2011 Beacon Award for Charitable Influence, Small Business: COMTECH
What do March and the March of Dimes have in common? Plenty! When the Oklahoma City Thunder team took to the court this spring, it was raising more than just the score. Thanks to Comtech Design Print & Mail, each assist made by a player during the month of March raised $20 for the March of Dimes.
Yet the company didn’t stop there. Assist in March was one of four major fundraising initiatives Comtech instigated to benefit the 73-year-old March of Dimes campaign. Along the way, the company obtained the support of the Oklahoma City Thunder Foundation and a number of other sponsors.
“The leadership at Comtech understands that community investment is more than writing a check once a year” said founder and owner Michael Morrison. “By engaging our non-profit partners and business community peers, we know the impact in the community will be greater and longer-lasting.”
The March of Dimes is dedicated to preventing and reducing premature births and the complications that come with them. Comtech’s goal during March Madness was to boost awareness of the organization among Thunder fans and to raise funds. Their multi-pronged approach included:
- Dropping Dimes for Healthy Babies – Part of the Assist in March effort, during the March 29 finale, all 18,000 Thunder fans in attendance were asked to bring spare change for the March of Dimes.
- Team Up School Supply Drive – The Teachers Warehouse program at the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools provides free school supplies to needy students. Collaborating with the Thunder, Comtech once again reached out to team fans and all other contacts, asking for donations of school supplies in order to restock supplies depleted at the start of the school year.
- The March of Dimes Workplace Campaign solicited further donations from employees, vendors, clients and other sources. Comtech’s crew participated in games, luncheons, prize contests and a two-mile walk, March for Babies.
Since boosting their volunteer efforts, coworkers have been drawn closer together. “The biggest impact on the Comtech office culture has been increases in teamwork, company pride and employee attitudes” Morrison said. “Employee retention and recruitment have also seen improvement. Comtech is not just a place to work, but something to be a part of.”
“Through all of Comtech’s community programs, March of Dimes, as well as the other organizations supported by Comtech, such as YWCA, Junior Achievement and the Huntington’s Disease Society, our aim is to better the next generation of Oklahomans,” he said. “By helping reduce early childhood complications and domestic violence while increasing access to education reduces immediate cost and loss of opportunities. In the long term, we ensure Oklahoma City will have a better-prepared leadership pool.”
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Name of company: Comtech Design Print Mail
Headquarters location: Oklahoma City
Year established: 1999
Type of business: Direct mailing service
No. of employees (statewide): 34
No. of employees (total): 34
Total philanthropic contributions in 2010: $100,000+
No. of volunteer hours in 2010: 1,000+
See the Journal Record article here.
Comtech Design Print & Mail Wins 5th “Best of Business” Award
Happy employees make for a happy workplace, and that’s just what the owners of Comtech Design Print & Mail seek to foster between their walls. Founded in June 1999, the company employs 34 people with customer service on the forefront of their minds.
Comtech Founder and CEO Michael Morrison said the secret of his company’s success is his people. And he’s pretty happy to work there himself.
“Owners, account managers, office and production staff all love what they do and enjoy working together,” Morrison says. “When you’re happy on the job, everything just works better.”
The staff at Comtech does a variety of graphic design, web design, marketing and direct mail, in addition to printing and postal processing.
Morrison looks at each customer’s individual needs, and then works to exceed their expectations. Those efforts have fostered loyalty and appreciation for the services his company provides to customers. See the story in OKC Biz here.
Another Business Honor for Comtech
Comtech has been named #9 on the 2010 Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Metro 50, signifying the fastest growing private companies in the Oklahoma City Metro Area. This is the second year in a row that Comtech has made the list, being ranked #3 in 2009.
The Metro 50 is a list of the metropolitan area’s fastest growing, privately-owned companies, based on their percentage of annual growth. Metro 50 companies demonstrate positive growth in revenues; growth in the number of employees; creativity/entrepreneurship; and business development through the expansion of facilities, customer base or markets. Qualified companies are required to have revenues of at least $1 million.
Comtech, Oklahoma City Thunder & The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools Team Up School Supply Drive
Oklahoma City’s business and sports communities are coming together to provide much needed school supplies for metro area students. Comtech, an Oklahoma City mail service provider, and the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Basketball team are teaming up with The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools to collect much needed supplies. Collected items will be donated to The Teachers Warehouse, a program that provides free classroom supplies and equipment to Oklahoma City Public Schools teachers.
