Corporate Initiatives

2024 Corporate Initiative: Women-focused Charitable Organizations

This year, we teamed up with The Savvy, our internal women-focused financial education initiative, to support local organizations that are focused on lifting up women and helping them improve their lives. Our support was three-fold:

Launched a firm-wide clothing drive (through September 2024) to benefit four chosen nonprofits: the YWCA Wheeling, the YWCA Charleston /Past and Present, Dress for Success Pittsburgh, and Clothes That Work (Dayton, OH);
Made financial donations to organizations in each of our office locations from the MC Cares Endowment Fund, on behalf of our clients; and
Gathered our 50+ MCWS associates together to assemble 200 "Toiletry Packs" that will be delivered to chosen women-oriented organizations in our regions of operation — just in time for the holidays.

HLG Team1 M Ccares Website LP — Members of the Wheeling Team collected and delivered more than 50 lbs. in clothing donations to the YWCA.

CRW Clothing Drive Zoom3 M Ccares Website LP — Representatives of the Charleston Team delivered their clothing drive donations to the YWCA's Past and Present Boutique.

Dress For Success Delivery copy M Ccares Website LP — Dress For Success showed its appreciation to our Pittsburgh Team for their support and clothing drive donations in this social media post.

DAY Clothes That Work3 copy M Ccares website LP — The Dayton Team was overwhelmed by the generosity of both clients and friends of the firm in their clothing drive to support Clothes That Work.

CRW Covenant House Website — Charleston Team members Julie Wood (center) and Drew Tardy deliver toiletry packs, which were assembled by MCWS Associates, to Covenant House CEO/Executive Director Briana Martin.

2023 Corporate Initiative: Ronald McDonald House Charities

McKinley Carter employees chose Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) as their primary 2023 charity, supporting various RMHC facilitiesin our regions of operation with monetary and supply donations,
supporting their fundraising events, as well as creating no-sew flannel blankets for RMHC facilities.

We supported the RMHC facilities in Pittsburgh (PA), Morgantown and Charleston (WV), Dayton (OH), and the Greater Washington facility in Washington, D.C. In total, McKinley Carter Cares donated $10,500 in cash, supplies, or Wish List item donations to these organizations.

Blankets RMHC website — At the McKinley Carter 2023 All Associates event, all employees worked together to make 36 no-sew blankets — nine for each regional RMHC facility.

RMHC PIT delivery website — The Pittsburgh and Johnstown Teams delivered their donations to the RMHC Pittsburgh facility. Their monetary donation went toward the purchase of flat screen televisions for 10 RMHC apartments.

RMHC Morgantown Blanket Delivery Website — Representatives of our Wheeling Team delivered their blankets to the RMHC in Morgantown. Monetary donations went toward the purchase of supplies, including bedspreads, sheets, vacuums and books/toys for the children and their visiting siblings.

RMHC CRW1 copy website — Representatives of our Charleston Office delivered their blankets to the RMHC of Southern West Virginia. Their monetary donation was used for various supplies including 500 refillable water bottles for the RMHC's new water stations

JAB Radiothon Website — Representatives of our Dayton Office delivered their blankets to the RMHC in Dayton and also volunteered for their Radiothon Fundraiser. Their monetary donation went toward a three-month supply of needed pantry items for the RMHC facility.

2022 Corporate Initiative: Community Food Raiser

With a firm-wide mantra of "Making Good Things Happen for Others," the employees of McKinley Carter initiated a Community Food Raiser to raise awareness about U.S. food insecurity and to make a positive difference in the lives of children residing in our regions of operation in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland.

Did you know September 2022 was Hunger Awareness Month? Our team recognized Hunger Awareness through several internal activities, including recognizing Hunger Awareness Day on Sept. 23 by wearing orange (the color of Hunger Awareness) and holding an employee food drive among our regional offices at the end of September.

Moreover, through partnerships with six different charitable organizations for distribution assistance, our MCWS family gathered in late October at the MCWS Annual All Associates meeting to collect and stuff backpacks with non-perishable food items for children and families in need.

We are proud to work closely with House of Carpenter (Wheeling, WV), Manna Meal (Charleston, WV), Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (Pittsburgh, PA), Cambria County Backpack Project (Johnstown, PA), the Dayton Foodbank/Good-to-Go Backpack Program (Dayton, OH), and Manna Food/Smart Snacks program (Gaithersburg, MD). These organizations, which have a long history of combatting food insecurity, will help us in distributing our Food Raiser donations to those who need it most over the Thanksgiving holiday season.