NBS Blog: Community Engagement

NBS Rudolph to the Rescue 2023

December 20, 2023

‘Tis the Season of Giving: NBS Rudolph to the Rescue 2023

One of our favorite holiday traditions at NBS is Rudolph to the Rescue, a time where our team comes together to provide financial assistance to families and organizations in the communities where we work, serve and live. Here’s how each of our teams gave back this year!

NBS Rudolph to the Rescue Toys for Tots 2022

December 21, 2022

NBS Rudolph to the Rescue: Spreading Holiday Cheer to Our Local Communities

For many of us, the holiday season means giving back, enjoying a variety of fun winter activities, and spending time with friends, family and co-workers. NBS’s favorite holiday tradition? Rudolph to the Rescue – an initiative started years ago that provides financial assistance to local families and organizations during the holidays.

November 22, 2021

Spread Some Joy & Shop Local This Holiday Season

Shopping small and local this year is more important than ever. Supporting the creative and dedicated small business owners in our communities is our opportunity to invest back in our neighbors while giving this holiday season. Our small business gift guide offers ideas for where to shop in each of our NBS regions.

NBS Year of Togetherness

March 2, 2021

A Year of Togetherness

While living through a crisis has not been easy on anyone, it has caused people and organizations to think about our shared humanity and what we want to achieve together. The longing to physically be together again has led us to choosing togetherness as our theme for the year.

December 16, 2019

Caring for our People, Community & Environment

We explored all aspects of wellness in 2019 from physical and mental wellbeing, to environmental, community and financial wellbeing. Our “NBS Cares” campaign aimed to encourage us as a company and individually to better ourselves, even if it was just a small first step in the right direction.

December 12, 2019

NBS Unleashes Fur + Furniture 2020 Calendar

The love and enthusiasm people have for their pets never ceases to amaze us! For the second time, NBS launched a casting all among metro Detroit Real Estate and Architectural & Design firms looking for photogenic pets to take part in our Fur + Furniture Calendar.

February 20, 2019

NBS Cares: 2019 Wellness Campaign

Wellbeing is a buzz word popping up all over workplaces. What does a focus on wellbeing do for employees and what kinds of activities are possible? NBS is exploring all aspects of wellness in 2019, from physical and mental wellbeing, to environmental, community and financial wellbeing.

June 27, 2018

NBS Supports Gensler Detroit in Annual City Year Project

NBS jumped at the chance to support Gensler Detroit for the second year on their classroom renovation with City Year Detroit. The two organizations have been partnering for years to transform classrooms in lower income cities to provide students the opportunity to learn in inspiring and productive environments.

February 13, 2017

NBS Unleashes our 2017 Pet Campaign!

After a long day at work, a pet is always there to greet you. They are our loyal companions, stress relievers and entertainers. This year we are dedicating time, resources and love to the animals in our lives and community.

December 16, 2016

4.0 Volunteer Challenge Success: 825 Hours!

Wow! Our team members across all five locations went above and beyond, donating and volunteering their time to the causes and organizations that speak to them. From their efforts, NBS surpassed our initial 700-hour goal with a new total of 825 hours, and that number is still growing!

NBS Volunteer Community Outreach Habitat for Humanity

October 31, 2016

4.0 Volunteer Challenge Update: 723 hours

We did it! We reached our 4.0 Volunteer Challenge company goal of volunteering 700 hours in 2016! September and October were big months for us and many of our team members took part in group organized volunteer activities. In September, our Audiovisual Solutions team donated their time to the Troy Family Daze community event.

August 29, 2016

4.0 Volunteer Challenge Update: 346 hours

We are excited to share that our team is halfway to achieving our 4.0 Challenge Volunteering goal! Across all of our locations, team members are continuing to commit their time to a variety of causes including hunger, youth, housing and community outreach.

July 19, 2016

4.0 Volunteer Challenge- 3,606 Meals Donated!

Last Saturday, on a cool summer morning, our team members and NBS truck were ready and waiting to collect food and donations for Gleaner’s Fill the Fridge mission. We are excited to share that our Troy food drive was a success! Thank you to everyone who donated and participated.

July 6, 2016

4.0 Volunteer Challenge- NBS Food Drive July 16th!

With summer vacation upon us, nearly 300,000 children who rely on free or reduced-fee meals from their school may be going home to an empty fridge. To support Gleaner’s fill the fridge campaign, NBS will be hosting a food drive in our Troy front parking lot on Saturday, July 16th.

June 1, 2016

4.0 Volunteer Challenge Update: 95 hours

Since launching our 4.0 Volunteer Challenge two months ago, NBS team members have put in over 95 hours of volunteer time! We are at 13% of our 700-hour goal, and there are many opportunities to give back on the horizon.

April 4, 2016

NBS 4.0 Volunteer Challenge has Launched!

We are excited to launch our 4.0 Volunteer Challenge! Over the past 40 years, our partnership with Steelcase has positively impacted our company, team members and clients. To celebrate and give back, we challenged each of our team members to volunteer 4 hours of their time in 2016.