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Our Story Wins the Third Season of the “FedEx Junior Business Challenge”

“The student entrepreneurship I witnessed today at the FedEx Junior Business Challenge was incredible,” said Tommy Fleetwood. “We’re proud to work with the PGA TOUR and JA Worldwide to positively impact aspiring entrepreneurs through the FedEx Junior Business Challenge. The FedEx Junior Business Challenge program is part of the newly launched FedEx Cares 50 by 50, a journey to deliver hope, change and new possibilities for 50 million people by the company’s 50th anniversary in 2023. With FedEx a

By FedEx| 2019-08-20T17:00:00+00:00 August 20th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS Helps K12 Equip Online Learners For Back To School

It’s also time for UPS (NYSE: UPS) and online education company K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN) to receive, ready and render millions of school supplies to students and educators around the globe. Last year, UPS Global Logistics processed 6,000 different types of items for K12, totaling nearly 10 million individual pieces. UPS reverse logistics helps companies like K12 better manage and re-integrate returns for reduced waste and increased profits. UPS Global Logistics provides warehousing and fulfillment s

By UPS| 2019-08-04T17:00:00+00:00 August 4th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

FedEx and Junior Achievement Worldwide Tee Up For Third Season of the FedEx Junior Business Challenge

FedEx and Junior Achievement Worldwide Tee Up For Third Season of the FedEx Junior Business ChallengeNext Generation Entrepreneurs Will Pitch Business Concepts at PGA TOUR Tournaments for the Opportunity to Earn a $75,000 Donation from FedExMEMPHIS, Tenn., May 21, 2019 — FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide announced today that the FedEx Junior Business Challenge is returning for the third consecutive year. Follow the FedEx Junior Business Challenge all season long on Fa

By FedEx| 2019-05-20T17:00:00+00:00 May 20th, 2019|companies, News|0 Comments

UPS Assembles 500 Hygiene Kits For Atlanta Homeless Teens Heading Back To School In Fulton County

US 08/02/18Atlanta, GANext week students enrolled in Fulton County Schools (FCS) will begin the new school year. Unfortunately for homeless Atlanta teens trying to head back to school, purchasing even the most basic items can pose a challenge. The UPS Foundation also made a $10,000 donation to the Ed Isakson YMCA for their youth programs. Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement to local, national, and glo

By UPS| 2018-08-01T17:00:00+00:00 August 1st, 2018|companies, News|0 Comments

“F1 in Schools”: DHL supports international technology competition for students

The competition, which took place for the 13th time in 2017, is designed to get students between the ages of nine and 19 excited about science, math, engineering and technology and help support them in developing their talents. On behalf of DHL, Christopher Ong, Managing Director DHL Express Malaysia and Brunei, presented the “Enterprise Portfolio Award” to team “Pioneers” from Germany. “We are proud to be the official logistics partner for the competition and to have this opportunity to encourage young people around the world to be excited about math, science and technology,” says Ong. “The partnership with ‘F1 in Schools’ is a logical extension of our decades-long involvement in Formula 1,” says Christopher Ong. Foun

By DHL| 2017-09-28T00:53:00+00:00 September 28th, 2017|companies|0 Comments

FedEx Office Opens Location at USC Village

FedEx Office Opens Location at USC VillageParcel Management Highlights Services Offered to Ease Overcrowded Campus MailroomsPLANO, Texas, Aug. 28, 2017—FedEx Office, a leading provider of convenient, state-of-the-art printing, packing and shipping services, announced its latest on-campus store opened at the University of Southern California (USC) Village in Los Angeles. The new FedEx Office store is a convenient solution, providing professional inbound and outbound parcel management services and

By FedEx| 2017-08-28T00:53:00+00:00 August 28th, 2017|companies|0 Comments

UPS Enhances Driver Safety Training With Virtual Reality

The company will begin launching VR training in September at its nine UPS Integrad training facilities. IT experts at UPS created the VR training modules that users see and hear inside VR headsets like the HTC Vive. “Virtual Reality offers a big technological leap in the realm of driver safety training,” said Juan Perez, UPS chief information and engineering officer. UPS currently operates eight UPS Integrad facilities in the United States and two others in Europe. “This training is foundational

By UPS| 2017-08-15T00:53:00+00:00 August 15th, 2017|companies|0 Comments

Robert Panara commemorated on stamp

Postal Service’s Distinguished American stamp series on a Forever stamp today. Postal Service Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President David Williams in dedicating the stamp. “Seeing my father honored on a U.S. postage stamp as a ‘Distinguished American’ makes me extremely proud,” said Panara. In the early 1970s, he wrote influential articles on deaf American writers and deaf characters in modern literature. Distinguished American Stamp SeriesOther individuals commemorated as part of

By USPS| 2017-04-11T00:53:00+00:00 April 11th, 2017|shippers|0 Comments

Robert Panara immortalized on stamp

The Postal Service’s 16th stamp in the Distinguished Americans series honors Robert Panara (1920-2014), an influential teacher and a pioneer in the field of Deaf Studies. At age 10, Panara was profoundly deafened after contracting spinal meningitis, which damaged his auditory nerves. Panara taught English for two decades, beginning in 1948, at Gallaudet College (now University), in Washington, DC. In 1967, he helped found the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and became its first

By USPS| 2017-03-15T00:53:00+00:00 March 15th, 2017|shippers|0 Comments

Some 2,500 young people began their vocational training at Deutsche Post DHL Group in 2016

Depending on their area of interest and own unique talents, each of these young individuals will train in one of about 15 occupational fields and twelve dual courses of study. In 2016 some 2.500 young people decided in favor of an apprenticeship at Deutsche Post DHL Group, the world’s leading postal and logistics services company. As Employer of Choice, with more than 500,000 employees worldwide, Deutsche Post DHL Group aspires to create optimal working conditions for current and future employees and trainees – an area in which the Group has already received multiple distinctions. Deutsche Post DHL Group also offers vocational training for office-based jobs such as IT

By DHL| 2016-11-25T05:30:21+00:00 November 23rd, 2016|News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments