Value Stream Consulting provided a $20,000 gift to the Paint the Parkway Pink nonprofit organization
St. Joseph, MO, May 19, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Value Stream Consulting, a St Joseph consulting firm provided $20,000 in professional services and systems licenses to Paint the Parkway Pink, a grass-roots local nonprofit organization, at the consulting firm’s new office ribbon cutting ceremony, on Thursday, April 30th at 3 PM.
In 2008 when Value Stream Consulting relocated to St. Joseph from Overland Park, Kansas, the business had only one employee, John Licata, who was the owner and the consultant. At that time, to celebrate the opening of his new office, Licata provided a pro-bono Salesforce.com implementation to UCP of Northwest Missouri. That system is used by UCP to manage donor relationships, the complex activities and fundraising associated with UCP’s annual Chili Challenge and their lending library. The professional services and user licenses for that project were valued at $15,000.
Over the past seven years, with the support of the local Small Business Resource Center, Value Stream Consulting has grown to nine employees and has recently moved into their new wing in the historic Green Acres building. A ribbon cutting ceremony for this new space, hosted by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, took place on Thursday, April 30th at 3 PM.
To celebrate their success, the staff decided that the company would give back to the community by providing another large Salesforce.com implementation to a local nonprofit. Several members of the staff had witnessed the difficulties that Paint the Parkway Pink was experiencing in planning and managing their annual fundraising walk and their struggling with running the organization from Excel spreadsheets. Consequently, the entire staff agreed to pitch-in and provide the pro-bono implementation to Paint the Parkway Pink. The Salesforce Foundation will provide 10 user licenses free of charge and the Value Stream Consulting staff will provide professional services. An oversized check for $20,000, symbolizing the total value of this gift, was presented to the Paint the Parkway Pink board at the ribbon cutting celebration.
About: Value Stream Consulting, of St. Joseph, Missouri has been providing process-driven, client-centric CRM solutions for businesses and non-profit organizations since 2002. Their focus on people includes live classroom and on-the-job training opportunities. By utilizing both tenured consultants and apprentices, they are able to provide organizations with effective, lower-cost CRM implementations, while educating the next generation of Salesforce.com professionals.