UPS and its employees have raised nearly $61 million for United Way, a US humanitarian network ofmore than 1,300 locally governed fund-raising organizations.
More than 246,000 UPS employees participated in 2007, contributing more than $52.8 million.The company’s contribution of $8 million through The UPS Foundation, combined with the employeecontribution and retiree contributions still coming in, will bring UPS’s total donation amount toalmost $61 million, or more than $1 million more than the 2006 contributions.
In addition to their financial contributions, UPS employees also volunteered their time andtalents to their communities in 2007, donating more than 960,000 hours of time through GlobalVolunteer Week and UPS’s Neighbour-to-Neighbour programme, a company-wide volunteer initiative thatmatches employees and their families with volunteer opportunities based on their interests, skillsand availability. UPS also donates loaned executives to several local United Way affiliates acrossthe country.
“When Jim Casey started UPS in 1907, he established a company-wide passion for philanthropyand care for the communities that UPS delivers to on a daily basis,” said UPS Chairman and CEOScott Davis. “In celebration of our centennial, we donated more hours and gave more money than everbefore to United Way, honouring our roots and the thousands of communities UPS has touched over thepast 100 years. We are so proud to have helped enrich the lives of others through our strongpartnership with United Way.”
In the 26 years that UPS has supported the United Way, the company and its employees havedonated $872 million in total.
Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation provides support through grant programs and initiativesthat help improve the quality of life in communities where UPS employees live and work. Last year,The Foundation donated nearly $46 million to charitable organizations worldwide.
