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Community Connection

At Bates White, employees decide which organizations to support and come up with creative ways to raise money and lend a hand—ranging from a dress-the-boss auction and customized Wordle competition to fielding a team for Lawyers Have Heart.
 
 

Organizations we partner with

  • Bread for the City

    Bates White supports Bread for the City with semi-annual clothing drives, donations to the Holiday Helpings Program, a wine auction, and economic analysis.

  • Children’s Law Center

    Bates White has supported Children’s Law Center for many years with fundraising efforts, gifts for the Holiday Hope Drive, and pro bono work. Fundraisers often include game show adaptations including the Not So-Newlywed game, the Price is Right, Family Feud, and the Great Bates White Bake-off. CLC named Bates White the Corporate Champion for Children seven years in a row.

  • DC SCORES

    To benefit DC Scores, a team of employees plays soccer in the annual DC SCORES CUP. To raise money, employees pay to play in competitions such as a week-long mini-crossword puzzle race, a music challenge, and our own customized Wordle competition. Click on the video above to learn more.

  • Higher Achievement

    For many years, employees have served as mentors in Higher Achievement centers, conducted pro bono analyses, raised money through creative competitions, and served on Higher Achievement’s leadership council. The firm also conducted pro bono projects that included an analysis of the school-based funding landscape and a dashboard to help students evaluate high school options.

  • Hope Connections for Cancer

    Through some Halloween fun, we support Hope Connections. Employees carve pumpkins, dress their managers in crazy outfits, and take part in team costume competitions to support this cause.

Highlights

  • September 2024Sustainability Committee sponsored a volunteer day at City Blossoms

    Employees worked together to clean the community garden to make room for fall crops.

    Three young men and two young women stand together smiling at the camera. They are outside; bushes and other foliage are behind them.
  • September 2024Capital Area Food Bank volunteer day

    Employees sorted and packaged food donations at Capital Area Food Bank’s warehouse.

    Several young men and women are lined up around a conveyor belt clad with boxes. They are putting cans into these boxes. Two of the women are smiling at the camera.
  • September 2024Employees compete in annual Throwdown cook-off

    Employees went head-to-head in cooking their favorite dishes to support Higher Achievement.

    A smiling woman is holding a ladle filled with food over a pot. She stands behind a table clad with food.
  • July 2024Balloon Wars and trivia supported Camp Kesem

    Summer Consultants flooded colleagues' offices with balloons and held a trivia contest, raising more than $18,000 for Camp Kesem.

    A group of young men and women smiling together. Many are holding balloons that have been tied together to make an animal.
  • September 2024Traveling around the world to raise money for the NMDP

    Employees supported the National Marrow Donor Program by competing in GeoGuessr and signing up for the bone marrow registry.

    Four men and one woman smiling at the camera and gathered around a table.
  • June 2024Bates White volunteers at GDCDB

    Colleagues packed and stacked 5,300+ diapers for the Greater DC Diaper Bank.

    A group of men and women stand together smiling and holding packs of diapers. Signage on the wall behind them reads: "Greater DC Diaper Bank."

Find out more about how Bates White gives back to the community

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