you have
been given an unusual task. Your boss wants to expand the company’s philanthropic
and community relations mission and especially employee volunteerism. She heard
about Northwestern Guide Dogs, a program in which volunteers raise puppies for 14 to
18 months for guide dog training. She thinks this would be an excellent outreach
program for the company’s employees. They would give back to the community in their
role as puppy raisers. To pursue this idea, she asks you to request information about
the program and ask questions about whether a company could sponsor a program
encouraging employees to act as volunteers. She hasn’t thought it through very
carefully and relies on you to raise logical questions, especially about who pays for the
costs of raising puppies.
YOUR TASK: Write a direct request letter to Helen Adams, Northwestern Guide
Dogs, 512 Maryland Alley South, Seattle, WA 98104. Include an end date and a
reason.