UPS dontates 195 000 volunteer hours globally

There is a strong SA focus in the latest social responsibility programme at logistics major UPS. Effective since October 1, during its tenth annual Global Volunteer Month led by the UPS Foundation, nearly 400 000 employees around the world are pledging 195 000 volunteer hours to make their communities more environmentally sustainable. The regional programme in South Africa ranges from creating outdoor play areas at the Protea Child Care Centre in Port Elizabeth to planting a vegetable garden at the Mpumelelo Day Care Centre in Johannesburg. To date in 2012, the foundation has contributed almost US$700 000 to 38 community-based environmental programmes around the globe, which also are supported by locally based UPS employees.