How Dan Pierce and employees Systems Evolution Inc. support Cincinnati’s children

Dan Pierce, Founder and CEO, Systems Evolution Inc.

Pillar Award Finalist
Dan Pierce
founder and CEO
Systems Evolution Inc.
(513) 459-1992 | www.sysev.com
 
Systems Evolution Inc. is a close-knit company, which is why its employees were hit hard when a tragic accident changed the life of one their own. After a 2005 bicycle accident took the life of 10-year old Josh Helfrich, the son of SEI consultant Ann Helfrich, the consulting firm channeled the support and compassion of its team to found Josh Cares.
As founder and CEO of SEI, Dan Pierce has played a lead role in creating the charity and making it a focus of SEI. Several months after Josh’s accident, Dan and his wife reached out to Ann and her family with the idea to create a philanthropic initiative in Josh’s memory. The result was Josh Cares, a program within Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
The motivation behind Josh Cares is that no child should suffer through a serious illness and lengthy hospitalization without ongoing presence and support of a family member. Josh Cares provides these children with surrogate companions — Josh Cares Child Life Specialists  — who can offer the love and support and help them connect them with classmates, friends and family who cannot be there.
Today, SEI employees lend their time, talents and financial support to Josh Cares. SEI individual employees have donated nearly $62,000 of their own money to Josh Cares to date. As a company, SEI has also led corporate donations to the charity since its inception, contributing nearly $50,000 in sponsorship support and employee giving matches. And through the volunteer efforts of SEI employees, Josh Cares has been able to raise an annual budget of $335,000 to support many children and their families in their time of crisis.