Published on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 .
Cleaning agents are substances used to remove dirt. Change agents cause or accelerate change.
In Singapore, a couple of Amway products are doing both.
From now through 2012, Amway Singapore will donate a portion of sales for every purchase of L.O.C. Multi-Purpose Cleaner and SA8 Premium Laundry Concentrate to the Singapore Children’s Society. The funds will be used to bring music, drama, math and computer curriculum to disadvantaged children, allowing them to acquire or enhance skills and discover their own interests and talents.
The mission of the Singapore Children’s Society is to bring relief and happiness to children, youth and families in need. The organization is a true change agent for the 46,000 children it serves each year.
Published on Thursday, February 18, 2010 .
Our employees and distributors normally wield laptops and smartphones as part of their business tool kits.
But in Thailand, you’re as likely to find them swinging hammers as they build homes for Habitat for Humanity. Last year Amway Thailand volunteers helped build and repair 82 homes with Habitat.
We’ve made this market our home, or as they say in Thailand, our baan, since 1987.
By working with Habitat, we’re proud to help others find a place to call baan.
Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 .
As our One by One Campaign for Children turns seven, there’s an even more important “seven” to celebrate - since 2003, we’ve helped 7 million children worldwide.
Our employees and distributors have volunteered more than 1.3 million hours and we’ve given more than $112 million in donations to partner organizations addressing children’s issues. All in all, we work with hundreds of organizations in more than 50 countries to help make life better for children.
And that’s something worth celebrating.
Published on Friday, January 22, 2010 .
In the days since the devastating January 12 Haiti earthquake, we’ve heard staggering numbers…3 million affected, tens of thousands dead, and countless others suffering.
But there have been hopeful numbers as well…of funds raised by hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations and help provided by the thousands of volunteers who have raced to Haiti to aid the victims.
We’re proud to have helped in our own way by providing:
Help for Haiti is adding up, but the needs are great and increasing every day.
Published on Friday, January 15, 2010 .
As we learn more about the devastation in Haiti, we’re doing more to help the victims recover.
Amway is sending 10,000 hygiene kits to Haiti through World Vision and International Aid. We’re working to dispatch two of our corporate planes filled with medical supplies and personnel to Haiti.
And an opportunity for our employees and distributors to give to the American Red Cross and SOS Children’s Villages and have their donations matched by the company has resulted in US$54,900 for those agencies. This is in addition to the US$100,000 we gave the Red Cross and SOS earlier this week.
Many hands and many dollars will be needed to help Haiti recover. You can give now at www.amway.com and have your contribution matched by Amway, or give directly to any of these relief organizations.
But please give.
Published on Thursday, January 14, 2010 .
Like everyone else, we’ve watched the devastation of the Haiti earthquake unfold. And like everyone else, we want to help in any way we can.
We’re donating US$100,000 to the American Red Cross and SOS Children’s Villages, organizations that are on the ground and providing aid to victims. We’re also encouraging our employees and distributors to help these organizations, by providing an opportunity for them to donate through www.amway.com.
Amway doesn’t have offices in Haiti, but we do have hundreds of distributors who operate there. Per Jim Hunking, who manages Amway’s Caribbean operations, “we’ll be there to help Haiti recover and put the country back together.”
Published on Thursday, December 17, 2009 .
Giving isn’t seasonal for Amway. Throughout the year, Amway affiliates support hundreds of causes worldwide through our One by One Campaign for Children.
But during the holidays, we always do something special in our own backyard.
This week our employees helped kids give to others through a Santa’s Secret Workshop at two elementary schools. We’re also packing meals through Kids Food Basket to make sure kids who rely on school lunches don’t go hungry over the holiday break and helping with a Salvation Army Christmas Toy Giveaway.
And for the fifth year, we’ve made a sizeable gift to the NBC TODAY Show Toy Drive that benefits kids from coast to coast. Amway Global’s managing director Steve Lieberman will appear on TODAY December 18 to highlight the company’s $1 million product donation as part of a Direct Selling Association $15.7 million effort. But that’s not all. We’ll give an additional $1 to the drive for every new fan at Amway Global’s Facebook page through December 25, up to $100,000.
We give here in West Michigan, and all around the world. And during the holidays, we give just a little bit more.
Published on Friday, April 24, 2009 .
Known as “Gilly” in the wildly popular sport of cricket, Adam Gilchrist has teamed up with Amway of Australia to provide special needs children with modified bikes, a program we blogged about last month.
Even ESPN picked it up. Gilly is that good.
Over to Jesse Hertstein and Kevin Lowe on our “One by One” blog for more details.
Published on Thursday, March 19, 2009 .
Riding a bicycle is no big deal for most kids, but for children with disabilities, it’s special. For these kids, Amway of Australia is making the dream become a reality.
Our affiliate there is a sponsor of the Freedom Wheels program which, in partnership with the Technical Aid to the Disabled charity, modifies standard push bikes to help kids with disabilities ride a bike for the first time. Through our One by One Campaign for Children, and the time and monetary support of our distributors there, we’ve been able to get the Freedom Wheels program up and running. As a result, bicycles have been redesigned and delivered to happy kids and their parents throughout the continent.
We were also pleased to see this make the March 17 print edition of The Daily Telegraph which gave us coverage across Australia. We hope to see plenty more.
Published on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 .
Amway Korea shares center stage with Korean Air, Yuhan-Kimberly, KIA Motors and Hyundai Insurance in the 17th Annual Korean Marketing Frontier Awards, presented by the Korean Marketing Association.
Why, you may ask, is this newsworthy? Amway Korea was the only direct selling company to win an award in any category this year. In addition, the KMA is represented by approximately 60 universities and industrial communities. Receiving an award from an academically-based body in Korea is held with very high regard.
Yong-Hwan Roh, senior marketing director for Amway Korea, accepted the award in the cause-related marketing category on behalf of the company. The KMA considered the Amway One by One Campaign for Children’s “Health Watcher”, “Amway Charity Playground” as well as the Nutrikids soccer team as successful examples of educating elementary school children about healthy living.
Also, be sure to browse Amway Korea’s newest corporate brochure which gives users the sensation of turning a glossy, high-quality page without actually holding a printed brochure.
