We know that giving back to our community and to humanity is the highest form of citizenship. The Bennett Packaging ownership, management, and employees have adopted this philanthropic philosophy.
Hurricane Katrina relief is an example of our employees care and concern. All three Bennett Packaging locations immediately mobilized, coordinating pick-up sites and delivering the donated supplies. Our estimate is that we collected and delivered ten tractor-trailer loads consisting of more than 400,000 pounds of diapers, water, food, soap, and many other items. In addition, employees donated money which the company matched. Later, when company ownership saw the news stories about the abandoned animals roaming the streets in New Orleans, the company donated 400 corrugated boxes and worked with local animal clinics to fill them with supplies. But the commitment didn't stop there - the company posted job opportunities for evacuees, and even permanently hired one person who had lost everything.
Some of the many charitable causes and organizations that Bennett Packaging has supported include:
- YMCA
- Boy Scouts
- Lions Club charities
- Salvation Army
- Humane Society
- Special Olympics
- Hospice care providers
- Adopting families at Christmas
- Little League teams too numerous to count!
One of the most heartwarming charitable projects we have done recently was assembling nearly 800 packages of soap, toothpaste, and food to send to our troops in Iraq. Our employees wrote cards of encouragement and decorated the boxes and provided them to the military for shipping overseas.
"I'm pleased that my business is of the kind that permits us to donate our products to charitable causes and not-for-profit organizations.
I am also pleased that my employees understand the importance of community involvement.
Truly, I don't believe a business, either large or small, could be considered successful if they don't value philanthropy
and have not created a caring culture at their company," says owner Kathy Bennett.
Tap into our expertise and success by calling Bennett Packaging today 1-877-479-5001
(toll free)
or 816-379-5001 (Kansas City area); or email us at info@bpkc.com.
