The BAZ Difference
From the very outset, we have been obsessed with making the community we live in a more vibrant place. Not only is it the right thing to do, we genuinely love the place we call home and are serious about our role as caretakers.
We are proud to support a number worthy organizations, on both the local and national level. We invite you to learn more about them, and if you are feel their work is as important as we do, to help us support their efforts.
TOLEDO ARTS COMMISSION
Founded in 1959, The Arts Commission is the longest standing arts commission in the Ohio and serves to promote visual, performing, and literary arts. With a mission that includes youth programming, economic development through art opportunities and revitalization, and provides artist and community resources, the Toledo Arts Commission makes life in Toledo beautiful.
BAZ Group supports the Toledo Arts Commission both at the corporate and at the employee levels.
Discover the Toledo Arts Commission today!
TOLEDO BOTANICAL GARDEN
Visited by more than 120,000 people annual, Toledo Botanical Gardens (TBG) is a public garden located in Toledo, Ohio, that provides a unique and valuable community resource. With over sixty acres of display gardens, art installations, and a two-acre urban farm, TBG is full of life, beauty, tranquility, and opportunities for exploration, learning, and reflection.
The BAZ Group supports the Toledo Botanical Garden through sponsorship of the annual fine arts festival, the Crosby Festival of the Arts.
Explore the Toledo Botanical Garden
WEST SIDE MONTESSORI
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2015-16, West Side Montessori inspires the development of individual children in a safe, supportive, culturally-diverse environment that gives them the freedom to explore, cooperate, create, and become independent learners. It is one of only five accredited Montessori schools in the state of Ohio.
The BAZ Group supports West Side Montessori through direct donation as well as membership on its Board of Directors.
Learn more about West Side Montessori
Good Grief of Northwest Ohio, Inc. provides support for children, teens, young adults, and their families, who have experienced the death of someone significant in their lives.
The BAZ Group supports Good Grief of Northwest Ohio through direct donations, Casual Friday Fund contributions, and has provided pro-bono office relocation services for their telecom and communications technology systems.
Help support Good Grief
SHEILA MIXON SCHOLARSHIP
Ohio River Valley Women's Business Council
Founded to honor ORV~WBC Director and woman-owned business advocate Sheila Mixon, this scholarship supports the growth and education of emerging woman-business owners through access to regional and national WBENC events.
The BAZ Group supports the Sheila Mixon Scholarship through direct donation, and provides no-cost, business advisory services to regional woman-owned start-ups in the WBENC.
Find out more about the Sheila Mixon Scholarship
OUR EMPLOYEES CARE TOO!
The BAZ commitment doesn't end at the corporate level. Many of our employees independently contribute extensively to causes they are passionate about and cast a wide net of services that have a real impact in our community.
BAZ Recycling
BAZ believes in protecting our Earth's resources – and has implemented an active recycling program for paper, cans, printer cartridges, and other recyclable consumables and resources. Several area organizations benefit from our recycling programs including St. Vincent DePaul Society (Aluminum Recycling) and Clothing Closet of Toledo.
Casual Fridays Fund
At The BAZ Group, we use our Casual Fridays as an opportunity to remember how fortunate we are. Each week, every employee at The BAZ Group contributes $2 to our Casual Fridays Fund. At the end of each year, we vote internally to award the Fund to a local organization that is in most need of support.
Here are a few of the organizations that we have contributed to in the past:
Disabled American Veterans – Supporting our brave men and women return from war with life altering injuries.
Cherry Street Mission – Serving the homeless and poor in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
Honor Flight Network – Transporting Americas Vets to Washington DC to visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and their friends
On average, our employees contribute hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to organizations and events such as: AFSP - The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (Out Of The Darkness) Habitat For Humanity Howe Military Academy Marathon Golf Classic - Sylvania, Ohio NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Sunshine Children's Home The Ronald McDonald House - Toledo, Ohio Toledo Football Academy Toledo-Lucas County Public Library System Wood County Humane Society