Office Depot Helps Tens of Thousands of Students and Teachers Return to the Classroom With Over $3.8 Million in Back-To-School Essentials
October 13 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The Company’s Start Proud® Community Investment
Program Empowers Students and Teachers to Start the New School Year
Feeling Confident, Prepared and Proud
Office Depot, a wholly owned subsidiary of The ODP Corporation
(NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of business services, products and
digital workplace technology solutions through an integrated B2B
distribution platform with an online presence and approximately
1,100 stores, today announced that over $3.8 million worth of
educational supplies were recently provided to students, teachers
and Title I schools across the country as a result of Office
Depot’s philanthropic program Start Proud® and the generosity of
Office Depot and OfficeMax customers.
For the fourth year in a row, associate volunteers assembled
18,000 premium backpacks filled with over $1.8 million worth of
school supplies like notebooks, composition books, crayons,
pencils, highlighters and more, to provide to students at more than
25 Title I schools nationwide. With support from Boise Paper and
Domtar Paper, each backpack also included one $20 Office Depot gift
card for families to purchase additional supplies for their
child.
“We’re committed to providing students and teachers the supplies
and resources they need to be successful,” said Gerry Smith, chief
executive officer for Office Depot. “The Start Proud program
continues to bring smiles to the children and staff at Title I
schools nationwide, while engaging our associates, our customers,
and our communities across the country.”
School administrators, teachers and Office Depot associates
teamed up to host celebratory events to distribute the backpacks
and welcome students back to school during their first week.
Eighteen special teachers were selected by their principals and
surprised with Office Depot’s All-Star Teacher award in recognition
of their dedication to education and extraordinary contributions to
the students beyond the classroom. Each All-Star Teacher was
surprised with Office Depot products including new technology,
furniture and teaching supplies valued at nearly $2,000.
Office Depot also leveraged its retail footprint to provide
customers with the opportunity to support a local Title I school in
their area, through a partnership with Round It Up America® (RIUA).
Because of the incredible kindness and generosity shown by Office
Depot and OfficeMax customers, nearly $2 million has been collected
to benefit more than 70 Title I schools. With these additional
funds, selected school representatives can enjoy a shopping spree
at their local Office Depot or OfficeMax store to get additional
learning essentials, technology and personal protective equipment
(PPE) into the hands of the teachers, students, and school
administrators who need them.
To learn more about Office Depot’s investment in local
communities nationwide, visit depotdifference.com.
About Office Depot
Office Depot, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of The ODP
Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of business services
and supplies, products and digital workplace technology solutions
to small, medium and enterprise businesses, through an integrated
business-to-business (B2B) distribution platform, which includes
world-class supply chain and distribution operations, dedicated
sales professionals and technicians, online presence, and
approximately 1,100 stores. Through its banner brands Office Depot®
and OfficeMax®, as well as others, the company offers its customers
the tools and resources they need to focus on their passion of
starting, growing and running their business. For more information,
visit news.theodpcorp.com and follow @officedepot on Facebook,
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CompuCom Systems, Inc. Grand&Toy is a trademark of Grand &
Toy, LLC in Canada. ©2021 Office Depot, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Office Depot
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