Domtar EarthChoice Monthly Minute | January 2017

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 13:25

Read Domtar's EarthChoice Monthly Minute for January 2017.

Baxter International Foundation Helps Grow the Independent Health Foundation’s Good for the Neighborhood® Program

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 10:00

A grant from the Baxter International Foundation will help support and grow the Independent Health Foundation’s Good for the Neighborhood® (GFTN) program, a free community-based wellness initiative that brings healthy living and training tools to assist individuals in at-risk and underserved neighborhoods where access to healthcare is limited due to social and economic barriers.

Cox Automotive Presents Barbara Cox Automotive Woman of the Year Award

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 09:30

Cox Automotive™ presented the 12th annual Barbara Cox Automotive Woman of the Year Award to Linda Silverstein, general manager, remarketing and rental operations, Ford Motor Company.

Albertsons Companies Celebrates Adding 26,000 Jobs & 174 Stores, and Increasing Support to Local Communities Since 2015 Merger with Safeway

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 12:00

On the two-year anniversary of the merger that created the second-largest supermarket company in the U.S., Albertsons Companies announced that since the merger with Safeway, it has grown its workforce by 10 percent, creating 26,000 jobs; built or acquired 174 locations; increased healthy food and financial donations; and elevated its commitment to sustainability.

Offer Ends Jan. 31! Get a Free Evaluation of Your Employee Giving & Volunteer Program

Fri, 01/27/2017 - 17:35

Each year your organization works hard to meet its social responsibility and employee engagement goals while also meeting your employees' expectations. How did your 2016 employee giving and engagement programs perform?

Marina Bay Sands Holds Team Member Bazaar Benefitting Local Organizations

Mon, 01/30/2017 - 09:00

School Food Director Embraces Buying Power, Diversity to Improve Menus

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 10:05

One rainy day last fall, Anneliese Tanner scrolled through photos of sweet potatoes on her phone.The managers at some of the 114 school cafeterias under her watch in the Austin Independent School District were posting photos of the vegetables as their cooks made baked sweet potatoes for the first time.

Employee Mentor Shares Big Lessons

Fri, 01/27/2017 - 15:30

This month, Comcast NBCUniversal is expanding Beyond School Walls, our workplace-based mentoring program with Big Brothers Big Sisters, to NBCUniversal employees at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Including Los Angeles, Comcast NBCUniversal employees currently mentor local schoolchildren in Comcast offices in 17 cities nationwide.

Arrow Employees Expand Support for Tuleeni Orphanage Through Holiday Giving

Fri, 01/27/2017 - 13:40

Arrow Electronics donated more than $8,000 this past holiday season to the Arrow Scholars Fund, a scholarship program launched by Arrow employees to benefit students at the Tuleeni Orphanage in Africa.

Tuleeni is home to more than 100 orphaned or vulnerable children living in the village of Rau, in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. In 2015, donations by Arrow employees provided scholarship support for five students. The additional funds raised over the 2016 holiday season will enable these same children to continue in their studies, as well as access the orphanage’s educational resources.

What Does It Take to Build a Habitat House?

Fri, 01/27/2017 - 13:00

People in your community and all over the world partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve the place they call home. In fact, Habitat is the largest privately held homebuilder and regularly ranks as one of the top 20 homebuilders in the United States.