Quarles Cares
Quarles Cares, the signature outreach arm of the firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, marked its 14th year of dedicated service to the communities in which we live and work. Our efforts are both national and highly localized to address the unique needs of each office and its surrounding areas.
On a firmwide basis, we have supported anti-bullying, Go-Red heart disease awareness, and Autism Speaks programming. Local offices have supported the United Way, Salvation Army, United Performing Arts Fund, American Red Cross, and others. Additionally, with Hurricane Irma, when the devastating effects were felt among our own employees in Naples, the firm sponsored an internal campaign to raise relief funds for employees in that office.
For the last several years, Quarles & Brady has applied a special focus to education and hunger.
- Addressing education, many of our offices have cultivated relationships with local elementary schools, hosting anti-bullying programs, reading with children, donating blankets, spending time in the classroom, and securing/readying mountains of school supplies to ensure that every child feels special.
- Addressing hunger, we’ve raised funds for food agencies through jeans days, lunches, and cook-offs. We’ve collected food for schools. We’ve served meals to children, the homeless, and families. Our team has also donated, packed, unpacked, sorted, and stocked food for pantries.
These are just some of the organizations our offices have partnered with on our hunger-related and educational initiatives.
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SPOTLIGHT: Phoenix Office & Capitol School
For more than 27 years, Quarles & Brady has served as a corporate partner to Capitol School in Phoenix, Arizona. Members of the Quarles & Brady team have long served as “homeroom parents,” planning classroom celebrations, assisting in reading programs, and providing supplies. In 2017, 45 team members volunteered their time to directly interact with students.
In addition, the Phoenix office held fundraisers to purchase 362 sweaters, one for each child in kindergarten through sixth grade. As part of Quarles & Brady’s 125th anniversary, the Quarles & Brady 125th Anniversary Book Scholarship Fund was created. Funds were used to provide Scholastic Book Fair vouchers to students as recognition for individual achievement.
Community Appreciation Day | Our Gifts to the Community
Quarles & Brady celebrated its 125th anniversary with a week of activities that thanked attorneys, staff, clients, and the community. The following list details gifts provided to community partners in our office locations.
| Office | Educational Partner | Gift |
| Chicago | Blessings in a Backpack | Through Blessings in a Backpack, our gift helped provide food during the weekends to children who don’t have access to good, reliable nutrition. |
| Indianapolis | Shepherd Community Center | A Buddy Bench was donated to Shepherd Community Center, which aims to break the cycle of poverty by educating and empowering children, youth, and families. Its programming includes early elementary education, after-school, and summer programming. |
| Madison | Goodman Community Center | A donation to subsidize educational programs was provided to Goodman Community Center. In one of its many programs, TEENworks, high school students are taught critical employment skills in a supportive, hands-on environment. |
| Milwaukee | Benjamin Franklin Elementary School | Benjamin Franklin Elementary was provided with a roomful of new sporting equipment, including volleyballs, kickballs, footballs, jump ropes, hula hoops, chalkboards, sidewalk chalk, and more. |
| Naples | Golden Terrace Elementary School | A donation was made to the Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) program at Golden Terrace. The program promotes positive behavior and acknowledges students for their positive behavior choices in school. |
| Phoenix | Capitol School | An Anniversary Book Scholarship was designed in coordination with Capitol School. The school gave students vouchers for a Fall Scholastic book fair as part of a reading intervention program. |
| Tampa | Roland Park K-8 Magnet School | A Buddy Bench was provided to Roland Park School to promote friendship, caring, and awareness of the needs of others. |
| Tucson | Carrillo Communication/Creative Arts Magnet School | A Buddy Bench was provided to Carrillo Communication/Creative Arts Magnet school to reinforce the school’s ongoing program on kindness. |
| Washington, D.C. | Hendley Elementary School | Hendley Elementary provides an enriching curriculum to underserved children. Funds were donated to provide the school’s uniform shirts to children who need them and restock much-needed office supplies. |
For More Information
For further detail regarding our Quarles Cares program, please contact Darlene Austin, our Director of Diversity, Employee Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility at (414) 277-5228 / [email protected]. To view photos of our community initiatives, visit our Facebook page.
Recent Activities
Chicago: 2017 Race Judicata, fundraiser for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Indianapolis: Sorting food at Good Shepherd Food Pantry
Madison: Walking to support literacy
Naples: Participating in community beautification
Phoenix: Biking for Phoenix Children's Hospital
Tampa: Walking for a Cure
Tucson: Donating a Buddy Bench to Carrillo Communication/Creative Arts Magnet School
Washington, D.C.: Donating much-needed office supplies to Hendley Elementary