Groupon Employees Volunteered a Record-Setting 14,000 Hours in Their Local Communities Last Month
23 July 2019 - 3:22AM
Business Wire
Sixth annual employee volunteer-a-thon resulted
in more than 2,500 employees volunteering in 90 communities around
the world
Groupon today unveiled the results of its sixth annual global
employee volunteer-a-thon
(https://community.groupon.com/groupon-employees-volunteered-a-record-setting-14000-hours-in-their-local-communities-last-month/),
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.
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Groupon's 2019 employee volunteer-a-thon
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. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“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 Groupon employee volunteer-a-thon’s
nearly 200 events included:
- Greater Chicago Food Depository: A team of 100 Grouponers took
over the warehouse at Greater Chicago Food Depository and sorted
more than 11,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and rice to be
distributed to local food banks across the Chicagoland area. The
day prior, another 200 volunteers assembled 40,000 meals onsite at
our headquarters office that were also donated to GCFD.
- Seattle Discovery Park: Seattle-based volunteers spent the day
at the beautiful Discovery Park with Mountain to Sound Greenway
participating in some natural habitat restoration. Volunteers moved
30 yards of mulch in under an hour, covering a large area in
preparation for tree planting this fall.
- Students Visit Groupon Warsaw: Groupon’s Warsaw office welcomed
children from Stowarzyszenie Serduszko dla Dzieci. Teens had a
packed agenda attending panel discussions put on by Grouponers, an
office tour, lunch and resume writing workshops.
- Dublin’s My Lovely Horse Rescue: Grouponers went in the fields
outside of Dublin to support My Lovely Horse Rescue charity. My
Lovely Horse gives abandoned horses a second home. Volunteers spent
the day tidying up and cleaning the stables.
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, as
well as sport this one-of-kind Groupon Volunteer-a-thon jacket.
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.
About Groupon
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is building the daily habit in local
commerce, offering a vast mobile and online marketplace where
people discover and save on amazing things to do, see, eat and buy.
By enabling real-time commerce across local businesses, travel
destinations, consumer products and live events, shoppers can find
the best a city has to offer.
Groupon is redefining how small businesses attract and retain
customers by providing them with customizable and scalable
marketing tools and services to profitably grow their
businesses.
To download Groupon's top-rated mobile apps, visit
www.groupon.com/mobile. To search for great deals or subscribe to
Groupon emails, visit www.groupon.com. To learn more about the
company’s merchant solutions and how to work with Groupon, visit
www.groupon.com/merchant.
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