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Commitment to community

Commitment to community service is part of UPS’s 100 year legacy. UPS knows that stronger communities also strengthen UPS’s business, so volunteerism is encouraged. The company’s culture is based on the premise that with good fortune comes responsibility. As UPSers often say, “it’s just the right thing to do.”

In addition to their time, UPSers also are incredibly generous with their money.  UPS employees and retirees, combined with company contributions, have made UPS the largest giver to United Way for seven years – pledging more than $59.3 million last year. And many UPSers contribute their own money in local communities, often matched by The UPS Foundation. Two examples are pilot William Gross and on-car supervisor Suzanne Richard. Gross’s foundation, called Farm Rescue, helps beleaguered farmers in the Midwest plant and harvest their crops. Richard’s foundation funds scholarships for women. Feeder driver Paul Alston co-founded of The Skye Foundation, a national nonprofit organization in memory of his daughter Skye, dedicated to helping the medical community understand needs of bereaved families and raising awareness of infant mortality and pre-term births.

Employees establishing foundations is steeped in tradition: UPS Founder Jim Casey started the Annie E. Casey Foundation, in honor of his mother, in 1948. That charitable foundation is now one of the largest is the world.

To learn more about UPS’s community activities, go to www.community.ups.com

The statistical information included here was current at the time it was published in 2007. To see more recent statistics, visit our pressroom.

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