조지아주 애틀란타
- Funding directed to food security, healthcare, education and financial sustainability.
- Extended funding will help sustain non-profit organizations during and after the recovery phase.
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced today $15M in funding for non-profit organizations around the world, with a focus on the United States. The funding will aid communities impacted by the novel Coronavirus and support non-profits fulfilling their missions now and into the recovery phase.
The grants include an initial $1M directed toward urgent and immediate relief in the United States, including delivering life-sustaining healthcare supplies, providing essential food, supporting education, and sustaining financial security.
“For many local non-profit organizations, the dramatic increase in need, particularly in underserved communities, combined with the lack of volunteer support and uncertainty of ongoing funding, is creating a breaking point,” said Eduardo Martinez, President of The UPS Foundation and UPS Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
“Communities rely on UPS to deliver life-saving supplies and vital necessities. By tapping into the power of The UPS Foundation, along with the incredible strength of UPSers working every day to sustain our communities and support our neighbors,” he continued. “We are addressing the needs of non-profits who need our support now more than ever.”
The support reflects The UPS Foundation’s strategy of addressing immediate needs while also setting up people, communities and organizations for long-lasting success and recovery.
UPS employees provide more than three million volunteer hours within their communities each year, and have the opportunity to request local grants for the organizations where they volunteer.
The grants will focus on underserved communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Funding will go out to hundreds of organizations, in areas of need including:
헬스케어
- Family Scholar House in Kentucky will purchase 450 digital thermometers and bottles with sprayers for bleach cleaner to distribute to families and seniors.
- American Red Cross in New Jersey will support blood supplies and other relief items for families and communities.
- Sun.Risas in Miami for the fabric and production of 15,000 handmade reusable face masks.
교육
- Junior Achievement in New Jersey for remote learning resources, including online and other materials to address the digital divide, accelerate the building of the JA Career Pathways Center digital platform, and ensure the sustainability of its operations during this critical time.
- United Way of New York City supporting a broad network of over 600 community-based partners and providing resources to agencies and community-based organizations working with individuals disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
- All About Change in South Carolina to support at-risk children through a telehealth platform.
Financial Sustainability
- Ramsey Responds in New Jersey, supporting financial assistance for local residents on rent, mortgage, utilities, medical expenses, food and other critical needs.
- Memorial Foundation Inc. in Florida, working to alleviate financial distress among patients and staff of the Memorial Healthcare System.
Food Security
- Concrete Jungle in Georgia will provide grocery delivery for seniors, food pantry clients, and other vulnerable and immunocompromised people.
- Special Olympics Florida - Miami Dade County will support immediate food deliveries to underserved families.
- Chosen 300 Ministries, Inc. in Pennsylvania will maintain and increase food capacity for low income families.
- Second Harvest Food Bank in Louisiana will provide food to underserved families.
- Tarrant Area Food Bank in Texas will feed local school children and families.
Beyond the local community efforts, collaboration within UPS’s worldwide network of employees, strategic partners and providers is resulting in global and local solutions for rapidly developing relief efforts. With support from The UPS Foundation, UPS has developed a distribution model to support the collaboration with the USDA and McLane Global to distribute meal kits containing two weeks of food for children across the United States who rely on lunch programs impacted by school closures. Through the Emergency Meals-To-You partnership, rural school districts can sign up for home delivery of free meals for their students.
To date, The UPS Foundation has coordinated more than 80 shipments of relief materials through UPS’s worldwide network. More than $6 million in cash contributions, supply chain consultation and in-kind transportation have been provided to expedite the distribution of life-sustaining materials.
UPS 소개
UPS는 세계 최대 규모의 특송 및 공급망 서비스의 글로벌 리더이며, 국제 무역을 촉진하고, 비즈니스를 효율적으로 운영하기 위해 다양한 최신 기술를 겸비한 선도적인 글로벌 교역 전문 기업이다. 애틀랜타에 본사를 둔 UPS는 전 세계 220개 이상의 국가 및 지역에 서비스를 제공하고 있습니다. UPS는 뉴스위크지가 선정한 배송 및 배달 부문 미국 최고의 고객 서비스 회사, 포브스가 선정한 운송 분야의 가장 가치 있는 브랜드를 수상했으며, 사회적 책임을 위한 JUST 100 리스트, 다우 존스의 지속 가능성 세계 지수 및 해리스 폴 평판 지수 등 기타 권위 있는 순위 및 상에서 상위 순위에 올랐습니다. UPS 홈페이지인 ups.com 또는 pressroom.ups.com 및 회사 블로그인 longitudes.ups.com이 마련되어 있습니다. 회사의 지속 가능성 eNewsletter인 UPS Horizons는 ups.com/sustainabilitynewsletter에서 확인할 수 있습니다. UPS 소식을 들으시려면 Twitter에서 @UPS_News를 팔로우하세요. UPS 발송 서비스를 이용하시려면 ups.com/ship을 방문해 주세요.
UPS 재단 소개
1907년 설립 이래로 UPS는 지역사회의 요구에 맞는 장기적인 솔루션을 제공하는 프로그램을 지원하면서 배려와 책임감을 갖춘 기업 시민으로서의 유산을 쌓아왔습니다. 1951년에 설립된 UPS 재단은 글로벌 시민 프로그램을 이끌며 지역, 국가, 글로벌 지역사회에 대한 지역사회의 참여가 가능하도록 할 책임이 있습니다. 2019년, UPS와 전현직 직원들은 전 세계에서 1억 2,380만 달러 이상을 자선 기부에 투자했습니다. The UPS Foundation can be found on the web at UPS.com/Foundation and @UPS_Foundation on Twitter.