An important part of our vision and culture is giving back to our own local community. There are many ways of doing this – contributing to the business economy is one, but we also take a more direct approach.
Accru Harris Orchard encourages all staff to set time aside for charity work. Contributing to our community not only helps people less fortunate, but also has a very positive impact on our own people. We seek a culture of giving, and people who enjoy giving – doing something meaningful gives our own lives meaning. We want our firm to be full of people who enjoy doing things for others – so by giving we too receive.
Many of our people also make significant contributions to their communities as members of committees, associations, school councils, foundations and even boards. We actively encourage our people to contribute to community activities that are important to them, and we give them the time to do this.
To get the most from our collective efforts, we nominate community causes that we want to get behind. Currently, these are:
