{"id":56357,"date":"2023-06-01T11:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T03:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=56357"},"modified":"2023-06-01T11:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T03:15:59","slug":"ups-philippines-renews-commitment-to-community-during-global-volunteer-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/06\/01\/ups-philippines-renews-commitment-to-community-during-global-volunteer-month\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS Philippines renews commitment to community during Global Volunteer Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As part of the company\u2019s annual Global Volunteer Month activities, employees from UPS teamed up with charitable organizations in Quezon City, Muntinlupa and Cebu to reinforce UPS\u2019s commitment to giving back to the communities it serves around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this year\u2019s projects marking a return to regular in-person activities after the switch to more virtual-based volunteerism during the pandemic, the programs provided UPS employees a chance to reconnect with the community and renew the company purpose of moving the world forward by delivering what matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs this year\u2019s global volunteer month activities draw to a close, we\u2019re grateful to have been able to participate in more in-person projects, after having to get creative with how we carried out our volunteer programs over the last couple of years,\u201d says Tessa Santos, UPS Philippines operation manager and Community Involvement Committee (CIC) executive sponsor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTwo of our partners this year \u2013 SOS Children\u2019s Village and Good Neighbors International Philippines \u2013 focus on building and supporting families and communities, which is the perfect example of delivering what matters where it\u2019s needed most. In addition to giving us an opportunity to help the people of the community, it gives our employees a sense of accomplishment, and knowing that they are making a real difference to peoples\u2019 lives is a hugely energizing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of this year\u2019s partner communities is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sosphilippines.org\/\">SOS Children\u2019s Village<\/a>, an organization on a mission to build families for children in need. In order to give these children a support system and empower them to shape their own futures, UPS volunteers provided children, at first with virtual visits and then with physical ones, regular platforms on which to express themselves and build meaningful connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe virtual visits we\u2019ve done with UPS volunteers helped ensure that the social and emotional development and social integration of the children are supported,\u201d said Romil I. Rayos del Sol, Deputy National Director of SOS Children&#8217;s Villages in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur most recent project with UPS helps in providing basic needs such as food subsidies, educational supplies, additional school allowances, and funding for the improvement of the living situations in the village, youth facilities, and boarding houses. It also helps in strengthening youth empowerment and leadership by providing an opportunity to hone the leadership and project management skills of youth councils and interested young people by designing a Youth Leaders\u2019 Summit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPS also partners with another family-focused endeavor, <a href=\"https:\/\/goodneighbors.ph\/\">Good Neighbors International Philippines<\/a>. Established in 2008, Good Neighbors is dedicated to improving the lives of Filipinos, in particular children, through child sponsorship and community development programs. So far, the NGO has had an incredibly enlivening effect on the small town where Good Neighbors first set down roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPrior to Good Neighbors, the community of Sitio Bakal was not known to many. The presence of Good Neighbors paved the way for opportunities which addressed the limitations of Sitio Bakal in terms of community involvement, livelihood and capacity building training,\u201d said Good Neighbors\u2019 Country Director Mr. Jae Choon Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe UPS employee engagement activity was another avenue for the Sitio Bakal community to showcase their sectoral activities and advocate for urban gardening. The facilitation of the hydroponics workshop boosted their self-confidence whilst the presentation of individual gardens gave them the opportunity to market their produce which the UPS employees wholeheartedly supported.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobal volunteer month is a hugely significant time in the UPS calendar and the last couple of years have shown that we\u2019re not going to let anything get in the way of us reaching out to the community,\u201d added Santos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUPS has a set of really ambitious ESG targets, one of which is to commit 30 million volunteer hours by 2030, and another is to positively impact a billion lives by 2040. At UPS Philippines it\u2019s an honor to be playing our part in the company achieving these goals and to be making a positive difference to the people in the communities we proudly serve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this year\u2019s projects marking a return to regular in-person activities after the switch to more virtual-based volunteerism during the pandemic, the programs provided UPS employees a chance to reconnect with the community and renew the company purpose of moving the world forward by delivering what matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2550,6710],"class_list":["post-56357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-ups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}