About Candlelight
Founded in 2007, the Alger Candlelight Giving Committee is an employee-supported program with the mission of giving back to the community and those less fortunate. Our employees proudly support numerous charities and non-profit organizations through donations and active volunteering. The Committee was founded with the goal of creating worthwhile and meaningful volunteer experiences for employees. We also encourage employees to donate to personal causes of their choosing through Alger’s Matching Program.
Most recent charitable events:
2021 Social Justice Campaign
The firm contributed $160,000 to charities that focus on social justice or are dedicated to addressing inequality. These donations were made in memory of the 35 colleagues we lost on September 11th. This is the second consecutive year that Alger has donated to these worthy causes.
ParentChild+ Annual Gift Drive
We also hosted our annual gift drive with the ParentChild+ Program, which provides warm clothes, toys, books and essentials for children in need; we also hosted a separate multi-cultural, ethnically diverse book drive. The books distributed promoted anti-bias and were culturally representative of the families that they serve.
Fitness Challenge for the Covenant House
In 2021, Alger hosted a Fitness Challenge where employees chose to walk, run, or ride, with all money raised going to Covenant House New Jersey. CHNJ is the largest provider in the state of services to homeless and at-risk adolescents under the age of 22. In addition to food, shelter, clothing and crisis care, CHNJ provides health care, educational and vocational services. Our employees raised over $5,000 to be matched by Alger.
Alger Recognizes Nurses from The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we sought to pay tribute to the nurse managers at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Together Alger and its employees donated $400,000 to pay the outstanding student loan debt of the hospital's nurse managers.
