Cardinal Office360 Earns Governor’s Service Business Award for its Partners in Giving Program
Lexington, Ky. (Oct. 22, 2020) – Cardinal Office360 is one of the Governor’s Service Business Award winners to be honored during a virtual broadcast from Serve Kentucky this Saturday.
Cardinal was nominated by CASA of Lexington for the prestigious award because of the company’s Partners in Giving program, which has given more than $300,000 to local nonprofit organizations.
The Partners in Giving program allows Cardinal customers to designate a nonprofit to benefit from the purchases they make. Cardinal gives 5% of the customer’s total purchases to the designated nonprofit. The program is similar to the larger give-back initiative Amazon Smile, run by Amazon, but Cardinal’s program gives back a percentage 10 times larger.
CASA of Lexington Executive Director Melynda Jamison nominated Cardinal for the Governor’s Service Award. She said Cardinal has given more than $31,000 to CASA of Lexington through the Partners in Giving program.
“In addition to this partnership, Cardinal has been involved in a variety of other ways,” Jamison wrote in her nomination letter. “Cardinal has purchased a table at CASA of Lexington’s largest fundraiser, Bourbon and the Bayou, and been involved in that event. At this event, they often introduce other businesses and customers to the work of CASA, who then get involved with the organization. Some become CASA volunteers, others have become sponsors of events and many buy tables of their own to future events.
“It is honestly impossible to determine the multiplying effect Cardinal has had on positive contributions to CASA of Lexington.”
The Governor’s Service Awards are given out annually by Serve Kentucky, an agency within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. This year, Cardinal was one of two businesses to receive the Business Service Award, along with Abound Credit Union in Hardin County.
The 25th annual Governor’s Service Awards presentation will be held virtually at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. The live stream will be available on Serve Kentucky’s Facebook page (facebook.com/ServeKY) and linked to from CASA of Lexington’s Facebook page (facebook.com/CASAofLexington). The event can also be accessed directly here: https://fb.me/e/kUQel8jjQ.
About Cardinal Office360
Cardinal Office360, formerly Cardinal Workplace Solutions, has been serving businesses throughout Kentucky, southern Ohio and Indiana since 1954. The office supply company’s annual sales exceeded $20 million last year. The company can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/CardinalOffice360.
About CASA of Lexington
CASA of Lexington’s trained and supervised volunteers advocate through the family court systems in Fayette, Bourbon, Woodford and Scott counties to ensure all victims of child abuse and neglect are safe and thrive in a permanent home. Changes such as where the child lives or goes to school, changes in social workers, teachers and friends, as well as the uncertainty of what life holds, can be very overwhelming for these children. The CASA volunteer is there to help recognize what the child needs, work to minimize these detrimental changes, and advocate for positive changes for the child’s future. Learn more at casaoflexington.org, by calling (859) 246-4313 or by emailing info@casaoflexington.org.