UPS To Hold More Than 300 Global Volunteer Events Worldwide
September 29 2016 - 9:00AM
During October, nearly 20,000 UPS (NYSE: UPS) employees on five
continents around the world will participate in the company’s 14th
annual Global Volunteer Month. Employees are expected to donate
325,000 volunteer hours to more than 300 community service events
taking place across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia
Pacific and Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Africa
(ISMEA).
“Volunteerism and diversity are at the heart of our culture,”
said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation and chief
diversity and inclusion officer for UPS. “UPS and The UPS
Foundation are committed to community service all year round; by
designating a specific month for an increased focus on
volunteerism, we can take our commitment to the next level to make
a significant difference in our global communities.”
The theme for this year’s efforts is to volunteer and support
non-profits and NGOs which focus on the development of women and
young girls. This theme acknowledges UPS’s ten year anniversary of
its Women’s Leadership Development program which is now a global
network of UPS leaders dedicated to working together and across UPS
to advance the goals of their community, careers and UPS.
UPS also announced that it is more than halfway to its goal of
volunteering 20 million hours toward community service by the end
of 2020. In June 2014, UPS Chief Executive Officer David
Abney announced the company’s pledge.
Directed by The UPS Foundation, which leads the global
citizenship programs for UPS, Global Volunteer Month mobilizes
employees from every region to engage in numerous volunteer efforts
and activities happening around the world. Through the increased
concentration on volunteerism during the month of October, UPS
employees can focus on their volunteer efforts and make a sizeable
impact.
Each year, UPS concludes Global Volunteer Month by awarding
$10,000 grants to 14 non-profit organizations UPS employees
volunteer at in each U.S. region, international region and business
unit.
Featured 2016 Global Volunteer Month projects include:
- United States
- Supporting breast cancer awareness and research by
participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the
Cure charity walk
- Supporting the Marine Corps Marathon and
United Way Halloween Bone Run
- Canada
- Facilitating tree planting projects in partnership with
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC), Nottawasaga Valley
Conservation Authority (NVCA) and Toronto and
Region Conservation (TRCA)
- Latin America
- Coordinating events to empower women to support the work of
IFEMSI Foundation in Colombia
- Participating in multiple volunteer activities to benefit
children and senior citizens with organizations including
United Way, Hogar Fe Viva,
Comedor Infantil Un Rayito de Luz, A.C. and
Hermanitas de los Pobres, among many others
- Europe
- Bringing together leaders at trailblazer companies for best
practice sharing to empower women employees in Turkey with
KLP – Women Leadership Platform,
Kagider and TurkishWin
- Conducting renovations of childrens’ homes, womens’ refuges and
kindergartens with organizations including
Frauenhaus and Kinderheim Gera in
Germany
- Fundraising for several organizations supporting individuals
with muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome and multiple
sclerosis, including AVAPACE in Spain,
UILDM in Italy and Fundacja Spektrum
Liberi in Poland
- Asia-Pacific
- Baking with proceeds going to charity to empower women at
YWCA Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia
- Counseling patients to help prepare them for their procedures
with Operation Smile in the Philippines
- Participating in environmental sustainability activities in
China such as clean ups for the Shenzhen Mangrove Wetlands
Conservation Foundation and parks such as Gulanyu Park,
Ningbo Zhongshan Park and Songshang Hu Park
- ISMEA
- Conducting recreational activities and mentoring adolescent
girls at SOS Children’s Villages in India
- Playing with orphaned children and cleaning orphanages with
organizations including Ngwa Road Motherless Babies
Home, Hope Orphanage, Irese,
Bishop Ganaka School, Green Pasture
Orphanage Home and Red Cross Motherless Babies
Home, among many others
- UPS Global Headquarters (Atlanta), Chicago Area Consolidation
Hub (CACH), Information Services New Jersey (IS NJ)
- Assembling food packages for children in support of
Feed My Starving Children
- Employees at UPS Global Headquarters will also volunteer at
Super STEM Expo put on by the Girl Scouts to help
girls learn about science, technology, engineering and math as well
as at CARE USA’s “Walk In Her Shoes” – a walk to
help raise funds to end poverty and social injustice in 95
countries around the world
- UPS Freight
- Preparing homeless shelters and permanent homes for families by
painting rooms and shelters, organizing food donations and doing
landscaping projects for Housing Families First
and HomeAgain
- UPS Airlines
- Raising funds and taking part in the American Heart
Association’s Kentuckiana Heart Walk
For more information about UPS’s philanthropic and volunteerism
efforts, please visit www.UPS.com/Foundation.
About The UPS Foundation
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages
and freight; the facilitation of international trade, and the
deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the
world of business. Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a
legacy as a caring and responsible corporate citizen, supporting
programs that provide long-term solutions to community needs.
Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship
programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement
to local, national, and global communities. In 2015, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $110 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation. To get UPS news direct,
visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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