Domtar Corp. & Nonprofit Partner, First Book, Donate New Books to Humke Elementary School & Plant Trees with Students to Cele...
April 21 2017 - 11:15AM
Business Wire
Grant provides funds to local Nekoosa, WI
school to purchase new books for children from underserved
families; Domtar employees and students plant trees
on-campus
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) announced that
employee volunteers from the company’s pulp and paper mill in
Nekoosa, WI will visit Humke Elementary School today from
1:30-2:30 PM (CST) today to donate and read new books to
kindergartners as part of its partnership with First Book, and to
plant trees in honor of Earth Week. A Fortune 500 company, Domtar
makes a wide variety of everyday products from sustainable wood
fiber, such as copy paper and diapers. Domtar’s Nekoosa mill
employs nearly 500 people in the local community.
Domtar employees from the Nekoosa mill will read and donate
books to nearly 80 children across five kindergarten classes at
Humke Elementary School, then head outside to plant one tree with
each class.
“Our employees are grateful for the opportunity to share books
and plant trees with the Kindergarteners of Humke Elementary School
during Earth Week,” said Domtar Corporate Responsibility Manager,
Heather Alverson Stowe. “Our investment in the Nekoosa community
reflects two of Domtar’s three pillars of giving: literacy and
sustainability. Domtar’s commitment to sustainability takes many
forms—from the products we make to the local community service
projects our employees support.”
As part of its Powerful Pages campaign, Domtar has partnered
with First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides books
to children in need, since 2012 to provide more than half a million
dollars in grants to schools and programs in towns that are home to
Domtar facilities. Domtar’s grants provide funding to educators to
purchase books through the First Book Marketplace, a website
available exclusively to First Book programs, and then the school’s
children are able to bring home the new books.
“We’re proud to have provided hundreds of thousands of brand-new
books to children from underserved families across North America,
in partnership with First Book,” said Domtar Corporate
Responsibility Manager, Heather Alverson Stowe. “Domtar is
committed to promoting literacy by putting books in the hands of
children in need in the communities in which we operate—it’s a
cause that is close to our hearts and core to our business.”
“Access to books is transformational in the lives of our
children and the educators who serve them,” said Kyle Zimmer, First
Book president and CEO. “Domtar’s work with First Book has opened
up a world of opportunities to children who might not otherwise
have books at home.”
About DomtarDomtar is a leading provider of a wide
variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty
and packaging papers, market pulp and absorbent hygiene products.
With approximately 10,000 employees serving more than 50 countries
around the world, Domtar is driven by a commitment to turn
sustainable wood fiber into useful products that people rely on
every day. Domtar’s annual sales are approximately $5.1 billion,
and its common stock is traded on the New York and Toronto Stock
Exchanges. Domtar’s principal executive office is in Fort Mill,
South Carolina. To learn more, visit www.domtar.com.
About First BookFirst Book is a nonprofit social
enterprise that has distributed more than 100 million books and
educational resources to programs and schools serving children from
underserved families throughout the United States and Canada. By
making new, high-quality books available on an ongoing basis, First
Book is transforming the lives of children in need and elevating
the quality of education. For more information, please visit us
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