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Groupon Employees Volunteered a Record-Setting 14,000 Hours in Their Local Communities Last MonthGroupon today unveiled the results of its sixth annual global employee volunteer-a-thon (https://community.groupon.com/groupon-employees-volunteered-a-record-setting-14000-hours-in-their-local-communities-last-month/), a company-wide initiative that encourages employees during the month of June to get involved in their local communities and connects them with the causes they care about the most. This year's event resulted in more than 2,500 employees volunteering a record-setting 14,000 hours with more than 100 nonprofit partners, serving 90 communities around the world. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190722005573/en/ Groupon's 2019 employee volunteer-a-thon resulted in more than 2,500 employees volunteering a record-setting 14,000 hours with more than 100 nonprofit partners - serving 90 communities around the world. (Graphic: Business Wire) "Once again, we continue to be blown away by the bar-raising levels of volunteer engagement and leadership shown by Groupon employees in their local communities," said Groupon's President of North America and Groupon Volunteers executive sponsor Aaron Cooper (News - Alert). "Our annual employee volunteer-a-thon has grown into a true celebration of our year-long commitment to local communities." Highlights of the 2019 Groupon employee volunteer-a-thon's nearly 200 events included:
With more than 70 percent of team members participating in June alone, the 2019 volunteer-a-thon winner is the Groupon Asia Pacific Shared Service Centers in Bangalore and Chennai, India. Some of the volunteer projects completed by these teams included:
Since 2011, Groupon employees have volunteered more than 126,000 hours in their local communities. For more information about Groupon's community involvement initiatives, please visit community.groupon.com. About Groupon Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is building the daily habit in local commerce, offering a vast mobile and online marketplace where people discover and save on amazing things to do, see, eat and buy. By enabling real-time commerce across local businesses, travel destinations, consumer products and live events, shoppers can find the best a city has to offer. Groupon is redefining how small businesses attract and retain customers by providing them with customizable and scalable marketing tools and services to profitably grow their businesses. To download Groupon's top-rated mobile apps, visit www.groupon.com/mobile. To search for great deals or subscribe to Groupon emails, visit www.groupon.com. To learn more about the company's merchant solutions and how to work with Groupon, visit www.groupon.com/merchant. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190722005573/en/ |