VolunCheers helps us make an impact in our communities

We created VolunCheers to help boost local participation in volunteer activity across all markets where Southern Glazer’s operates. The program is championed by more than 90 volunteer ambassadors who drive volunteerism in the 45 U.S. markets we operate within, plus Canada.

The SGWS AZ Team partnered with Kingdom Helps Center to support Alta E Butler Elementary School with a local food drive to feed the surrounding community. Over 500 boxes were successfully distributed, many families left the school grounds with warm hearts and smiles on their faces.

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Our SGWS IN team partnered with Tito's and Growing Places Indy to revitalize an urban garden on the near northeast side of the city. Together, the SGWS IN and Tito’s Vodka team gathered to build new fencing, clear overgrown bushes, and construct new beds.

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Twenty-seven energetic SGWS FL participants teamed up on a Saturday morning to clean up Hollywood Beach! The team gathered to pick up trash, cigarettes, plastics, and the occasional flip-flop - anything that could potentially harm the local wildlife or pollute our beaches.

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Our SGWS HI team participated in a Charity Walk at Ke'ehi Lagoon Park, benefiting the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign. Together, 12 SGWS employees and 13 family members gathered at the event in full pink force to show their support.

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To celebrate the holidays, the SGWS CO Transatlantic team partnered with Operation Christmas Child to give back to those in need. The team gathered to package boxes filled with plush toys, stuffed animals, hygiene items, and school supplies which were sent to Benin, Africa, one of the world’s poorest countries, just in time for the holidays.

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SGWS IN made it their mission to gather volunteers who could assemble 1,000 care packages containing snacks, hygiene products, and handmade items to be delivered to deployed service members, Veterans, and First Responders across the nation benefitting Operation Gratitude.

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All the ways to give back on a single website

The philanthropy movement at Southern Glazer's centers around VolunCheers Online. VolunCheers Online lets everyone plug in to this enterprise-wide community work. Those employees who don't have the time to help in-person can choose to make financial contributions to the 501(c)(3) of their choice. Others can plan to join in with one or more of the in-person volunteering activities taking place in their respective communities. There are so many different ways to be involved.

Additionally, the website allows colleagues to connect with each other over shared passions, from feeding the hungry to working with their hands to build houses. They can add and view volunteering events and log participation hours after the fact. The end result is a snapshot that shows how working together makes an enormous impact.

VolunCheers stats

Since its inception (beginning with the online platform in summer 2018), the VolunCheers program has resulted in the following:

57,785

Volunteer hours

$491,863

Employee donations

930

Volunteer events