Amazon announces a season of giving, donating
millions of items through product and monetary donations to
charities around the world that support the communities hit hardest
by the events of this year
As part of this effort, Gabrielle Union has
teamed up with Amazon to fulfill the AmazonSmile Charity Lists of
charities close to her heart—she will be joined by celebrity
friends across the globe, who are surprising charitable
organizations with donations all season long
AmazonSmile Charity Lists is an easy way for
charities to create wish lists of needed products, giving customers
a convenient way to donate directly to organizations they want to
support
(NASDAQ: AMZN) – Today, Amazon announced that it will support
more than a thousand charities around the world with product and
monetary donations to help them get millions of items they need.
Organizations in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Singapore, Japan, Italy,
India, Germany, France, China, Canada, Australia and more will
receive donations starting today. To help distribute the donations,
Amazon will team up with celebrity friends, including Gabrielle
Union, Mitch Marner from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Singaporean actor
and musician, Nathan Hartono, among others who will continue to be
announced throughout the holidays. In addition, Amazon will fulfill
hundreds of AmazonSmile Charity Lists across the U.S., supporting
organizations in communities hit hard by the events of this year
including those that support causes such as homelessness, hunger
and disaster relief, among others. Customers can also join Amazon
in its season of giving by shopping through AmazonSmile, donating
an item via AmazonSmile Charity Lists, or making a monetary
donation to the organization of their choice by saying, “Alexa, I
want to make a donation.”
“Charitable organizations around the world serve a vital role in
their communities, and they’re facing new challenges—often with
fewer resources—as we all continue to fight through a global
pandemic,” said Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer. “Amazon is
proud to support over one thousand organizations by donating
millions of the items they need to help their communities and,
hopefully, deliver much-needed smiles along the way.”
Find out more about how Amazon is delivering smiles this
holiday season and ways to get involved below.
A Season of Smiles with Gabrielle Union. Amazon has
teamed up with actress, author, and philanthropist Gabrielle Union
to deliver smiles all season long to charitable organizations close
to her heart. She will be joined by a number of celebrities
worldwide who will be surprising local charities in their
communities with the support and smiles they need this holiday
season. From large-scale product donations to virtual events to
Amazon Live interviews, customers can follow along via @Amazon and
#DeliveringSmiles to discover the various ways these celebrities
will be bringing the spirit of the holidays to these wonderful
organizations.
“The events of this year have been devastating in so many ways,”
said Gabrielle Union. “I’m honored to join Amazon in Delivering
Smiles to more than a thousand charities who are helping those who
need it most this holiday season, including many close to my heart.
I’m excited to share on social how Amazon and I will be surprising
incredible, deserving organizations with the items they need
throughout this holiday.”
Amazon Fulfills Hundreds of AmazonSmile Charity Lists.
Starting today, Amazon will fulfill hundreds of AmazonSmile Charity
Lists for nonprofit organizations supporting causes including
homelessness, hunger and disaster relief, among others, with a
focus on charities serving communities that have been hit hard in
2020. Recipients include organizations such as Covenant House,
which will be receiving hundreds of warm clothing and bedding items
to provide youth overcoming homelessness with a safe, warm place to
sleep, and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, which will
receive shelf stable pantry items to help feed hundreds of
families. Also among the list of charities to receive donations are
the organizations featured in the new unscripted global Amazon
Original series, The Pack, hosted by gold medalist Lindsey Vonn,
and her canine co-host Lucy that celebrates the bond between dogs
and their human companions. Donations—including food and pantry
items, blankets, sheets, toys, educational items for kids, socks,
outerwear and other apparel items, as well as monetary donations to
put towards the purchase of these items—will provide organizations
with the essential items they requested on their Charity Lists, to
help deliver smiles to communities across the U.S.
Helping Customers Give Back While They Shop. It’s easy
for customers to give back this holiday season on Amazon.com. While
shopping for holiday supplies and gifts for family and friends,
customers can support their favorite charitable organization by
shopping AmazonSmile via the Amazon app on iPhones and Android
phones, or by starting at smile.amazon.com on a web browser.
AmazonSmile has the same low prices and convenient shopping
experience customers have come to expect from Amazon, with the
added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price
to a charity of your choice. AmazonSmile has donated more than $215
million globally to hundreds of thousands of charitable
organizations—from global humanitarian efforts and animal welfare
groups, to school PTAs, hospitals, and more. In addition, customers
can directly donate items to charitable organizations through
AmazonSmile Charity Lists, where nonprofits create wish lists of
the products they need most. Visit smile.amazon.com/charitylists to
learn more and to donate essential items to charitable
organizations across the U.S.
“Alexa, donate to Toys for Tots.” Looking to make a
difference for a child this holiday season? Amazon is giving
customers an easy way to donate to a child in need: just say,
“Alexa, donate to Toys for Tots.” Plus, Amazon will match all toy
donations with a toy for toy match. Customers can choose to donate
money or a toy to the organization. If customers choose to donate a
toy, Alexa will offer a reasonably priced item appropriate for kids
from the Toys for Tots wish list. After a customer confirms the
order, Amazon ships directly to Toys for Tots. Customers can donate
now through January 11, 2021. For more information, visit
amazon.com/toysfortotsdonate. With Alexa, it’s also easy for
customers to help other charities. Simply say, “Alexa, I want to
make a donation,” and you can make a monetary donation to the
organization of your choice. For more information and charities to
support, visit pay.amazon.com/alexadonations.
Additional Ways Amazon is Giving Back to Communities. In
addition to delivering smiles and donations, Amazon is supporting
communities in a range of ways during the COVID-19 pandemic. The
company has donated more than 13,000 laptops to students in need,
distributed more than $5 million worth of Amazon devices to help
healthcare workers and nonprofits, delivered more than 7 million
meals across 25 U.S. cities, launched free, virtual computer
science resources for thousands of students, donated more than $20
million to help accelerate COVID-19 research, donated $10 million
in critically needed PPE supplies, and more. To learn more about
what Amazon is doing in response to COVID-19 for communities,
employees, partners, and customers, check out the Amazon Blog: Day
One.
About AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile is a simple way for customers to support their
favorite charity every time they shop with Amazon. When shopping at
AmazonSmile, customers will find tens of millions of eligible items
offered at the same low prices and convenient shopping experience
as Amazon.com, with an added bonus that the AmazonSmile Foundation
will donate 0.5 percent of the purchase price to charitable
organizations customers choose, at no extra cost to them. Customers
can choose from over one million organizations to support by
visiting smile.amazon.com on web browsers or by activating
AmazonSmile in the Amazon Shopping app for iPhones and Android
phones. AmazonSmile customers can support charitable organizations
even further with AmazonSmile Charity Lists, a meaningful way to
donate items directly to charities based on lists of what the
organizations need most.
To support a favorite charity when shopping throughout the
holidays, visit smile.amazon.com or smile.amazon.com/about to learn
more.
About Amazon in the Community
Amazon is committed to helping more children and young adults,
especially those from underrepresented and underserved communities,
have the resources and skills they need to build their best future.
Amazon focuses on building long-term, innovative, and high impact
programs that leverage Amazon’s unique assets and culture.
Initiatives include Amazon Future Engineer, designed to inspire and
excite tens of thousands of children and young adults from
underserved and underrepresented communities each year to pursue
computer science, as well as programs that support immediate needs,
including addressing family homelessness through donations and
housing a homeless shelter in its Seattle headquarters, as well as
global relief efforts for people in need following natural
disasters.
About Amazon
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than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
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