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The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it is awarding grants totaling more than $2.4 million to non-profit organizations to encourage global volunteerism. Grants will be awarded to nine organizations, supporting initiatives including disaster preparedness and recovery, youth literacy and skills development, and veterans training.
UPS is also on track to meet its goals to contribute $127 million in total charitable contributions and donate 20 million global volunteer hours by the end of 2020. The company is now 78% of the way toward achieving its volunteerism goal. In 2017, UPS employees completed a record 2.9 million hours of volunteer service, providing more than $80 million in economic impact to nonprofits and NGOs around the world. During Global Volunteer Month in October, UPS employees contributed more than 400,000 volunteer hours through 240 community service events that took place across North America, Europe, Latin America, and ISMEA. Since the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, UPS focused its volunteers toward impacting the 17 global goals throughout the communities they serve around the world.
“We saw first-hand the power of volunteerism this past year when natural disasters left an unprecedented need for humanitarian aid and community rebuilding,” said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion officer. “Volunteers across the world, including UPS volunteers, rose to the occasion to provide aid, goods and hope. The UPS Foundation’s grants will help volunteers learn new skills and apply lessons learned to be better prepared to help those in need.”
The UPS Foundation grant recipients include UPS disaster preparedness and relief partners, ToolBank USA and Points of Light Foundation. The ToolBank USA grant will help advance the ToolBank Disaster Services response network which provides volunteers with tools and resources for effective disaster recovery. The Points of Light Foundation grant will include the mobilization of more than 250,000 volunteers and more than 6,500 veterans to support initiatives around disaster preparedness, response and recovery training. Both organizations actively provided relief efforts in communities affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in 2017.
The UPS Foundation also will award grants to the following organizations, among many others:
- BoardSource, to back programs that strengthen non-profit board leadership capacity and technology investment.
- Innovations for Learning, to improve early grade literacy proficiency through tutor training and support as part of its TutorMate project.
- The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), for continued support of the Disaster Research Working Group and IAVE Global Network.
- Junior Achievement USA, In support of reaching Kindergarten through 12th grade students through various JA programs focused on entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work readiness.
- The National Youth Leadership Council, to encourage youth development programs for K-12 students in Georgia, Texas and Washington, D.C.
- The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, for its non-profit Legal Check-Up Program which pairs non-profits with trained attorneys who conduct in-kind legal audits.
- The Taproot Foundation, to aid its skills-based volunteerism efforts which provide non-profit organizations in five major U.S. cities with marketing, design, human resources, technology and strategic planning expertise.
These grants are part of The UPS Foundation’s commitment to global volunteerism and charitable giving. For more information about UPS’s philanthropic and volunteerism efforts, please visit www.UPS.com/Foundation.
About The UPS
FoundationUPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including transporting packages and freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. Kể từ khi thành lập vào năm 1907, UPS đã gây dựng nên danh tiếng với tư cách là một tập đoàn hảo tâm, có trách nhiệm, hỗ trợ nhiều chương trình cung cấp giải pháp dài hạn cho cộng đồng. Được thành lập năm 1951, Quỹ từ thiện UPS đi đầu về các chương trình dân sự toàn cầu và chịu trách nhiệm tạo thuận lợi cho việc tham gia vào công tác xã hội với cộng đồng địa phương, quốc gia và toàn thế giới. Trong năm 2018, UPS và các nhân viên, dù đã về hưu hay vẫn đang làm việc, đã đầu tư hơn 114,9 triệu đô la cho công tác từ thiện toàn thế giới. The UPS Foundation can be found on the web at UPS.com/Foundation and @UPS Foundation on Twitter. To get UPS news direct, follow @UPS_News on Twitter. The company’s sustainability eNewsletter, UPS Horizons, can be found at ups.com/sustainabilitynewsletter.