Domtar Corporation & Nonprofit Partner, First Book, Give Grant to Martha Rawls Smith Elementary School for New Books
March 02 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Grant provides funds to local Jesup, GA
school to purchase new books for children from low-income
families
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today announced that
employee volunteers from the company’s personal care manufacturing
and research facility in Jesup, GA will visit Martha Rawls Smith
Elementary School from 1:00-2:00 P.M. to donate and read new
books to the school’s children as part of its partnership with
First Book. A Fortune 500 company, Domtar makes a wide variety of
everyday products from sustainable wood fiber, such as copy paper
and diapers. Domtar’s personal care facility in Jesup employs
nearly 100 people in the local community.
As part of its Powerful Pages campaign, Domtar has partnered
with First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides books
to children in need, since 2012 to provide more than half a million
dollars in grants to schools and programs in towns that are home to
Domtar facilities. Domtar’s grants provide funding to educators to
purchase books through the First Book Marketplace, a website
available exclusively to First Book programs, and then the school’s
children are able to bring home the new books.
“We’re proud to have provided hundreds of thousands of brand-new
books to children from low-income families across North America, in
partnership with First Book,” said Domtar Corporate Responsibility
Manager, Heather Alverson Stowe. “Domtar is committed to promoting
literacy by putting books in the hands of children in need in the
communities in which we operate—it’s a cause that is close to our
hearts and core to our business.”
“Access to books is transformational in the lives of our
children and the educators who serve them,” said Kyle Zimmer, First
Book president and CEO. “Domtar’s work with First Book has opened
up a world of opportunities to children who might not otherwise
have books at home.”
About DomtarDomtar is a leading provider of a wide
variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty
and packaging papers, market pulp and absorbent hygiene products.
With approximately 10,000 employees serving more than 50 countries
around the world, Domtar is driven by a commitment to turn
sustainable wood fiber into useful products that people rely on
every day. Domtar’s annual sales are approximately $5.1 billion,
and its common stock is traded on the New York and Toronto Stock
Exchanges. Domtar’s principal executive office is in Fort Mill,
South Carolina. To learn more, visit www.domtar.com.
About First BookFirst Book is a nonprofit social
enterprise that has distributed more than 100 million books and
educational resources to programs and schools serving children from
low-income families throughout the United States and Canada. By
making new, high-quality books available on an ongoing basis, First
Book is transforming the lives of children in need and elevating
the quality of education. For more information, please visit us
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Domtar CorporationFOR MORE INFORMATIONHeather
Alverson Stowe, 514-848-5555 x 85979Corporate Responsibility
ManagerorMEDIA RELATIONSKathy Wholley, 803-984-2729Senior
Director, Corporate Communications
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