Category: Great Northern Cares

Great Northern’s vision is to “Help our team members be at their best through opportunities for growth and a shared future.” The Great Northern Cares program is just one way we live this vision by supporting our team members and the organizations in the communities where we live and work through community service and donations.

The articles below highlight some of the events and activities in which our team has participated. Click any of the article titles to get more details.

Great Northern Cares – Help for the Homeless

Posted on March 18, 2019

Great things happen when we all work together! Great Northern Appleton employees from Packaging, Laminations, and Rollguard offices came together, donating over 650 lbs. of personal hygiene items and over $500 in donations to help the homeless in the Fox Valley. Also, the Great Northern StrataGraph team in Oshkosh donated $900 worth of hygiene items to be distributed throughout the Oshkosh community. Thanks to our employees for showing that Great Northern Cares!

Great Northern Cares: Partnering with Feed My Starving Children

Posted on January 24, 2019

The Twin Cities’ Great Northern Cares team is making a big impact through its partnership with Feed My Starving Children, a nonprofit organization that tackles world hunger by sending volunteer-packed, nutritious meals to 70 different countries. In January, the team packed 26,136 meals that will feed 71 kids for an entire year in Sierra Leone! The event was a lot of fun and very rewarding for all who participated.

Great Northern Cares: Helping Two Adopt-A-Families

Posted on January 11, 2019

The holidays can be a stressful time, especially for those with limited resources. With this in mind, the Laminations team located in Appleton recently adopted two local families for Christmas. In addition to shopping for gifts, employees held a bake sale to raise funds, and plant employees donated personal gas gift cards. In total, each family received about $800 worth of gifts.

Great Northern Cares: Helping the Angel Foundation

Posted on December 21, 2018

It’s that time of year–Giving to Others and Ugly Christmas Sweaters

The Twin Cities team combined both traditions this year! They donated $470 in gift cards plus multiple bags of supplies to the Angel Foundation, which provides financial and emotional support to families impacted by cancer, and had extra fun wrapping while donning their Ugly Christmas sweaters.

Great Northern Cares About Fitness

Posted on November 5, 2018

This year’s Hot Chocolate Race in Chicago had the best turnout ever from our Des Plaines Great Northern Instore team, with 32 team members running the 5K and 2 team members running the 15K. The team had a great day, with perfect weather and a fun brunch afterwards.

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Great Northern Working with Area High Schools to Implement Dynamic Career Centers

Posted on October 24, 2018

Great Northern’s Aaron Sass was at the opening of the first ‘Launch Studio’ at Appleton East High School, a center that will help students discover their true passion for their future academic and career plans.

Watch the coverage here!

Great Northern Helps Coffee House Serve the Community

Posted on August 31, 2018

Barnabus Coffee House in Chippewa Falls is a non-profit community service organization and outreach ministry. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, they serve a free community meal. Recently, Great Northern employees Jennifer Hawke, Sara Grana, and Tami Ressler decided to join them in giving back to our community.

Just in Time for School: Great Northern Donates Care Packages to Elementary Schools

Posted on August 31, 2018

Employees from our Chippewa Falls location volunteered their time this summer to help teachers and students get ready for school this fall. Members of the Great Northern Cares team donated packages full of supplies, including tissues, paper towels, permanent markers, tape, zip-lock bags and antibacterial wipes to six local elementary schools. Our 3M team was happy to donate sticky notes as well.

Great Northern Cares for the Chippewa Humane Association

Posted on June 18, 2018

Our Great Northern Cares program is a way for Great Northern employees to give back to our communities through service and donation. The Chippewa Falls team recently used this program to benefit the Chippewa Humane Association by collecting over 100 items, along with a cash donation. Well done, team!

Proud to Support the Greater Chippewa Valley United Way

Posted on May 25, 2018

The United Way is an organization with which we’ve partnered for many years. Continuing this partnership is one way we support a shared future with our team members & our community.

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