SkillStorm Employees Vote to Forego 2009 Holiday Party to Benefit Charities Across the U.S.

Online, December 23, 2009 (Newswire.com) - SkillStorm today announced that in lieu of employee gifts and parties this holiday season, the company is making monetary donations to charities across the country. SkillStorm employees were asked to participate in an online holiday poll, created by the SkillStorm management team, with a majority of employees electing to forego a holiday party for the benefit of charity. Partnering with TisBest.com, a site dedicated exclusively to charity gift cards, SkillStorm will be donating over $15,000 to charities chosen by SkillStorm employees in areas including San Diego, California; Dallas, Texas; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and the Washington, D.C. Metro area.

"This is a great opportunity for our company to give back for the holidays," said SkillStorm CEO Vince Virga. "We are always looking for opportunities to make a difference in the communities that have given us so much. We're so proud to be able to support the mission of all of these charitable organizations."

SkillStorm employees were given a charity gift card, which they could use to donate to any charity or charities of their choice. Once employees complete their donations, holiday ornaments with their name and the charity or charities to which they donated are hung on trees prominently displayed in SkillStorm office areas. The SkillStorm holiday donation initiative will benefit well-known charities across the United States including World Vision, Child Fund International, YMCA, Nature Conservancy, Doctors without Borders, Autism Research, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Paws without Cause, American Humane Society, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Associates, Family Violence Prevention, ALS Association, ASPCA, Mr. Holland Opus Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of America, Feed America, American Cancer Society, GLAAD and many others.

About SkillStorm
SkillStorm provides diversified technical services to various organizations nationwide. The company specializes in Information Technology, Engineering and Project Management consulting, outsourcing and staff augmentation solutions. SkillStorm has an impressive client list, which includes many elite Fortune 500 companies.

SkillStorm has 14 offices throughout the United States, with corporate headquarters located in San Diego, California.

SkillStorm has received many highly regarded national and state awards. Most recently, SkillStorm was named Orlando Business Journal's Outstanding Small Business for the second year in a row. SkillStorm was also named 2009 Business of the Year and one of the 2009 Best Places to Work by the South Florida Business Journal, making this the second year in a row the company has received this honor. SkillStorm also received the San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, ranked #2 on Charlotte Business Journal's Largest Contingency Executive Search Firms List for 2008 and ranked # 2 on San Diego Daily Transcript's Staffing Firms List for 2008. Other accolades include being named one of the 2007 Best Places to Work in Central Florida by the Orlando Business Journal, being awarded the 2006 Governor's Entrepreneurship Award in Florida's Mega Market, winning South Florida Business Journal's 2006 Technology Award in the Professional Services Category and ranking as the 13th Fastest Growing New Company in America in 2006 on Entrepreneur Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Hot 100 List.

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