This fall, Levi Strauss & Co. employees around the world celebrated Community Day, the company’s annual day of service. More than 2,000 employees from our retail, corporate and distribution centers joined forces to make a positive impact in their communities.
Community Day has grown tremendously over the last 24 years. It started in 2000 as a Volunteer Day in San Francisco. Through employee passion the day expanded and evolved across the U.S., Canada and Latin America — and by 2008, employees from every country where LS&Co. had a business presence were participating.
Community Day’s legacy still holds strong today, and this year, employees showed up to volunteer with their colleagues at more than 80 projects around the world. And thanks to the volunteer efforts of our employees, nonprofits in 50 cities received $200,000 in grants from the Levi Strauss Foundation.
Other highlights from this year’s Community Day include:
- In San Francisco, nearly 450 employees participated in volunteer activities supporting 21 different organizations, from cleaning up the San Francisco Bay and beautifying local schools to sewing bandanas for farmworkers. Down in Los Angeles, the Beyond Yoga® team joined in for their second Community Day as part of the LS&Co. family by gardening and sprucing up their local YMCA.
- Cape Town rolled up their sleeves to support under-resourced families and their children by updating and painting kids’ playgrounds and weeding and planting at their local community center.
- Prague and Milan assisted young adults affected by mental and physical disabilities by supporting them through different daily learnings and occupational activities. In addition, employees supported a donkey farm dedicated to training donkeys for special therapeutical purposes — asinotheraphy — that support this community.
- Mexico City, Santiago and Lima were not afraid to get their jeans dirty, caring for the environment through forest restoration and regeneration, plant and insect harvesting, and beach clean-ups.
We are proud of the impact our employees continue to make as they embody our enduring commitment to profits through principles and continue giving back to the communities that have supported us for over 170 years.
