VolunteerMatch has honored Hagerty Insurance, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC), and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) for leadership in employee volunteer program management in VolunteerMatch's annual survey of corporate volunteering in the United States.

The awards, announced each year at VolunteerMatch's client summit, recognize outstanding achievement and impact within the nonprofit's network of 120 leading companies and brands. This year's honors were presented at an event sponsored by MGM MIRAGE at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas.

VolunteerMatch recognized Chicago-based Exelon Corp. for the third consecutive year as Corporate Volunteer Program of the Year. This award is presented to a company that illustrates outstanding achievement and results against VolunteerMatch benchmarks for communications, volunteer participation, overall hours tracked, and other key metrics. Exelon ranked ahead of 37 other qualifying companies with 10,000 or more employees.

Hagerty Insurance, based in Traverse City, Mich., received the 2010 award for Corporate Volunteer Program of the Year in the Small to Medium-sized Business category. The inaugural award reflects growing participation in the VolunteerMatch network by smaller companies. Working with a smaller budget and team, the insurer of collector cars and boats rated highest for social impact among a community of similar-sized businesses.

Sue Osten and Debra Krause of UnitedHealth Group, based in Minnetonka, Minn., were recognized as "Champions of the Year" for outstanding teamwork, leadership, accomplishment, dedication and spirit by individual program managers. As leaders in UnitedHealth Group's Office of Corporate Social Responsibility, Krause and Osten organize the company's efforts to engage employees and consumers in volunteering. In addition to company employees logging more than 123,000 volunteer hours in 2009, UnitedHealth Group launched an ambitious cause-related marketing campaign, "Do Good. Live Well.," and co-published a survey with VolunteerMatch investigating the health benefits of volunteering.

This is the fourth year that VolunteerMatch, the Web's most popular volunteer network, has recognized the achievements of key partners within its client community.

To learn more about Exelon's volunteerism program:
http://www.exeloncorp.com/community/volunteerism/overview.aspx

To learn more about Hagerty Insurance's Community Involvement program:
http://www.hagerty.com/us/template.aspx?id=58266

To learn more about UnitedHealth Group's "Do Good. Live Well." program:
http://www.dogoodlivewell.org/

To learn more about VolunteerMatch Solutions for businesses:
http://www.volunteermatch.org/corporations

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VolunteerMatch believes everyone should have the chance to make a difference. As the Web's largest volunteer engagement network, serving over 122,000 participating nonprofits, 100 network partners, and 13 million annual visitors, VolunteerMatch offers unique, award-winning solutions for individuals, nonprofits and companies to make this vision a reality. Since its launch in 1998, VolunteerMatch has helped the social sector attract more than $13 billion worth of volunteer services. Learn more about VolunteerMatch at VolunteerMatch.org, and follow @VolunteerMatch.

 

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