Our Core Initiatives
Eliminating Hunger
The bread slice serves as a universal symbol for food. Our strategic national nonprofit partners in alleviating hunger are: Feeding America, Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry, Congressional Hunger Center and FoodCorps. Local nonprofit partners: food banks in the Feeding America network.
Strengthening Communities
The heart reflects the humanity of our associates and the belief that children and families are the heart of communities. Our national nonprofit partners to strengthen children and communities are: The United Way and First Book. Local nonprofit partners: many, of all types and sizes, supported by the C&S Mini Grant program.
Protecting Our Environment
The apple symbolizes the beauty of our planet and our commitment to the environment. Our national environmental nonprofit partners are: The Conservation Fund (Go Zero carbon sequestration program) and the Student Conservation Association.
Encouraging Volunteerism
The hand represents C&S associates’ willingness to roll up their sleeves as volunteers in their communities. Our initiatives include: National Volunteer Week, Dollars for Doers and our Team Up & Make Strides program. Our national nonprofit partners to propel volunteerism are: Points of Light and generationOn.
Purpose & Values
Click here to read our company's Purpose & Values statements.
Giving Back
At C&S we strive to participate in our communities as an engaged, values-driven corporate citizen. Our community involvement is led by our principles, driven by purpose, and oriented towards outcomes. We are an engaged corporate citizen supporting causes that positively impact our communities.
To view a (partial) list of organizations we support, please see the C&S Community Involvement Report, published annually since 2004, or click through the photos below to see some examples from 2018.
Announcements
2019 C&S Charity Golf Outing Donates More Than $1.5M August 12, 2019 Read More
C&S Wholesale Grocers Goes Green June 26, 2019 Read More
C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces 2019 Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer Month Projects May 2, 2019 Read More
See us in action:
Community Involvement Report
As a way to inspire, inform and engage our employees, our customers and vendors, and leaders in the communities where we operate, C&S produces an annual Community Involvement Report.
Click the cover to view the most recent edition and previous years.
Latest Tweets
So proud of our colleague, Drew Sander, who was honored as the 2019 C&S #Volunteer of the Year. His story, and how… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…, Dec 11
ES3/C&S York and the employees donated a total of 466 turkeys to local charities; Harvest of Hope Food Pantry, Cath… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…, Dec 6
74 million people live in countries affected by conflict and insecurity.
WFP is working in over 83 countries to r… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…, Dec 5
Just plain wrong. The Trump Admin is actively working to strip food & nutrition assistance from kids, families & co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…, Dec 6
Every child is #BookWorthy but millions of children in the U.S. are growing up in #bookdeserts. Our thanks to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…, Dec 5
The U.S. throws away 72 billion pounds of food every year while 37 million of us struggle with hunger.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…, Nov 26