Community
Making a Difference
WBE is very much involved in corporate giving both in time and money to non-profits and community programs. We have made the San Francisco Business Time’s Top 100 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropy list for the 8th time this year and donate more than any other subcontractor in the Bay Area. The reason for this is that everyone participates in giving back including our CEO/CFO, executive team, managers, and employees. Our company has created a program in which each executive team member leads teams of employees to donate four hours of time each to local causes such as Marin Food Bank, St. Vincent DePaul, COTS, Homeward Bound, Earth Day, Novato Human Needs Center, and North Bay Children’s Center.
WBE Giving and Random Acts of Kindness Committees
In 2025, WBE donated over $200,000 and has donated over $2,700,000 within the past eight years. Our giving supports nonprofit organizations in our community as well as members of the WBE Family who are involved with their own personal volunteer efforts. As part of our community involvement, we’re privileged to work with a variety of nonprofits whose work helps enhance the lives of many in times of need. We also support organizations that provide important services to our communities through sports, awareness, and education.
Our Giving Committee and Random Acts of Kindness Committee are great examples of how WBE likes to go above and beyond. The Giving Committee meets on a regular basis and selects worthy programs and charities to donate to. They also hold “Lunch and Learns” in our Novato office in which the organization is invited to come and share information about their cause and all lunch proceeds are donated to them afterwards. The Random Acts of Kindness Committee randomly selects individuals/organizations and surprises them with unexpected benefits. These benefits can range from passing out gift cards to donating supplies to the local animal shelter. Everyone is encouraged to participate as reflects in one of our Core Values: “We share a mission to make an impact on our local and regional societies. We strive to mentor, give back, donate, coach and serve others so that this world is a better place because of our existence.”
COTS
Our Random Acts of Kindness group packed bags with everyday essentials — toothbrushes, Advil, hairbrushes, shampoo, and more — for COTS.
They were able to personally drop them off which made it even more meaningful to see where everything was going and who it would help.
Giving back to our local community is something that matters to us.
HealthRIGHT 360
Supporting the Next Generation of Leaders, WBE’s Giving Committee donated to HealthRIGHT 360 in support of San Mateo County’s Sister to Sister Youth Leadership Conference.
HealthRIGHT 360’s representative Daniel Nava shared with us, “Thank you WBE for supporting the Sister to Sister youth leadership conference. With such great partners we can continue helping and inspiring women of tomorrow.”
Swords to Plowshares
WBE’s Giving Committee was happy to visit Swords to Plowshares for a day of packing duffel bags (nearly 300). The bags were given out to Bay Area veterans at their Cold Nights, Warm Hearts holiday party. In fact they made us a video to show how hard our group worked!
Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gfJkr7gJ
Teacher Wishlist
Our Random Acts of Kindness group fulfilled five teacher’s wish lists for a couple of elementary schools in Rohnert Park.
Canine Companions
Our Giving Committee welcomed Angie Escudero and her partner Grace from “Canine Companions for Independence” to come speak at on of the lunch and learns they host for our office. We all enjoyed learning about what they do and we are proud to support this wonderful organization.
Paying it Forward
One of our activities included paying it forward at multiple locations. We were able to give gift cards to hotel staff, treat some people to go see a movie, cover some meals at a local restaurant and bought items for those who were in line at Goodwill. It was fun to see the smiles on everyone’s faces they were all so surprised and grateful.
Caring for Caregivers
A few members from our RAK Committee visited the Creekwood Senior Home in Novato and brought bags stuffed with items that we thought the caregivers might enjoy such as lotion, gift cards, magazines, etc. Caregivers are often overlooked and we wanted to show them that we are thankful for them.
Welcome Home Baskets
The RAK committee teamed up with COTS to fill baskets full of household items and give them to families who will be re-entering a home after the tragic fires. These baskets were filled with dish soap, sponges, detergent, etc. This was for a great cause and we all had fun putting them together!
SRJC School Begins
Our RAK committee went over to the SRJC Petaluma campus the day after school began to pass out gift cards to the students on campus. We gave them each gift cards to Starbucks, Amazon, and their campus bookstore to help with some of the start up costs of being back to school.
I continue to be impressed with your firm's community outreach activities. Keep it up!
Ben Shemuel
It’s gratifying to know that we have the support of everyone at WBE. You’re the best!