Herbalife Nutrition Launches an Additional Employee Volunteering Initiative, Designating February as Global Month of Purpose
February 02 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
In an effort to make the world healthier and happier, premier
global nutrition company, Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), announced another
employee volunteering initiative to complement the Company’s robust
program of serving communities around the globe. This new endeavor,
“A Global Month of Purpose,” creates additional opportunities to
bring Herbalife Nutrition employees to underserved communities in
India, Mexico, Philippines, United Kingdom and the United
States.
“Whether it is giving the gift of time by volunteering at local
Casa Herbalife programs around the globe, serving on non-profit
boards, supporting neighborhood food kitchens, or by pledging
donations to our HFF program, our employees are continuously
expanding our reach to ensure more children have the opportunity to
be healthier and happier. We truly believe we have a responsibility
to bring those less fortunate along with us so that we all fulfill
our purpose,” said Rich Goudis, CEO of Herbalife Nutrition.
Volunteering activities will be centered around the Company’s
philanthropic agenda of helping underserved communities with a
focus on children. Building upon existing year-round volunteering
activities, giving back to the community remains the centerpiece of
the initiative, and is one of the Company’s tenets and a passion
exhibited by its employees. Herbalife Nutrition employees are
provided 16 hours of paid volunteer time each year. Select
activities of interest include:
- IndiaEmployees in Bangalore,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kalyan, Medinipur, and Gurgaon
will volunteer at SOS Children’s Village and Smile Foundation,
organizations focused on providing welfare services to underserved
or abandoned children. In addition to providing the children
instruction on proper nutrition and fitness, employees will be
donating clothes, toys and books to these organizations.
- MexicoEmployees will help
enhance accommodations and teach children fitness and nutrition
fundamentals at organizations that provide residential care to
children in need at Albergue Infantil Los Pinos, Nacidos para
Triunfar and Ministerios de Amor, In Guadalajara; and at
Ministerios de Amor, Pro Niños de la Calle and Hogar y Futuro in
Mexico City.
- PhilippinesIn Muntinlupa, the
southernmost city in Metropolitan Manila, employees will teach
resident children about proper fitness and nutrition, and assist
with homework, arts and crafts, as well as work on general facility
improvement projects at SOS Children’s Villages and Tuloy
Foundation, organizations focused on providing residential care for
orphaned and abandoned children.
- United KingdomEmployees from the
Company’s London offices will paint and decorate children’s
bedrooms at Action for Children Merryfields, a live-in facility for
children with complex disabilities. Additional volunteers will
spend time at Action for Children Hackney Young Careers, teaching
children cooking skills for creating healthy meals for themselves
and their families.
- United States of AmericaNear the
Company’s headquarters in Los Angeles, employees have a variety of
options to choose from including preparing meals for those in need
at its South Los Angeles community partner, A Place Called Home, a
dynamic youth center whose primary goal is to help children stay in
school. Employees will also help beautify the landscape at
Children’s Institute, an organization that provides healing
services to traumatized children. Additionally, employees from the
Company’s Winston-Salem Innovation and Manufacturing facility will
partner with the Salvation Army to distribute coats to children in
need; help beautify the Gateway YWCA Wellness Center, a facility
dedicated to helping low income and at-risk women and children; and
will host an American Red Cross Bloodmobile at the Company’s
campus.
The Casa Herbalife program was established in 2005 to help bring
good nutrition to children living in orphanages, using after school
centers, and other non-profit facilities around the world tasked
with helping underserved young people. After the initial financial
grants made by the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF), the
organizations receive local financial and volunteer support from
Herbalife Nutrition independent distributors as well as Herbalife
Nutrition employees. To date, HFF supports over 130 Casa Herbalife
programs globally and serves the daily nutritional needs of more
than 120,000 children around the world through annual grants to
NGOs and charities that cater to vulnerable children. Additionally,
Herbalife Nutrition employees and distributors provide year-round
financial and volunteering support to the Casa Herbalife program
partners.
About Herbalife Nutrition
Herbalife Nutrition is a global nutrition company whose purpose
is to make the world healthier and happier. The Company has been on
a mission for nutrition - changing people's lives with great
nutrition products & programs - since 1980. Together with our
Herbalife Nutrition independent distributors, we are committed to
providing solutions to the worldwide problems of poor nutrition and
obesity, an aging population, skyrocketing public healthcare costs
and a rise in entrepreneurs of all ages. We offer high-quality,
science-backed products, most of which are produced in
Company-operated facilities, one-on-one coaching with an Herbalife
Nutrition independent distributor, and a supportive community
approach that inspires customers to embrace a healthier, more
active lifestyle.
Our targeted nutrition, weight-management, energy and fitness
and personal care products are available exclusively to and through
dedicated Herbalife Nutrition distributors in more than 90
countries.
Through its corporate social responsibility efforts, Herbalife
Nutrition supports the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) and its
Casa Herbalife programs to help bring good nutrition to children in
need. The Company is also proud to sponsor more than 190
world-class athletes, teams and events around the globe, including
Cristiano Ronaldo, the LA Galaxy, and numerous Olympic teams.
The company has over 8,000 employees worldwide, and its shares
are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HLF) with net
sales of approximately $4.5 billion in 2016. To learn more, visit
Herbalife.com or IAmHerbalife.com.
The company also encourages investors to visit its investor
relations website at ir.herbalife.com as financial and other
information is updated and new information is posted.
About Herbalife Family Foundation
Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) is a U.S. § 501 (c)(3)
non-profit corporation devoted to providing good nutrition and
nutrition education to the world’s children. HFF supports over 130
programs, in more than 50 countries, promoting children’s healthy
growth and development every day. We are committed to ensuring
children are provided with good nutrition for a brighter future.
HFF also often supports relief efforts in response to natural
disasters. For more information about HFF and how you can support
the children in our programs, visit
www.herbalifefamilyfoundation.org.
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