Zinner & Co. Volunteers at Cleveland Food Bank Healthy Choice Market

On Jan. 22, Zinner & Co. employees spent the afternoon volunteering at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s Community Resource Center Healthy Choice Market.

Our team was proud to support neighbors directly by helping make the shopping experience easier, more welcoming and more dignified.

We assisted throughout the market in hands-on roles that keep the operation moving and help families get what they need.

Serving the Community at the Healthy Choice Market

Volunteering at the Healthy Choice Market is active work and our employees jumped in wherever help was needed. Our team supported neighbors by:

• Stocking shelves

• Loading baskets

• Loading cars

• Serving as personal shopping assistants

It was a great day for the whole group, including our new interns, who got to see firsthand what it looks like when a workplace culture is built around service.

Why this matters to Zinner & Co.

At Zinner & Co., we often talk about our responsibility to show up for the people who rely on us. That includes our clients, our staff and our community.

For Zinner & Co. Managing Partner Robin Baum, CPA, the volunteer work aligns with the firm’s mission statement.

“One of the tenets of Zinner & Co.’s Mission Statement is being committed to responding to the needs of our clients, staff and our community,” said Baum. “Spending the afternoon at the Cleveland Food Bank Healthy Market was a living testament to all those stakeholders. Our staff loves volunteering as a group at the Cleveland Food Bank.

 “Clients. Culture. Community. It’s not about the work we do; it’s about the people we serve,” she added.

This is the heart of why we volunteer as a firm. The work is meaningful, but so is the shared experience of serving side-by-side.

The opportunity to serve the community was also a reminder for our employees of how fortunate they are to be in a position to help.

“It’s very fulfilling to recognize how lucky we all are in not having to worry about food insecurity, and it’s also a great time to get to know more of our neighbors in the Cleveland community,” Baum said. “We all come from different suburbs in Northeastern Ohio, but the City of Cleveland is truly the hub. Spending an afternoon working together in this environment is a gift.”

Closing The Day Together

Once their volunteer work was complete, Zinner & Co. employees capped off the afternoon with food and drinks at Muldoon’s Saloon & Eatery.

It was a chance to reflect on the day, talk about what they saw and felt and appreciate the blessings we often take for granted.

Zinner & Co. thanks the Cleveland Food Bank for providing the opportunity to help our fellow neighbors and give back to the community. We are grateful to the Cleveland Food Bank team for the opportunity to serve and for the work they do every day to support our neighbors.

We look forward to returning and continuing to invest our time and energy where it matters.

If you would like to learn more about Zinner & Co., our values and how we show up for the community we serve, we invite you to explore our blog.