FedEx is providing financial support for grassroots projects in 12 US cities over the next twoyears to help protect urban ecosystems in cooperation with the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation (NFWF).Working through a variety of programs administered by the Foundation, FedEx will providefunding on a competitive basis to projects that improve environmental quality in 12 urbancommunities over the next two years. Key to this initiative is the engagement of FedEx teammembers, who will work with grant recipients as volunteers, helping advance conservation projectsin their local communities.
In 2010, FedEx volunteers will conduct projects in Los Angeles, Memphis, New York City,Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In 2011, projects will be added in Boston,Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Seattle. The first round of projects funded byFedEx will be executed in April 2010. Funding applications are now open for conservationprojects in 13 US cities in 2011. Individual grants for projects in each city will be between$25,000 and $50,000.
“When people think of cities, they usually don’t think of fish and wildlife,” said JeffTrandahl, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s executive director, “but they’re there,sometimes in very large numbers, and their health makes a big difference in the quality ofresidents’ lives. FedEx and the Foundation both specialise in promptly delivering results, makingthis not only a natural alliance, but one that surely will improve conditions for fish, wildlifeand people.”
“At FedEx, we are committed to connecting the world in responsible and resourceful ways bothin how we do business and how we serve our communities,” said Rose Jackson Flenorl, Manager ofGlobal Citizenship at FedEx. “The launch of our collaboration with the National Fish and WildlifeFoundation is an example of this commitment and will engage our greatest asset – our team members –in this vital work.”
