Anvil believes in karma and supporting the local community. As such, we’re active on a variety of levels: providing pro bono services for local charity organizations, hosting an annual fundraiser event, encouraging individual employee volunteerism, and sponsoring a local networking group.
Charity of Choice
Anvil has provided pro bono digital marketing services to a host of local charities throughout the years, increasing the online visibility of each organization. Each quarter, Anvil employees participate in a Charity of Choice competition where they get to nominate a local organization they support to win $2,500 in Anvil Services to use for any digital marketing help they need.
Q2 2018 Nominees
The Capes and Crowns Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides professionals photography services at no-cost to children and their families battling serious illnesses or dealing with a painful time in their life. Their mission is to bring joy and light into the darkness that can shadow over a child’s life. Regardless of what a child’s battle may be, we celebrate their strength as they are real superheroes.
National Animal Interest Alliance
The National Animal Interest Alliance is an association of business, agricultural, scientific, and recreational interests dedicated to promoting animal welfare, supporting responsible animal use and strengthening the bond between humans and animals.
These Numbers Have Faces invests in university students and young entrepreneurs, preparing them for a life of leadership in their communities. Our work spans three countries and impacts over 10,000 people annually.
Urban Gleaners collects fresh food from local restaurants, grocery stores, and bakeries that would otherwise go bad and redistributes it to people in need.
On The Move is a nonprofit organization supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in accessing their community through healthful, meaningful, and environmentally responsible activities.
Q1 2018 Winner: PDX Women in Tech
PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering: educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step toward reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.
Previous winners include:
- Craig Law Center
- Cole Parker Randall Foundation
- Blue Mountain Wildlife
- Candlelighters for Children with Cancer
- Dream Big Community Center
- The Dreaming Zebra Foundation
- Feral Cats Coalition of Oreon
- Friends of Trees
- Mercy Corps Northwest
- Oregon Humane Society
- Pacific Pug Rescue
- The Pongo Fund
Other organizations Anvil has supported in the past:
- American Red Cross – Oregon Trail Chapter
- Community Warehouse
- Green Empowerment
- HOMEpdx
- Loaves & Fishes Centers: The Meals-on-Wheels People
- Make-A-Wish® Oregon
- Mercy Corps
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- One Dream Movement
- Oregon Humane Society
- The Pixie Project
- Raphael House: Take Care
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest WashingtonUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette
Volunteerism
From day one, Anvil has been a proponent of employee support of charities. In this spirit, Anvil created Employee Volunteer Day, where the entire team is encouraged (if not required) to take a few hours off from work to support a local non-profit. Anvil provides these volunteer opportunities for the team quarterly.
In addition, Anvil employees are encouraged to become actively involved in local professional trade associations. Below is a sampling of Anvil’s current involvement.
- Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO): Board Member, Membership Chair and Executive Forum Member
- Oregon Game Project Challenge (OGPC): Mentor & Judge
- Oregon Restaurants and Lodging Association (ORLA): Board Member
- Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE): Mentor and Advisor
- Portland Advertising Federation (PAF): Founding Roundtable Member and Ad Bowling League President
- SEMpdx: Board Member
- Start Making a Reader Today (SMART): Marketing Committee Member and Reading Volunteers
pdxMindShare: Career Community Powered by Anvil
As an active participant in the Portland marketing and technology community, Anvil loves to connect people in our network. In 2001, Kent Lewis kicked off a monthly networking event, pdxMindShare, that has become a regular fixture at local establishments. It has evolved to include a career-focused workshop where experts are brought in to educate attendees on how to navigate their own personal career path. Events are held every third Wednesday at 4:30 in Downtown Portland. Since the initial email invitation to 20 individuals in 2001, over 3,200 have signed up to be notified of upcoming events and job opportunities in the Portland area each week and also has a strong following on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook with well over 10,000 followers between all the platforms.