HanesBrands Earns 11th United Way Campaign Excellence Honor, Raising $1.97 Million to Be Donated in 2018
March 29 2018 - 12:22PM
Business Wire
Employees Also Donate Nearly 2,000 Volunteer Hours to Local
Non-Profit Agencies
HanesBrands announced today that the company and its employees
have pledged $1.97 million this year to the United Way of Forsyth
County and surrounding communities, earning the United Way’s 11th
campaign excellence award.
The United Way of North Carolina awarded Hanes with its Spirit
of North Carolina Award for campaign excellence, the 10th
consecutive Spirit Award and 11th earned in the past 12 years by
Hanes and its employees.
“HanesBrands demonstrated excellence in its United Way campaign,
but also a strong philanthropic culture and community engagement,”
said Cindy Gordineer, UWFC President and CEO. “HanesBrands received
high marks (in the Spirit Award selection process) for overall
organizational volunteer culture, collaborative work with United
Way, employee engagement, and participation.”
The United Way also cited the company’s use of special events to
engage and educate employees and the role of its leadership team in
promoting a culture of philanthropy and community support.
Hanes was one of 30 organizations in the state to be highlighted
and one of five companies in Forsyth County to receive the Spirit
Award.
Hanes is a longtime leader in supporting the United Way. Since
2006, the company and its Forsyth County employees have contributed
more than $25.5 million to United Way agencies.
“The employees of HanesBrands continue to generously support the
vibrancy and health of our community,” said Maria Teza, HanesBrands
United Way 2017 campaign chairperson and Hanes’ vice president,
general manager, marketing, classic bras.
To support employee volunteerism, Hanes granted paid time off to
nearly 400 headquarters employees to participate in the company’s
Day of Caring at 13 local community agencies. Employee volunteers
contributed more than 1,600 volunteer hours performing various
tasks at the agencies including landscaping, painting,
administrative duties, and more.
During the weeklong campaign, activities held on campus included
a kickoff celebration, silent auctions, and an agency fair that
provided employees an opportunity to learn about the various local
non-profit agencies in attendance.
“This year’s campaign brought out the superhero in all of us and
we had fun, while making a difference in our community,” added
Maria Teza.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a socially
responsible leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and
activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe, Australia and
Asia-Pacific. The company sells its products under some of the
world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion,
Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex, Bonds, JMS/Just My Size, Nur
Die/Nur Der, L’eggs, Lovable, Wonderbra, Berlei, Alternative, Gear
for Sports, and Bras N Things. The company sells T-shirts, bras,
panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear
produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. A member of
the S&P 500 stock index, Hanes has approximately 68,000
employees in more than 40 countries and is ranked No. 432 on the
Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies by sales. Hanes
takes pride in its strong reputation for ethical business
practices. The company is the only apparel producer to ever be
honored by the Great Place to Work Institute for its workplace
practices in Central America and the Caribbean, and is ranked No.
110 on the Forbes magazine list of America’s Best Large Employers.
For eight consecutive years, Hanes has won the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Energy Star sustained excellence/partner of the
year award – the only apparel company to earn sustained excellence
honors. The company ranks No. 194 on Newsweek magazine’s green list
of 500 largest U.S. companies for environmental achievement. More
information about the company and its corporate social
responsibility initiatives, including environmental, social
compliance and community improvement achievements, may be found at
www.Hanes.com/corporate. Connect with HanesBrands via social media
on Twitter (@HanesBrands) and Facebook
(www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc).
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