The UPS Foundation Awards $2.4 Million To Advance Global Volunteerism
February 02 2018 - 9:00AM
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs
for UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it is awarding grants totaling
more than $2.4 million to non-profit organizations to encourage
global volunteerism. Grants will be awarded to nine organizations,
supporting initiatives including disaster preparedness and
recovery, youth literacy and skills development, and veterans
training.
UPS is also on track to meet its goals to contribute $127
million in total charitable contributions and donate 20 million
global volunteer hours by the end of 2020. The company is now 78%
of the way toward achieving its volunteerism goal. In 2017, UPS
employees completed a record 2.9 million hours of volunteer
service, providing more than $80 million in economic impact to
nonprofits and NGOs around the world. During Global Volunteer Month
in October, UPS employees contributed more than 400,000 volunteer
hours through 240 community service events that took place across
North America, Europe, Latin America, and ISMEA. Since the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, UPS focused
its volunteers toward impacting the 17 global goals throughout the
communities they serve around the world.
“We saw first-hand the power of volunteerism this past
year when natural disasters left an unprecedented need for
humanitarian aid and community rebuilding,” said Eduardo Martinez,
president of The UPS Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion
officer. “Volunteers across the world, including UPS volunteers,
rose to the occasion to provide aid, goods and hope. The UPS
Foundation’s grants will help volunteers learn new skills and apply
lessons learned to be better prepared to help those in need.”
The UPS Foundation grant recipients include UPS disaster
preparedness and relief partners, ToolBank USA and Points of Light
Foundation. The ToolBank USA grant will help advance the ToolBank
Disaster Services response network which provides volunteers with
tools and resources for effective disaster recovery. The Points of
Light Foundation grant will include the mobilization of more than
250,000 volunteers and more than 6,500 veterans to support
initiatives around disaster preparedness, response and recovery
training. Both organizations actively provided relief efforts in
communities affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in
2017.
The UPS Foundation also will award grants to the following
organizations, among many others:
- BoardSource, to back programs that strengthen non-profit
board leadership capacity and technology investment.
- Innovations for Learning, to improve early grade
literacy proficiency through tutor training and support as part of
its TutorMate project.
- The International Association for Volunteer Effort
(IAVE), for continued support of the Disaster Research Working
Group and IAVE Global Network.
- Junior Achievement Worldwide, in support of its “Be
Entrepreneurial” youth development program that teaches business
skills, financial literacy and work readiness to high school
students in South Africa and Mexico.
- The National Youth Leadership Council,
to encourage youth development programs for K-12
students in Georgia, Texas and Washington, D.C.
- The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, for its non-profit
Legal Check-Up Program which pairs non-profits with trained
attorneys who conduct in-kind legal audits.
- The Taproot Foundation, to aid its skills-based
volunteerism efforts which provide non-profit organizations in five
major U.S. cities with marketing, design, human resources,
technology and strategic planning expertise.
These grants are part of The UPS Foundation’s commitment to
global volunteerism and charitable giving. For more information
about UPS’s 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 2017, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $118 million in
charitable giving around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation and @UPS_Foundation
on Twitter. To get UPS news direct,
follow @UPS_News on
Twitter.
Kristen Petrella, UPS
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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