Amgen Canada staff have a long history of supporting United Way in the Peel Region of Ontario, with approximately 50 percent of the head office staff participating. Last year they collectively donated almost $40,000 to the organization. Whether organizing a chili cook off and other fun events to raise funds, cleaning up a local park or stocking shelves at a food bank, these dedicated staff are committed to improving their local community.Last year, Amgen Canada staff joined over 150 volunteers to participate in United Way’s Spring Day of Caring. This annual event organizes efforts to fight poverty and improve lives by sending teams of volunteers into the community to work at participating non-profit organizations.

Volunteer service comes in many shapes and sizes, from painting classrooms to assembling student math kits to consulting with nonprofits to build capacity and reduce costs. On May 4, while thousands of volunteers were participating in service projects across the globe as part of Fidelity Cares Day, more than 90 technologists in Westlake leveraged their professional skills – through something called skills-based volunteering – to consult in small teams with 11 local nonprofits to provide technology recommendations.

The Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program is the signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Started in 2004, with only seven sites, the program has expanded to 215 sites, including all 50 states and six Canadian provinces.

Bill Hewlett and David Packard were two of the original entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. When they established HP over 75 years ago, they set out to build a company that embraced their entrepreneurial spirit. They went on to create a global business that now employs tens of thousands of people across the world who proudly carry their legacy forward, creating technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere.

In late 2015, the Hershey Company announced ambitious new goals to significantly reduce our environmental impact, increase our purchase of responsibly sourced ingredients and become a recognized leader in employee diversity.

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The rapidly changing world around us is having a widespread impact on just about everything: global economies, industries, markets, consumer trends and our planet’s resources. As a company, we are embracing this reality with a focused strategy and some very clear objectives.

From 2010-2015, LIVESTRONG’s Community Impact Project (CIP) invested nearly $4 million to replicate 12 proven, outcomes-based cancer survivorship programs in nearly 600 communities across the country. One of those programs, Pillars 4 Life (now known as Reimagine.me) is now available to even more cancer survivors through their new online platform. Founder Kristin MacDermott, shares information below on how survivors can use this program to navigate the roller-coaster of emotions after treatment.