Good Deeds

In addition to our employees volunteering in the community (Good Works), CFM does many good deeds as a company.

The best, but not the only, example is how we observed our 15th year in business in 2005. CFM completed 15 Good Deeds for the Community. 

These deeds fall into three broad categories:

Helping schools and kids:

Four Good Deeds focused on helping teachers and children in Oregon and Washington, D.C. Leveraging CFM’s relationship with Powell’s Books, the firm donated cash to support the bookseller’s goal of donating 55,000 schoolbooks to Portland-area teachers.

Helping build a stronger community:

CFM supported the Rose Festival, helped the nation’s newest national park build a tourist attraction on the Oregon Coast and helped the Public Relations Society of America better understand the needs of its members through two online surveys conducted by CFM Partner Tom Eiland.

Helping the homeless and those in need:

More than half of CFM’s Good Deeds were direct to Portland-area nonprofits, which are making a difference in the lives of the homeless, the hungry or the sick. The firm and individual staff members found fun and creative ways to help such organizations as the Oregon Food Bank, Loaves and Fishes, the Blanchet House of Hospitality, the Junior League of Portland in its effort to help moms in jail, the American Red Cross blood bank – where we had a group bloodletting – and helping a community theater group raise funds for Red Cross hurricane relief.