Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), a global technology company that
provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping,
mailing and financial services, today announced a series of
programs and efforts to help small businesses and communities
impacted by COVID-19. These projects include the new content hub
The Way Forward for Small Business; partnership with GoDaddy’s Open
We Stand project and the provision of fulfilment and delivery
services for $1m worth of denim donated to healthcare workers by
Good American. The Pitney Bowes Foundation has also announced their
support of numerous non-profit organizations which are addressing
essential and critical community needs, including efforts to supply
PPE to hospitals, programs to address food insecurity, and literacy
and education.
For 100 years, Pitney Bowes has supported small businesses and
communities guided by its core value of ‘doing the right thing, the
right way.’ With more than 750,000 small business clients around
the world, the business has developed a deep understanding of the
challenges these organizations face. The Way Forward for Small
Business is a new program to support small businesses on their
paths to recovery. The program delivers a diversity of helpful,
informative content including videos, articles and fact sheets, on
topics which are front-of-mind for the millions of small businesses
impacted by COVID-19. Themes, which change every week, include
government assistance, workplace operations and safety, and
information on how to effectively market, sell and stay productive
in a remote working environment.
To provide additional help for small businesses, Pitney Bowes is
partnering with GoDaddy, supporting its Open We Stand campaign. New
clients who sign up to shipping platform SendPro Online through
Open We Stand receive a 30-day free trial, a $25 postage credit and
10lb scale, enabling them to effectively manage their shipping and
mailing remotely.
Existing clients have also benefited from Pitney Bowes support.
Good American, Khloé Kardashian and Emma Grede’s inclusive clothing
brand, uses Pitney Bowes’ Fulfilment and Delivery services. Pitney
Bowes is supporting the brand’s generous donation of $1m worth of
denim to healthcare workers by facilitating their shipments,
picking, packing and shipping the clothing.
“Pitney Bowes’ enduring culture is built on the core value of
doing the right thing, the right way. Our passion for giving back
runs deep, and this extends to our clients, employees, suppliers
and communities. This spirit and resilience have never been as
strong in our business,” said Marc Lautenbach, President and Chief
Executive at Pitney Bowes. “Giving back is not only the right thing
to do, it’s intrinsic to our organization, and I’m immensely proud
of the steps we are taking to help shoulder the burden for our
clients and communities during this challenging time.”
Reinforcing Pitney Bowes’ dedication to education
Reinforcing its longstanding commitment to the communities in
which it operates and its dedication to education, Pitney Bowes has
supported a series of efforts at a local level. With classrooms
shut down, Jefferson County Public Schools Group in Kentucky needed
a way to ship 20,000 Chromebooks to its students, quickly and
efficiently to minimize the impact of school closures on students’
education. In just three days from the initial conversations,
processes were accelerated, a SendPro Enterprise account was set
up, 20,000 shipping labels were printed and the Chromebooks were on
their way to the students.
Norwalk Community College, which serves students in Pitney
Bowes’ home office community in Fairfield County, Connecticut,
called on Pitney Bowes to help it continue to educate students
during their necessary shift to online learning. As many students
have limited technology resources at home, the Pitney Bowes’ IT
Depot Team quickly readied 100 used and reimaged laptops and power
cords for donation to help those in need complete their course
work online.
In Brown Deer, WI, the Pitney Bowes Presort Services Milwaukee
team was contacted by its local United Way for help donating paper
to the Milwaukee Public School system. The administration needed
paper to create educational packets for all the students working
from home during COVID-19. Pitney Bowes delivered the boxes of
paper needed, supporting the community and reaffirming the
company’s commitment to education.
Pitney Bowes is supporting Read to Grow’s effort to donate books
to students in need in Bridgeport, CT. Beginning in May, on a
weekly basis, students will be able to choose books to take home at
school meal locations across the city.
Charitable contributions
Pitney Bowes is making contributions to the following: The
United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund,
the United Way of Western Connecticut for the Connecticut United
Ways COVID-19 Response Funds and ALICE Relief Fund, the Valley
United Way for the Valley COVID-19 Fund, and Fairfield County’s
Community Foundation COVID Fund, the Stamford Hospital, as well as
to Project Hope, which is working to source Personal Protection
Equipment (PPE) from global vendors in partnership with other
members of the Business Roundtable. The company has also converted
the event sponsorships for its nonprofit partners to unrestricted
operating support.
The Pitney Bowes Foundation is making special donations to the
local food banks in more than 45 U.S. communities where it has
operations. In addition, the Foundation is accelerating grants to
many of its literacy and education grantees who are providing
critical support to at this time. These efforts include national
and local education non-profit partners providing essential
services such as onsite care for hospital staff and first
responders as well as programs to support students from underserved
communities with books, enrichment programs and online math
curriculum. The Pitney Bowes Foundation will be giving a special
team volunteer grant to the United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Relief
Fund in recognition of employees’ wide array of community efforts,
which include contributing to food banks, helping local hospitals,
delivering meals to first responders and showing appreciation for
delivery people.
100 Years at Pitney Bowes
On April 23, 1920, Arthur Pitney, the inventor, and Walter
Bowes, the promoter, founded The Pitney Bowes Postage Meter
Company. Over the next 100 years, the combination of creativity
with business acumen enabled Pitney Bowes to pioneer innovations
for over one million clients through several decades – beginning
with the postage meter to pushing the boundaries of global
ecommerce. The Pitney Bowes centennial commitment continues to put
the client first with sustainable innovation created by exceptional
people who have deep ties to our communities and driven by a
culture of doing the right thing the right way. For additional
information visit: www.pitneybowes.com/100.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company providing
commerce solutions that power billions of transactions. Clients
around the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500, rely on
the accuracy and precision delivered by Pitney Bowes solutions,
analytics, and APIs in the areas of ecommerce fulfillment, shipping
and returns; cross-border ecommerce; office mailing and shipping;
presort services; and financing. For 100 years Pitney Bowes has
been innovating and delivering technologies that remove the
complexity of getting commerce transactions precisely right. For
additional information visit Pitney Bowes, the Craftsmen of
Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
About the Pitney Bowes Foundation
The Pitney Bowes Foundation is a private entity with a mission
to support education and the diverse community interests of Pitney
Bowes employees. We commit our resources to closing the opportunity
gap and preparing the workforce of tomorrow. For information about
these programs and other Pitney Bowes Corporate Citizenship and
Philanthropy initiatives, please visit pb.com/community.
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