Volunteer Council

Comprised of port colleagues from all different facets of the organization, the port’s Volunteer Council was created to foster partnerships and to spearhead efforts and events in our community. It’s easy for any corporate entity to say social stewardship is a vital part of their culture, but it’s our belief that an official body to continuously keep us to those commitments and continuously look for others for us to engage is the only way to make certain we’re meeting our obligation to the people and places that embrace us.

In 2017, the Volunteer Council organized events with non-profits and charitable organizations with causes ranging from food disparity, to environmental preservation, to childhood homelessness. It has also helped to implement institutional opportunities for our colleagues to give back, like automated donation withdrawals from paychecks, and a policy that affords our colleagues 16 hours of paid time off to invest their time in a cause they believe in.