UPS Mobilizes Worldwide Workforce For 15th Annual Global Volunteer Month
September 28 2017 - 11:00AM
UPS (NYSE: UPS) announced today that employees on five continents
will participate in the company’s 15th annual Global Volunteer
Month. UPS estimates employees will donate 335,000 volunteer hours
in October to 240 community service events taking place across
North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Indian
subcontinent, Middle East and Africa (ISMEA). The Global Volunteer
Month volunteer hours will help UPS reach 2.15 million volunteer
hours in 2017.
“UPS volunteers are our most powerful force for good in the
communities in which we live, work and operate,” said Eduardo
Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation and chief diversity and
inclusion officer for UPS. “As we launch our 15th annual Global
Volunteer Month, UPS and The UPS Foundation are committed to
activating employees throughout the world to follow their passion,
help those most in need, and, advance the UN Sustainable
Development Goals which will lift all communities. We have all
witnessed in Texas, Florida, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the islands in
the Caribbean how volunteer efforts help make a significant
difference in these devastated communities. We honor our employees
for their contributions around the world."
The 335,000 hours contribute to UPS’s commitment to volunteer 20
million community service hours by the end of 2020. UPS is more
than 70 percent toward this goal. Through UPS’s membership with
IMPACT 2030, UPS continues to encourage global employee
volunteering to help advance the achievement of the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals.
The UPS Foundation leads UPS’s global citizenship programs,
including Global Volunteer Month. The UPS Foundation encourages
employees from every region to volunteer their time to programs
around the world. Global Volunteer Month helps increase focus on
volunteerism and community service in October so UPS employees can
make a big impact. To date, UPS volunteers have donated nearly 2
million hours over the past 15 years during Global Volunteer Month
alone.
At the end of Global Volunteer Month each year, UPS awards
$10,000 grants to 14 non-profit organizations UPS employees
volunteer at in each U.S. region, international region and business
unit.
Featured Global Volunteer Month projects include:
- United States: Supporting logistics efforts at the Marine
Corps Marathon, helping with fundraising efforts for the
Special Olympics, and working on food drive and distribution
programs across the U.S. with the United Way and Feed My
Starving Children.
- Canada: Planting trees with the Credit Valley
Conservation and helping with repairs and renovations at
Youth Without Shelter and the Darling Home for
Kids.
- Latin America: Working at the 2nd Beneficent Futeball Cup UPS
Brazil to benefit the Institute of Child Cancer Treatment
and hosting and awards event for Associação Paradesportiva
Jr, a sports club for disabled athletes.
- Europe: Updating an Automated External Defibrillators map for
Saving Lives and supporting logistics efforts at an AIDS
Charity Event Run of Colours 2017.
- Asia-Pacific: Planting trees at Kranji Marshes with Garden
City Fund, planting mangrove trees and clearing planting areas
with Global Environment Center, and visiting orphanages with
World Vision China.
- ISMEA: Removing trash with Coastal Clean-up, farming and
gardening with the Bambanani Food & Herb Cooperative,
and donating blood in local areas.
- UPS Global Headquarters (Atlanta), Chicago Area Consolidation
Hub (CACH), Information Services New Jersey (IS NJ): Packing meals
for children around the world with Feed My Starving Children
and cheering on runners and helping with logistics at the AIDS
Walk Atlanta 5K.
- UPS® Freight: Supporting efforts with the American Cancer
Society and improving landscape areas with Richmond Public
Schools and Patrick Henry School of Science &
Arts.
- UPS Airlines: Working at Halloween events at the Louisville
Zoo and supporting the Special Olympics through the UPS
Plane Pull to help raise funds for athletes to participate. Teams
will compete to see who can pull a 160,000 pound UPS cargo plane 12
feet in the shortest time.
For more information about the UPS Foundation and its
philanthropic and volunteerism efforts, please visit
www.UPS.com/Foundation.
About The UPS Foundation
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages
and freight; the facilitation of international trade, and the
deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the
world of business. Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a
legacy as a caring and responsible corporate citizen, supporting
programs that provide long-term solutions to community needs.
Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship
programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement
to local, national, and global communities. In 2016, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $116 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation. To get UPS news
direct, follow @UPS_News on Twitter.
Glenn Zaccara
404-828-4663
gzaccara@ups.com
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