To support homebound students in need during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Twin Star Home has donated 500 desks to Chicago-area Bolingbrook High School and the Secondary Transition Experience Program, both part of the Valley View School District.
As small businesses look to reopen in the coming weeks and months, Lowe’s is making a second $25 million commitment to support ongoing COVID-19 relief, bringing the company’s pandemic support to communities to $50 million.
Bed Bath & Beyond has initiated a $10 million “Bringing Home Everywhere” program to donate essential items that can help people affected by COVID-19.
Grosche International has added two new styles to its hydration bottle assortment.
Igloo has donated $203,794 to the CDC Foundation and the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund, in the fight against COVID-19.
PackIt Fresh, makers of freezable, commercial delivery totes, has teamed up with Meals On Wheels Orange County to support the organization’s mission of preparing and delivering meals to seniors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PackItFresh is a division of PackIt, a manufacturer of freezable consumer food storage totes.
Hestan Culinary has developed a promotion to help No Kid Hungry as social distancing has made it difficult for children who may normally rely on school meals to eat well.
Ikea Retail U.S. has made a $1.6 million donation worth of products and supplies toward relief efforts to help the many people impacted by COVID-19.
Williams Sonoma is launching a new product partnership with The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning) young people. The organization provides support to LGBTQ youth through free and confidential crisis services: its phone lifeline, chat, and text programs.
Williams-Sonoma and the company’s entire portfolio of retail brands will assist with the relief and recovery efforts of No Kid Hungry, a national campaign to end childhood hunger in America. As the coronavirus closes schools nationwide, millions of children across the U.S. are losing access to the school meals they depend on.
On March 17, Walker Edison said that it would donate desks to individuals who now find themselves working and teaching their kids remotely and are unable to afford a desk in their home, an offer that generated significant response.
Target is investing $300 million in a range of employee-related initiatives. In recognition of the significant contributions its frontline team members are playing during this time, Target said it is raising their pay by $2 an hour until at least May 2.
Built NY, a division of Lifetime Brands, has launched the Cascade water bottle. One percent of wholesale sales from its Cascade 18-ounce water bottle will be donated to Water.org to help provide access to safe water and sanitation in the developing world.
The Home Depot Foundation has committed up to $250,000 in response to the continued earthquake activity in Puerto Rico.
In response to the devastation caused by the recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are committing up to $500,000 in cash and in-kind support for relief and recovery.
Coway has made a charitable donation of Coway air purifier units to Commodore Sloat Elementary School in San Francisco, following the wildfires across the Bay Area.
NY Now has partnered with Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ sole charitable organization, to help support its mission of raising awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS organizations nationwide.
Walker Edison has participated in a company-wide service event supporting aid organization Rise Against Hunger during which more than 100 employees prepared and packaged 40,000 meals for people in need.
Lamps Plus has entered into a partnership with A Sense of Home, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization that creates first-ever homes for former foster youth who “age out” of the foster care system having never been adopted.
Lowe’s recently made a $1 million commitment to support disaster relief efforts for associates, customers and communities in direct response to Hurricane Dorian’s impact along the U.S. coast and the Bahamas.