FedEx Cares Week Expands to 500 Cities around the World
September 21 2015 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Team members from Memphis to Hong Kong will
volunteer 55,000 service hours
More than 10,000 FedEx team members from around the world will
volunteer nearly 55,000 hours this week to celebrate the 11th
annual FedEx Cares Week. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) began this
tradition in a handful of U.S. cities in 2004 and has since
expanded it to nearly 500 global communities where its team members
live and work. The company’s annual giving campaign provides
support in the form of money and muscle to hundreds of non-profit
organizations.
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FedEx celebrates its 11th annual FedEx
Cares Week (Photo: Business Wire)
FedEx team members will participate in service projects in more
than 75 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Dallas,
Indianapolis, Memphis, Miami, Newark, Pittsburgh, San Francisco,
Seattle and Washington, D.C. Additionally, FedEx team members
across the globe will serve their hometowns in countries such as
Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and China.
“Our team members are passionate about giving back and making a
difference in their local communities,” said Neil Gibson, vice
president of Corporate Communications, FedEx Services. “Our
responsibilities extend beyond the service we provide to our
customers. All over the world, our team members proudly support
causes in their hometowns every day.”
FedEx Cares Week serves as the formal kick-off to the annual
FedEx Cares United Way volunteer campaign. In addition to thousands
of volunteer hours donated each year, FedEx and its team members
gave more than $12 million to the United Way and other local
nonprofits in 2014.
This year’s FedEx Cares Week service projects include:
- Preparing, packaging and delivering
meals with Food & Friends in Washington, D.C.
- Bowling with Special Olympics athletes
in Memphis
- Landscaping and painting at the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society chapter in Pittsburgh
- Teaching sustainable farming to teens
in Salt Lake City
- Enhancing school grounds in a high
poverty area in Seattle
- Collecting and redistributing quality
surplus food to people in need in Australia
- Helping restore Noeul Park in Seoul,
South Korea
For more information about FedEx Cares Week and the FedEx
commitment to volunteerism and the communities it serves, please
visit about.van.fedex.com/citizenship_report.
Video b-roll from last year’s FedEx Cares Week activities can be
found at:
https://vimeo.com/user7822394/review/139022494/e5fced0092
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $48 billion, the company
offers integrated business applications through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 325,000
team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety,
the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of
their customers and communities. For more information, visit
news.fedex.com.
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FedEx Media RelationsTim Miller,
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