Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

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Action Against Hunger

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Quiet Work: Commemorating 45 Years of the T. Rowe Price Foundation

T. Rowe Price

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smithfield Foods Donates $100,000 to the Wilmington Branch of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

The Smithfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Smithfield Foods, Inc., is pleased to announce a significant donation to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina to support its Wilmington Branch Location, serving Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina. The company presented a $100,000 donation while Smithfield employees volunteered, helping to pack meals for those served by the food bank in the Wilmington community.

Social Impact & Volunteering

MilliporeSigma’s SPARK Week Ignites Volunteerism Worldwide

SPARK, MilliporeSigma’s global skills-based volunteer program, allows employees to use their diverse talents, skills and experiences to give back to the communities in which they live and work. All activities are employee-led and include everything from Science Day Expos — during which employees lead a variety of small-scale, interactive experiments during scheduled school-wide events — to Site Hosting — where employees invite students to their local MilliporeSigma site for an educational tour, hands-on activities and thought-provoking discussions about science. Curiosity Labs™ and the Curiosity Cube™ mobile science lab are at the center of the SPARK initiative and are designed to educate and inspire students through hands-on, interactive science lessons. SPARK events also include civic op

Diversity & Inclusion

Promoting Inclusivity Through Trade

To support the sustainability of global trade, UPS recognizes the importance of engaging domestic stakeholders, small businesses, and all segments of society to support inclusive growth.

Environment

Carbon Reduction Challenge Awards Top Prize to Chick-Fil-A Intern

A Georgia Tech undergraduate student teamed up with Chick-Fil-A staff over the summer to reduce millions of pounds of heat-trapping greenhouse gases while delivering significant cost savings.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MilliporeSigma Recognized for Efforts to Fight Hunger Worldwide

During a weeklong meal packing program, MilliporeSigma employees at sites in Milwaukee, St. Louis, Missouri and Temecula, California, prepared 65,000 meals to be distributed to communities worldwide. Additionally, 100 employees — including the Life Science Executive Team (LSET) — packed approximately 22,000 meals in Germany earlier this year. The Rise Against Hunger organization estimates that MilliporeSigma’s contributions have impacted the lives of more than 4,500 individuals in 11 countries.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

JetBlue Announces Jacksonville, Fla. as the Winner of the Soar With Reading #BookWithUs Online Vote

JetBlue today announced Jacksonville, Fla. as the winner of the #BookWithUs online vote, part of this year’s annual Soar with Reading literacy initiative. Thanks to support from the local community in North Florida, Jacksonville bested JetBlue’s other 101 cities, receiving 38 percent of the votes. Throughout the summer, customers were invited to vote for their favorite city to win $25,000 worth of children’s books and a “reading room makeover” by celebrity interior designer Tyler Wisler for a local organization. More than 544,300 online votes were cast.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Remembering Harvey and Irma: Mohawk Sends a Deluge of Care

An extraordinary series of hurricanes last year prompted an extraordinary response by Mohawk employees.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation® Launches 2018 Growing Healthy Kids Campaign

With its 2018 Growing Healthy Kids Campaign, Whole Kids Foundation aims to raise $3 million to fund K-12-focused programs in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. that are working to create a deeper connection between kids and food. The foundation’s goal will allow it to grant 620 edible educational gardens, 450 salad bars in schools, and support healthy teacher programs and educational bee programs.

Education

Through a New Grant from Symantec, NPower Expands Offerings in the Bay Area

We often talk of a time where our IT workforce is diverse, with equal representation and opportunity. A time where people of all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or socio-economic status have the opportunities, the skills, the pathways to develop life-long careers and succeed in our digital economy.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Volunteer Opportunity Transforms More Than Cancer Care

As Pfizer celebrates 15 years of skills-based volunteering through its Global Health Fellows and Teams volunteer programs, which deploy colleagues around the world to work with international development organization partners through long- and short-term assignments, a team member reflects on the impact the program had on his life.

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