FedEx Cares Recognizes Top Volunteers With the FedEx Founder's Fund Award
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2024 / FedEx Cares is the company's commitment to giving back and volunteering - values core to the company's culture inspired and created by our Founder, Frederick W. Smith.The FedEx Founder's Fund Award was …
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2024 / FedEx Cares is the company's commitment to giving back and volunteering - values core to the company's culture inspired and created by our Founder, Frederick W. Smith.
The FedEx Founder's Fund Award was established in 2023 in recognition of Mr. Smith's legacy during our 50th anniversary. It celebrates team members who give back to their communities in meaningful ways.
Join FedEx Cares in congratulating the winners of the inaugural FedEx Founder's Fund Award, the most prestigious recognition team members can achieve within the FedEx Cares program.
The top three team members globally, with the most recorded volunteer hours, will have grants made in their names to the nonprofits of their choice in the amounts of $25,000, $15,000, and $10,000 respectively.
1st place winner
Carol Cope
Sr Operations Admin
Lesen Sie auch
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
FedEx Ground
First place winner, Carol, has worked for FedEx for 24 years and volunteers at eight nonprofits in her free time, most days of the week. Carol recorded an impressive 1,500+ volunteer hours this past year, making her the outright winner.
Her passion for volunteering began in 2009 with the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon. Some of the nonprofits she has volunteered for since include: the Champaign Parks Foundation, Salt & Light, Virginia Theatre, Ma+homet Freedom Celebration, Crossroads Blues Festival, Mahomet Music Festival, and Mahomet Soda Festival.
Carol, who raised five children on her own, views volunteering as her way of giving back to her community for the support she received. She cites the feeling of gratitude from those she has impacted and the connections made as reasons why she enjoys volunteering.
Cancer awareness is just one cause that Carol cares about. Her daughter is currently fighting cancer, and she has lost friends from the disease.
"I see FedEx as very committed to helping their communities. FedEx helped me get my foot in the door for one of the nonprofits I volunteer at."
2nd place winner
Daniel Russell
Sr. Performance and Planning Analyst
Collierville, Tennessee, U.S.
FedEx Services
Daniel enjoys helping others and giving back to his community - something he has done at various nonprofits and his church since high school. He primarily volunteers as a Scoutmaster for a local Boy Scout troop. Daniel grew up participating in scouts, eventually earning the Eagle Scout Rank, the highest rank attainable. He has since helped 70 young men earn the same rank.