HanesBrands Earns 10th United Way Campaign Excellence Honor, Raising $2.1 Million to Be Donated in 2017
February 24 2017 - 5:11PM
Business Wire
Employees also donate non-perishable food items and volunteer
for a day of service
HanesBrands announced today that the company and its employees
have pledged $2.1 million this year for the United Way of Forsyth
County and surrounding communities, as well as donated food items
and volunteer hours to community agencies as part of its 10th
award-winning charitable fundraising campaign.
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HanesBrands employees James Francis,
Maria Teza and Mike Jeske accept the company's eighth consecutive
and 10th overall United Way of North Carolina Spirit Award for
outstanding employee fundraising campaign. (Photo: Business
Wire)
The United Way of North Carolina awarded Hanes with its Spirit
of North Carolina Award for campaign excellence, the eighth
consecutive Spirit Award and 10th earned in the past 11 years by
Hanes and its employees.
“We are proud to be partners with all of the Spirit Award
winners,” said Cindy Gordineer, UWFC President and CEO. “They
demonstrate outstanding commitment for change by volunteering their
time and talent, and giving generously to make a difference in our
community.”
In addition to pledging $2.1 million for United Way of Forsyth
County in 2017, the company and its employees have contributed more
than $23.5 million to United Way agencies since 2006.
“I’m very proud of the positive contributions to our community’s
quality of life that our campaigns make,” said Hanes campaign
chairperson James Francis, a vice president of procurement for the
company. “This campaign year marks the 10th time the company and
its employees have received this special recognition. This award
wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the generosity of our
employees.”
As part of the company’s campaign, employees also donated 10,000
nonperishable food items and $13,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northwest N.C., one of United Way’s partners. Additionally, Hanes
granted paid time off to nearly 400 headquarters employees to
volunteer for a Day of Caring at 12 local community agencies.
Employee volunteers contributed thousands of 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.
“Our corporate partner campaigns are critically important to
reaching our goals within the community,” said Gordineer.
“Passionate and caring workplaces like HanesBrands help Forsyth
County create positive change, and great things happen when we Live
United.”
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 under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands,
including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, DIM, Bali, Maidenform, Bonds,
JMS/Just My Size, L´eggs, Wonderbra, Nur Die/Nur Der, Lovable,
Berlei, and Gear for Sports. 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 70,000
employees in more than 40 countries and is ranked No. 448 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.
167 on the Forbes magazine list of America’s Best Employers. For
seven 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. 172 on Newsweek magazine’s green list
of 500 largest U.S. companies for environmental achievement. For
more information about the company and its corporate social
responsibility initiatives, including environmental, social
compliance and community improvement achievements go to
www.Hanes.com/corporate, and connect on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc) and Twitter
(@hanesbrands).
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