10 countries are getting involved – kick-off is in Taiwan on 16 October!
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-10-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — In the run-up to World Food Day, the Carrefour Foundation is launching its third international food collection campaign with support from the European Food Bank Federation and The Global FoodBanking Network. Teams from some 2000 stores…
Philanthropy
Fair Oaks, CA, 2015-10-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Funds raised by Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, the Sacramento Kings and KTXL Fox 40 will support communities ravaged by the Valley Fire and Butte Fire. These fires are considered among the most destructive in California history. “Our community is strong, and we back one another up…
Company Raises Funds through Donation Card Campaign, Associate Pledges, Corporate Sponsorship
Matthews, NC, 2015-10-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (10/14/2015), Harris Teeter announced a $851,479 donation to United Way, an organization that utilizes strategic community philanthropy to create long-lasting change for those most in need. The funds were collected through three major initiatives – an in-store…
Shaquille O’Neal, Affectionately Known as Shaq-A-Claus, Enlists Customers to Support Toys for Tots and #PlayItForward
Wayne, NJ, 2015-10-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Toys“R”Us® today announced the launch of its annual nationwide fundraising campaign to benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. Now through Sunday, December 6, customers can spread holiday joy to some of the 15.5…
CAMP HILL, Pa., 2015-10-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rite Aid today announced that The Rite Aid Foundation is making a $25,000 donation to the Palmetto South Carolina Region chapter of the American Red Cross to help the victims, families and communities affected by last week's severe flooding.
"Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the historic floods,"…
TORONTO, 2015-10-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Canada is announcing $200,000 in Starbucks Foundation 'Opportunity for Youth' grants, awarded to three Canadian charitable organizations which are focused on providing support for disadvantaged and disconnected youth.
In Canada, youth unemployment rates are more than double the national average.* Starbucks is working with some of the country's top youth organizations to offer…
Saskatoon, Canada, 2015-10-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — The call went out to the community and the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) and Sherwood Co-op answered.
With a week to go before Thanksgiving, Souls Harbour Rescue Mission in Regina was still short on food to feed 750 people in need a Thanksgiving meal.
“As we approach Thanksgiving, we at…
Ab sofort beteiligen sich 45 Märkte – Sammelboxen an den Rücknahmeautomaten
Köln, Germany, 2015-10-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — PENNY intensiviert seine Zusammenarbeit mit den Tafeln in Hannover und Bremen. Bisher unterstützen die Märkte die beiden Tafeln regelmäßig mit Lebensmitteln, die nicht mehr verkauft, aber dennoch bedenkenlos verzehrt werden können. Ab heute (09.10.) können sich auch PENNY-Kunden für…
“Every third meal provided by Operation Food Search to low-income individuals is due to direct charitable donations from Schnucks”
ST. LOUIS, 2015-10-9 — /EPR Retail News/ — For more than 30 years, Schnuck Markets, Inc. has helped Operation Food Search (OFS) feed hungry residents of the St. Louis area by providing food donations as well as financial contributions. Over…
KENOSHA, Wis., 2015-10-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Meijer, the new Wisconsin one-stop shopping supercenter, announced a $10,000 donation to the Dream Playground, the first fully accessible playground in Kenosha. The Kenosha Achievement Center, Inc (KAC) and the city of Kenosha, two of the driving forces behind the Dream Playground, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony…
SEATTLE, 2015-10-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — With millions of refugees fleeing conflicts in Syria and other areas and seeking safety across Central and Western Europe, Starbucks is compelled to use the scale of its digital platforms to raise funds for crisis relief organizations.
Today, Starbucks is joining the White House and other companies to use…
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-10-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — In response to the heavy flooding that has hammered southeastern France over the past 48 hours, the Carrefour Foundation has released €100,000 to provide aid to victims in the Var and Alpes Maritimes departments. This donation to Secours Populaire in France will provide cleaning equipment to the flood…
Matthews, N.C., 2015-10-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today, Harris Teeter announced it will launch an in-store donation card campaign to support those affected by flooding throughout the Carolinas. Shoppers and associates in North and South Carolina will be offered the opportunity to donate $1, $3 or $5 at checkout to benefit the American Red Cross’…
MOORESVILLE, N.C. , 2015-10-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — In response to the massive flooding in the Southeast, Lowe’s announced today it will donate $500,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Lowe’s is working with its national nonprofit partners to provide both immediate and long-term support to local communities in the Southeast.
The donation to…
Louisville, KY, 2015-10-5 — /EPR Retail News/ — Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) announced it has adopted the community of Jinotega, Nicaragua, as part of the Company’s new Feed the World Ambassador Program. The new employee leadership program is part of the Company’s global World Hunger Relief effort that raises awareness, volunteerism and donations for the United…
Sets $2.6 million goal for this year’s campaign
Ottawa, ON, 2015-10-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — From October 1 to 23, 2015, all 395 Walmart Canada stores will be supporting families in need by raising money for Canadian Red Cross in support of its disaster relief and emergency preparedness activities across the country.
Beginning on Thursday, October 1, Walmart Canada…
Tahlequah, OK, 2015-10-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Reasor’s is going Pink for the Cause! October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and for the 7thyear in a row, we are proud to support the cause with special pink reusable bags. During the entire month of October, pink reusable bags will be available to purchase for…
PENNY unterstützt in der Region Hamburg gezielt Organisationen der Kinder- und Jugendförderung. Dazu hatte das Unternehmen bereits im Sommer das Projekt „PENNY Förderkorb“ ins Leben gerufen. Sämtliche Vereine der Hansestadt und des nahen Umlands aus dem Bereich Kinder- und Jugendförderung waren von August bis September aufgerufen, sich auf der Online-Plattform www.foerderkorb.penny.de um einen von insgesamt…
Im Zuge der österreichweiten BILLA Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative kooperieren 9 Filialen in Vorarlberg mit dem karitativen Projekt „Geben für Leben“. Der gemeinnützige Verein bezahlt Typisierungen für potentielle Knochenmarkspender, die Lebensretter für an Leukämie erkrankte Menschen sein können. Mit der gestrigen Spendenübergabe von EUR 6.220,- können mehr als 120 Typisierungen finanziert werden.
Wiener Neudorf / Hard, AUSTRIA, 2015-10-3…
PHOENIX, AZ, 2015-10-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Premiering Oct. 3 on The CW’s One Magnificent Morning Saturday programming block, the new television series SAVE our SHELTER, is a program that showcases the renovation of animal shelters across the nation to help save more pets’ lives. The show, which will air on Saturdays, 11 a.m.…
Nicaragua, 2015-10-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — As she travels through Nicaraguan communities where coffee farmers are focused on the annual coffee crop, Rosa Rivas thinks years ahead. The harvest she contemplates extends beyond the region's essential crop to include more and more schools populated by growing numbers of healthy and proficient students.
Rivas is executive director of the…
Publix Super Markets Charities to donate $4m to Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the Southeast
LAKELAND, Fla., 2015-9-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Publix Super Markets Charities (PSMC) announced today that it would donate $4 million to Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the Southeast. The donation will provide funding to build 40 new houses in 2016 as well as increase support to more than 60 affiliates whom the Foundation currently funds.
This…
SALT LAKE CITY, 2015-9-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), internationally known as O.co, sponsored and furnished a retro modern living room at this past weekend's BlogPodium, Canada's largest conference for design and lifestyle bloggers. After providing the living room as a retreat for participants of the BlogPodium, the online retailer donated the entire…
ZURICH, 2015-9-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kaffeeliebhaber können sich auf eine neue Köstlichkeit freuen. Die Caturra Arabica Kaffeebohnen der neusten Limited Edition «World’s Finest Coffee Nepal Himalaya» von Delizio gelten auf dem Kaffeeweltmarkt als eine besondere Rarität. Mit den neuen Delizo-Kapseln Nepal Himalaya bietet die Migros aussergewöhnlichen Kaffeegenuss. Ausserdem spendet Delizio mit jeder verkauften Packung 50…
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2015-9-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — We welcome the new co-operation between the Swedish and Bangladeshi governments and the UN body ILO. It aims at strengthening the relation between the actors in the labor market and promoting social dialogue in the Bangladeshi textile industry. These are important ambitions and in line with H&M’s already…
Las Vegas, Nev., 2015-9-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tyson Foods, Inc. and the National Association of Convenience Stores partnered today to donate a truckload of protein to Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas to help eliminate hunger in southern Nevada.
Three Square, which serves Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye counties, will distribute the donated food…
By sharing its proprietary P.A.C.E program with other organizations, company seeks to harness collective action for the advancement of women throughout the world
NEW YORK, 2015-9-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — Art Peck, chief executive officer of Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), announced today a significant Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action to advance the lives of one…
LUBBOCK, Texas, 2015-9-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — The United Family® today announced that store guests raised $10,210 for Lubbock students in need during the annual “Project SOS: Supply our Students” school supply drive. From July 22 through Aug. 11, guests of United Supermarkets, Market Street and Amigos locations in the Lubbock area donated new school supplies…
Modesto, Calif., 2015-9-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — A nine-day campaign where shoppers at Save Mart and Lucky Supermarkets could donate to the American Red Cross at checkout stands netted more than $41,000 for the organization's fire relief efforts in Northern California.
This is in addition to a new delivery of 2700 servings of tuna, fruit bowls,…
Macey’s donates $70,000 to Primary Children’s Hospital to support the renovation of the Angel Garden
Salt Lake City, UT, 2015-9-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Funds to support renovation of the Angel Garden
WHAT: Macey’s grocery will present $70,000 to Primary Children’s Hospital to support the renovation of the Angel Garden. A ceremony will take place with speakers Sharon Goodrich, Foundation Director, and Darin Peirce, Associated Retail Operations and Macey’s District Manager.…