FedEx Expands Week of Service to Nearly 400 Cities Around the World
September 22 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
10th Anniversary of FedEx Cares Week Celebrates
“Delivering Hope”
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today celebrates the tenth anniversary
of FedEx Cares Week and will mark the week by encouraging its team
members around the world to volunteer in the communities in which
they live and work. What started with just a handful of U.S. cities
a decade ago has expanded into nearly 400 cities around the
world.
FedEx Cares Week will be held from Sept. 21-27, 2014, in more
than 75 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Colorado
Springs, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Newark,
Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle and
Washington, D.C.
Additionally, FedEx team members across the globe will serve
their communities for FedEx Cares Week in countries such as Canada,
France, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and Hong Kong.
“FedEx team members around the world are passionate about making
a difference in their communities,” said Rose Flenorl, manager of
Global Citizenship at FedEx. “We are committed to delivering hope
in these communities by volunteering with local nonprofits as we
have done over the past 10 years in support of FedEx Cares
Week.”’
FedEx Cares Week serves as the formal kick-off for the annual
FedEx Cares United Way volunteer campaign. In addition to thousands
of volunteer hours donated each year, FedEx and its team members
gave more than $11.4 million to the United Way and other local
nonprofits in 2013.
This year’s FedEx Cares Week service projects include:
- Redesigning a school library in
Atlanta
- Painting, organizing and landscaping a
shelter for homeless teens in Colorado Springs
- Building homes with Habitat for
Humanity in Lakeland, Fla., and Memphis
- Processing and storing donations at a
food bank in Indianapolis
- “Rebuilding the Jersey Shore” from
Superstorm Sandy in Newark
- Working with autistic children in
Beijing and Guangzhou, China
- Planting trees in Thailand
- Preparing, cooking, and delivering
meals to seniors and special need children in Kuala Lumpur, Penang,
and Johor, Malaysia
- Preparing and distributing more than
10,000 meals in Australia and New Zealand
- Supporting a national food drive with
Calgary Food Bank in Calgary, Canada
- Building transitional homes as part of
the TECHO program in Latin America
For more information about FedEx Cares Week and the FedEx
commitment to volunteerism and the communities it serves, please
visit about.van.fedex.com/citizenship_report.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $46 billion, the company
offers integrated business applications through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 300,000
team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety,
the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of
their customers and communities. For more information, visit
news.fedex.com.
FedEx Media RelationsLori Walton,
901-361-0054lori.walton@fedex.com
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