Groupon Employees Volunteered a Record-Setting 14,000 Hours in Their Local Communities Last Month
July 30, 2019
Sixth annual employee volunteer-a-thon resulted in more than 2,500 employees volunteering in 90 communities around the world
London-30th July, 2019- Groupon has unveiled the results of its sixth annual global employee volunteer-a-thon, a company-wide initiative that encourages employees during the month of June to get involved in their local communities and connects them with the causes they care about the most.
This year’s event resulted in more than 2,500 employees volunteering a record-setting 14,000 hours with more than 100 nonprofit partners, serving 90 communities around the world.
“Once again, we continue to be blown away by the bar-raising levels of volunteer engagement and leadership shown by Groupon employees in their local communities,” said Groupon’s President of North America and Groupon Volunteers executive sponsor Aaron Cooper. “Our annual employee volunteer-a-thon has grown into a true celebration of our year-long commitment to local communities.”
Highlights of the 2019 UK Groupon employee volunteer-a-thon’s events included:
- Kentish Town City Farm: Groupon’s volunteers spent a cumulative 119 hours on the farm,assisting with therapeutic riding classes, mucking out the animals and helping with the general upkeep of the city farm
- North Paddington Foodbank: A team of staff supported at the foodbank, sorting through food parcels to help those who are struggling to purchase food and essentials due to benefit issues, unexpected costs, redundancy and long term health issues.
- Battersea Dogs Home: The team at Groupon donated a cumulative 40 hours making dog and cat toys which the Battersea team use to engage with lonely, frightened animals that come into their care.
Throughout the month, Groupon teams competed to be the most involved in their local community, with the winners getting the opportunity to award $10,000 to the charity of their choice.
With more than 70 percent of team members participating in June alone, the 2019 volunteer-a-thon winner is the Groupon Asia Pacific Shared Service Centers in Bangalore and Chennai, India. Some of the volunteer projects completed by these teams included:
- Bangalore Seedball Creation: Groupon volunteers in Bangalore came together with SayTrees to create 100,000 seed balls (seeds native to the state) which will be spread throughout India to increase the green cover.
- Chennai Walk-a-thon to Save Water: Groupon’s Engineering team in Chennai participated in a walk-a-thon to create awareness around the current water shortage. During the event, volunteers spoke to the public about how locals can make a positive impact by saving water.
Since 2011, Groupon employees have volunteered more than 126,000 hours in their local communities. For more information about Groupon’s community involvement initiatives, please visit community.groupon.com.
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