What’s the story: Just before the 2022 Kentucky Derby, UPS donated $10,000 to the Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The funds will be used for educational and summer programs for children in the Louisville area.
Why it matters: Funding organizations like the Backside Learning Center (BLC) reinforces The UPS Foundation’s commitment to creating equity through economic empowerment.
The BLC serves a community of more than 1,000 racetrack workers and their families – many of them immigrants from Central America and Mexico.
Check out this news coverage on UPS’s support of the Backside Learning Center.
Did you know? UPS has donated more than $66,000 to the BLC in the last five years. Louisville is home to more than 25,000 UPSers, many of them working at Worldport, the company’s largest air hub.