2011 Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility ... - Cintas

12 millionpounds ofdonatedproductsService to Vulnerable Children and FamiliesThrough our partnerships, we support organizations that serve vulnerablechildren and families. In fiscal 2011, that list included more than 400 hospitals,foster care programs, homeless shelters, schools and emergency agenciesacross North America. Examples include:• Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid organization thatchannels unused products from American corporations to the poorest of thepoor. We are its largest donor, having contributed thousands of volunteerhours and more than 12 million pounds of products since 1998.• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which receives promotional products fromCintas to sell in its e-store and contributes 25 percent of all sales to researchand support. In 2011, the contribution exceeded $75,000.• American Heart Association, founded to help battle heart disease and heartrelatedillness, has been partnering with Cintas customers on lifesaving trainingsince 2005. Today, Cintas is the largest training center for the AHA in the UnitedStates, with more than 200,000 people trained to date. In fiscal 2011, Cintascommitted to raising $100,000 corporate wide to further AHA’s mission bypromoting our employee-partners’ participation in heart walks and runs heldthroughout the country.Cintas Joins Matthew 25: Ministries on Haiti Mission TripIn June 2011, Matthew 25: Ministries led a17-person mission team to Haiti. This was thethird time Matthew 25: Ministries had beento Haiti since the earthquake in January 2010decimated Port-au-Prince, but it was the firsttime a Cintas employee-partner accompaniedthe organization. The devastation was catastrophic,exacerbated by the lack of infrastructure and endemic poverty in Haiti.While there, the team delivered clothing and administered medical careto children in five orphanages. In just six days, the volunteer medical stafftreated more than 600 patients at mobile clinics and distributed newclothing donated through Cintas’ Clothe the Kids program to morethan 300 Haitian orphans. In addition, the medical team dispensednonprescription medication donated by Cintas’ First Aid & Safetydivision to hundreds of Haitian children and adults.22