Employee Engagement Programs
Employee Volunteering Program
Each year, a number of employee volunteering activities are organized locally at the various Gildan locations. For instance, reforestation activities are being held in Honduras, Nicaragua and in the Dominican Republic. Gildan teams contributed to their communities by painting a school’s walls in Honduras, delivering school supplies and toys to children in Central America, or serving meals to the elderly in Nicaragua or at the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal, Canada.
In addition, the Company provides support to employees who volunteer their personal time to community projects through The Gildan Employee in the Community Program, in which, Gildan makes a donation in cash to the organizations in which employees do volunteer work.
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“Regalando Sonrisas con Gildan”
Employees at two of our sewing facilities in Honduras (San Miguel and San Jose) have volunteered to develop the “Regalando Sonrisas con Gildan” (Giving Smiles with Gildan) campaign. Each year since 2004, just before Christmas, our employees have donated toys to children living in underprivileged communities near Gildan’s facilities. In 2010, more than 100 employees volunteered to participate in the delivery of more than 4,800 toys.
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Celebrating Senior Day in Nicaragua
In December, Nicaraguans celebrated Senior Adult Day during an afternoon filled with activities organized by the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security (INSS), such as music, dance, poetry, and games for the elderly to enjoy. In 2010, Gildan Rivas donated food for the 500 seniors attending the event, at which a group of employees volunteered to serve food.
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Blood drives in Eden
Twice during 2011, employees at our distribution facility in Eden, North Carolina, participated in a blood drive organized by Gildan in collaboration with the American Red Cross. A total of 66 employees volunteered to donate blood, resulting in a total of 55 units of blood collected.
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Serving meals at the Old Brewery Mission
In keeping with Gildan’s commitment to supporting communities, in 2011 two groups of 14 Gildan employees in Montreal volunteered to participate in a unique experience at the Old Brewery Mission, by serving an evening meal to hundreds of homeless people.