Aramark Building Community Day celebrates
decade of impact on April 27, 2023
Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) the provider of food, facilities, and
uniform services in 19 countries around the world, will celebrate
its 10th annual global day of service, Aramark Building Community
Day (ABC Day), on Thursday, April 27. ABC Day engages thousands of
volunteers, from 13 countries, who dedicate their time, energy, and
expertise to service projects in their local neighborhoods.
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Aramark will celebrate its 10th annual
global day of service, Aramark Building Community Day (ABC Day), on
Thursday, April 27. ABC Day engages thousands of volunteers, from
13 countries, who dedicate their time, energy, and expertise to
service projects in their local neighborhoods. (Photo: Business
Wire)
This ABC Day, Aramark volunteers will participate in projects
benefiting 140 community organizations in 13 countries (United
States, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic,
Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, South Korea, and the United
Kingdom). Aramark provided grants to over 75 community service
organizations for ABC Day, and will host “signature projects,” in
Philadelphia, Dallas, Denver, and Toronto, Canada, which will
engage 100+ volunteers.
“Aramark Building Community Day is such an exceptional day
because it brings out the best in all of us,” said Jami Leveen,
Vice President of Community Partnerships at Aramark. “This ABC Day
is particularly special because it’s the culmination of 10 years of
Aramark employees and leaders living our company’s mission of doing
great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our
planet. Over the last decade, we have made significant
contributions to our communities, enhanced the Aramark employee
experience, and fostered a meaningful organizational culture of
service, and I couldn’t be more proud.”
Aramark strives to enable a healthy and equitable society by
offering skill development and educational opportunities to drive
economic independence, increasing access to healthy food and
nutrition education, and building vibrant communities by enhancing
community environments and fostering connections. Every project
happening on ABC Day will benefit the community in one of those
ways. Some examples of projects occurring on ABC Day include:
- Austin, Texas: Volunteers will create a community garden
for seniors, providing a space to connect and share an enjoyable
outdoor activity for many seasons to come.
- Belmont, Massachusetts: Volunteers will rebuild an
accessible green community space by building new garden beds,
creating shade structures and a children’s garden.
- Rome, Georgia and High Point, North Carolina: Volunteers
will host field days to promote health and wellness with local
school students.
- Greenville, South Carolina: A trip to the grocery store
and a cooking demonstration will promote healthy eating to young
adults facing mental health challenges.
- Lexington, Kentucky: Volunteers from Aramark Collegiate
Hospitality will create health and wellness kits for multiple local
nonprofits. Volunteers will also partner with the Arbor Day
Foundation, for the third year in a row, to support tree
planting.
- Rockville, Maryland: More than 100 volunteers will
assemble comfort kits for foster children.
- Throughout the U.S.: Volunteers from Aramark’s employee
resource groups (ERGs) will lead service projects benefiting
diverse nonprofits.
International ABC Day projects will include:
- Toronto, Canada: Volunteers will revitalize a multimedia
room and teen center, plant community and micro gardens, and create
multiple murals to enhance and transform family program rooms.
- Chile: Volunteers will host a career workshop, culinary
demonstration, upcycling project, and transform several community
spaces, including a community garden and primary school courtyard,
and install solar lighting in three local neighborhoods.
- United Kingdom: Volunteers will create a teen center to
provide a safe space for students to study, gather, and participate
in after school activities.
Aramark’s commitment to people is a core part of the company’s
environmental, social, and corporate governance platform, Be Well.
Do Well., focused on positively impacting people and the planet.
Aramark’s people priority is to facilitate access to opportunities
that will improve the well-being of the company’s employees,
consumers, communities, and people in its supply chain.
Since the first project in 2014, ABC Day has engaged nearly
55,000 Aramark employee volunteers and given back to almost 2
million community members. Over the years, volunteers have
supported the communities where they live and work by hosting
projects, planting community gardens, serving nearly 210,000 meals,
and collecting more than 161,000 pounds of food.
About Aramark Building Community Since its inception in
2008, Aramark Building Community, the company’s signature
philanthropic and volunteer initiative, has invested tens of
millions of dollars, engaged more than 70,000 employee volunteers,
and impacted more than five million children and families in
underserved communities around the world. Aramark fosters
relationships with community organizations through transformational
volunteer experiences that leverage its expertise to address
social, economic, and environmental inequities. The company enables
individual employees to become project leaders, collaborates with
its ERGs to develop volunteer events, and provides opportunities
for meaningful volunteer experiences throughout the year.
About Aramark Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves the
world’s leading educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies,
world champion sports teams, prominent healthcare providers, iconic
destinations and cultural attractions, and numerous municipalities
in 19 countries around the world with food, facilities, and uniform
services. Because our culture is rooted in service, our employees
strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our
communities, and the planet. Aramark has been recognized on
FORTUNE’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies,” DiversityInc’s
“Top 50 Companies for Diversity” and “Top Companies for Employee
Resource Groups,” Newsweek’s list of “America’s Most Responsible
Companies 2023,” the HRC’s “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ
Equality,” and scored 100% on the Disability Equality Index. Learn
more at www.aramark.com and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter,
and LinkedIn.
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