Environmental Stewardship in the Gobi Desert For decades, the Gobi Desert in northwest China and southern Mongolia has been spreading, encroaching on grassland and farmland and blowing sand as far west as Beijing. Since 1978, 66 billion trees have been planted in a 2,800-mile band known as the Great Green Wall, which is helping toContinue reading “Environmental Stewardship in the Gobi Desert”
Category Archives: Community
2016 Global Philanthropy Data
2016 Global Philanthropy Data PMI Global Philanthropy focuses on children, education and the environment, supporting numerous organizations in the communities where PMI operates. Individual PMI offices contribute employee volunteer time, product donations and financial support, and PMI donates quarterly to local organizations nominated by employees through the company’s employee-driven Grassroots Giving Program. In 2016, global financial donations exceeded 1% of NIBT. Additionally, PMI donated financially to 41 global organizations, volunteeredContinue reading “2016 Global Philanthropy Data”
PMI South America Helps a Local Day Care Center
PMI South America Helps a Local Day Care Center In Brazil’s Ipiíba / São Gonçalo-RJ region, where PMI South America operates, is Casa de Acolhimento Cantinho dos Anjos, a family-run day care center that cares for 115 babies and children living in poverty. Five days a week, the family picks up the children and providesContinue reading “PMI South America Helps a Local Day Care Center”
PMI Presenting Sponsor of the 2017 Walk for Rice
PMI Presenting Sponsor of the 2017 Walk for Rice For the second year in a row, PMI will be the Presenting Sponsor of the 2017 Walk for Rice, an annual event in Seattle organized by the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS). Last year, the Walk for Rice raised over $345,000 to support the ACRS Food Bank in Seattle’sContinue reading “PMI Presenting Sponsor of the 2017 Walk for Rice”
PMI South America Supports Young Patients and Their Families
PMI South America Supports Young Patients and Their Families In 2016, PMI South America began an important new relationship with Pequeno Príncipe Hospital, the largest pediatric hospital in Brazil. Founded in 1956 in Curitiba by a group of volunteers, the hospital devotes up to 70% of its capacity to patients in Brazil’s public health system, providing more thanContinue reading “PMI South America Supports Young Patients and Their Families”
Stanley® supports The Conservation Alliance and Big City Mountaineers.
Stanley® supports The Conservation Alliance and Big City Mountaineers. In summer 2016, Stanley provided a combination of financial and product donations as well as employee volunteer time to both The Conservation Alliance and Big City Mountaineers. The organizations are two of the favorites for PMI employees and the Seattle team. The Conservation Alliance Backyard Collective brings together member company employeesContinue reading “Stanley® supports The Conservation Alliance and Big City Mountaineers.”