Margarita Bauza of the Detroit Free Press wrote an interesting piece in the Business section of yesterday’s paper. In an article titled “Community Investment: Good Deed Day,” Bauza profiled a number of local businesses and employees who take time to give back to their communities through volunteerism and servant leadership. About Bloomfield Hills’ Plute Homes, she writes:

In January 2005, Pulte Homes in Bloomfield Hills adopted a policy that allows employees two paid days off per year to volunteer with charities and community groups…

About 100 of the company’s 300 employees have taken advantage of the program since it began. That’s in addition to Habitat for Humanity work that the company also is committed to.

Teri Mayne, an administrative assistant in Pulte’s human resources department, used to take vacation time to volunteer at the Turning Point domestic violence shelter. She now does it through work.

“Pulte has allowed me to do it without penalizing me,” said Mayne, 45, of Roseville, who volunteers at Turning Point four half days a year.

I love to hear about stuff like this, and since the Big Nail itself is provided as a public service for the benefit of the Warren/metro-Detroit community and its charitable organizations, if you or someone you know would like to have the Nail support your company’s next volunteer event, drop us line.

For the rest of Margarita Bauza’s article, please click here.

To inquire about the Big Nail’s availability for your next volunteer event, click here.