"The goal of our Community Involvement strategy is to create a culture within the company that can improve the communities in which we live and work - with a special focus on homeland security."—Emily Tiedeman

Community involvement has always been a part of our culture. As our company grows, so does our presence in the community. Not only does our contribution benefit the community in which we work and live, community involvement gives us an opportunity to grow our network and visibility within the homeland security and Washington, DC communities.

Arc Aspicio is proud to support the homeland security and Washington, DC communities through such programs as: the Annual Wreath Laying at Arlington Cemetery, food and goods drives for the DC Central Kitchen, the Girl Scouts Emergency Preparedness Patch Program and the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF). As part of our philanthropy efforts, our employees selected SDF as our top non-profit organization. We selected SDF because of our love of dogs and the organization's mission of training search and rescue dogs aligns with our homeland security focus. To learn more about SDF, please visit www.searchdogfoundation.org.

Arc Aspicio aligns many of its community involvement programs with the Homeland Security mission and work we have done within DHS. Our work with FEMA and ready.gov are great examples of the integration of client work and community involvement. Our support of the SDF focuses on the response side of emergency management, but we also conduct programs which make use of our work on ready.gov. During the Spring of 2010, representatives from Arc Aspicio helped a girl scout troop in Silver Spring, Maryland achieve their Emergency Preparedness Badge. Our volunteers reviewed what it takes to be prepared, what items should be in an emergency kit, and even got the Girl Scouts on the path to emergency preparedness with flashlights provided by Arc Aspicio. We also took part in National Preparedness Month 2010 with a blood drive benefiting Children’s Hospital.

Arc Aspicio encourages our employees to make use of 8 hours of additional Paid Time Off to be used for independent volunteer activities, as well as $250 per annum towards the purchase of emergency preparedness supplies.

Emily Tiedeman is our Community Involvement Lead. Emily’s enthusiasm for community involvement began in middle school when she started volunteering as a kennel assistant at a local veterinary clinic.  She continues to volunteer, and was drawn to Arc Aspicio in part because of the partnership with the SDF. As Community Involvement Lead, Emily collaborates with colleagues and community peers to increase the company's contribution to the homeland security and Washington, DC communities. She also coordinates fundraising and awareness campaigns for theSDF. If you are interested in partnering with Arc Aspicio for community events, please email Emily ateet@arcaspicio.com.

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