Philanthropy

Tork and the Green Bay Packers Partner for Sixth Annual ‘Tackle Hygiene With Every Catch’ Campaign

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Philanthropy

Building Homes, Building Workforces: Inside Wells Fargo’s $5M Tour Across Five States

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Philanthropy

Bedari Collective Commits $25 Million to World Wildlife Fund for Enduring Earth

World Wildlife Fund

Education & Workforce Development

CITGO Lake Charles Employees Provide for Christmas to Local Families

CITGO Lake Charles Refinery employees offered Christmas donations and gifts to local families this holiday season through local charities and CITGO Partner in Education E.K. Key Elementary School. Employees raised $6,632 to purchase Christmas presents and household necessities for the families.

Philanthropy

Making the Holidays Happier: How Avnet Employees and The Salvation Army Impact Children’s Lives

Employees at Avnet’s Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Ariz., raised more than $26,000 to help the Salvation Army’s Christmas Angel program, an effort that supports more than 50,000 people in the Phoenix metro area. The employee-led effort dates back to 2007 and has resulted in $282,000 in donations.

Philanthropy

Corporate Responsibility: A 2017 Outlook

When it comes to the social sector, we are seeing clear, positive trends. Last year, charitable donations hit a record for a second year in a row at an estimated $373.25 billion, corporate giving reached $18.45 billion, and employee participation in their companies’ community efforts continues to rise. How will this story continue to unfold? Read the MicroEdge + Blackbaud 2017 CSR predictions!

Environment

Volkswagen Brand Supports 100 CSR Projects Throughout the World

The Volkswagen core brand is actively engaged in 100 environmental and social projects worldwide. All CSR themes are presented in the sustainability Report. In Mexico, 1,000 young people were trained as environmental "angels" and ambassadors called "EcoChavos".

Volunteering & Community

#GoodNews: First Braille Library Opens in Guwahati with 200 Books

The first library for visually-impaired students was set up in Guwahati at the Blind High School on Wednesday. The library offers the braille versions of a variety of academic books and journals, self-help, general knowledge books, which students otherwise find hard to procure, as reported by The Tribune

Philanthropy

National Federation of the Blind, Wells Fargo Launch the 2017 Bell Academy Program

Today, on the birthday of Louis Braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind that bears his name, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Wells Fargo launched the 2017 Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (BELL) Academy program. The program takes place throughout the country each summer and provides blind children initial or advanced Braille instruction so that they may learn how to use this powerful reading medium in fun, interactive ways. In addition to sponsoring the BELL Academy, Wells Fargo will provide strategic input into the program and offer team member volunteers at select academies.

Corporate Responsibility

11 Expert CSR Predictions for 2017

As millennials begin to dominate the workforce and consumer market, the way our world looks at the products and services we buy has changed for the better. Today’s consumers are more careful, cautious and educated about where and with whom they spend their hard-earned money.

Events

The Power of the Individual

Have you heard of Sybil?

In 1777, in the dark of night, a sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington mounted her horse, Star, and raced furiously across forty miles of rocky terrain to warn her community of an imminent threat.
It was the time of the Revolutionary War when British citizens were fighting tooth and nail for the place I now call home—the United States of America. Sybil, the age of a high schooler, travelled a distance significantly farther than that of Paul Revere to alert militia forces of the British army’s approach.

Philanthropy

Serving the Poor in a Transformative Way at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social service agency offering services in twenty-one counties and seven independent cities in northern and central Virginia that comprise the Diocese of Arlington.

Research & Reports

The Wendy’s Company Celebrates the New Year by Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Progress

The Wendy’s® Company released a 2016 annual update on significant Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and announced plans for continued progress in 2017.

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Policy and Advocacy

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