United Way's 121-year history is built on the proven effectiveness of local organizations helping people in their own communities.  This heritage - and driving force - has sustained a special partnership between UPS and United Way to open doors to friends and neighbors in hometowns throughout the U.S.

For the eighth year in a row, UPS and its employees led the nation in supporting United Way's annual campaign.  In the most recent campaign (2007), UPS and its employees contributed more than $60.8 million. In the 26 years that UPS has supported the United Way, the company and its employees have donated an astonishing $872 million. In 2002, UPS was the first company ever to donate more than $50 million in a single campaign to United Way.

UPS has twice won United Way's Spirit of America Award, United Way's highest national honor for corporate involvement and commitment to building better communities.

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In addition to the company's monetary contributions, UPS employees also volunteer their time and talents to help those in need. The company’s employees participate in UPS's Neighbor to Neighbor program, a company-wide volunteer initiative that matches employees and their families with volunteer opportunities based on their interests, skills and availability. The company also was a founding member of Business Strengthening America, a business-driven, peer-to-peer campaign aimed at increasing workplace volunteerism to meet the critical needs of local communities, develop employees, and strengthen community organizations that ended in December 2005.

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