Published on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 .
Since the January earthquake that devastated Haiti, Amway and its employees, distributors and customers worldwide have given more than $1 million in aid to help Haiti recover.
We were amazed that the donations to the American Red Cross kept rolling in even after our matching funds were allocated. We’re proud to have helped in other ways, like flying doctors and medical supplies to help thousands of injured and ill Haitians. Or working with a local agency to transport newly adopted Haitian children to West Michigan to start lives with their new families.
Thanks a million to those who have given to help Haiti. We’re grateful our distributors and customers continue to open their hearts and wallets and give so relief agencies can provide aid. Because even though Haiti is no longer front page news, funds and support are still desperately needed to help Haiti recover, and eventually rebuild.
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 Monday, February 1, 2010 .
Our efforts to raise desperately needed funds for the victims of the January earthquake in Haiti have resulted in more than US$575,000 in cash donations and gifts from the company and our distributors, employees, customers and global affiliates.
In addition to the cash raised and given, we’ve donated hygiene kits, dispatched corporate jets to transport medical personnel and supplies, and worked with local organizations to assemble safe water storage containers and filtration systems for Haiti.
We thank those who have given of their time or money to help Haiti. But the situation for the survivors is still dire and more help will be needed.
There’s more work to be done to help Haiti recover and rebuild.
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 Monday, December 28, 2009 .
Corporate giving isn’t just about dollars, rubles, rupees, yen, or yuan.
Sure, Amway, our employees and distributors have given more than US$70 million and 1 million volunteer hours through our One by One Campaign for Children since 2003. The direct selling industry gives generously as well: companies gave more than $336 million worldwide last year in cash and millions more in donations of goods and time, according to a recent World Federation of Direct Selling Associations report.
But there are other ways we give. Each year our executives and employees around the world speak at conferences and forums, lecture at educational institutions, and work with organizations to share knowledge and learnings. Recently we partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at a forum on corporate social responsibility in China and will work with the Chamber on similar programs in the future.
It’s hard to put a price tag on this kind of giving. Because knowledge is more valuable than any currency.
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 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 .
If you want to give someone a head start in learning anything, you start them young.
That’s the thinking behind offering local high school students a world-class business school experience through a new partnership between Amway and the Grand Rapids Public Schools. This week, we announced our support of a new high school curriculum choice at Ottawa Hills High School focusing on business, leadership and entrepreneurship. Students will learn management, finance, and other business skills through a focused curriculum, internships, lecture series, and real world experience.
Some of that experience will come from Amway volunteers who share their expertise with students. They include Amway’s chief marketing officer, Candace Matthews, who announced the program to students earlier this week.
This is one of four public-private partnerships that pair business leaders with Grand Rapids high schools called “Centers of Innovation.” And it caps 20 years of support for the Grand Rapids Public Schools by Amway and its employees.
More importantly, it’s a head start in business that’ll give these students a leg up as future employees, managers, and in some cases, CEOs.
