Walgreens

At Walgreens, we know that success and being a good corporate citizen go hand-in-hand. It’s a balance that we strive for in everything we do. With that in mind, we have established several priority areas that we believe best align our citizenship activities and resources with our business operations.

Education

Scholarships

• Thousands of student team members attend pharmacy school with the help of our educational assistance program.
• Every year, Walgreens contributes over $728,000 in pharmacy scholarships at the corporate level.

Experiential Education

• Walgreens partners with schools and colleges of pharmacy to provide experiential education rotations to current pharmacy students as well as community colleges (pharmacy technicians), and community organizations (retail/front-end).

Diversity and Inclusion

Walgreens Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award and the Walgreens Diversity Scholarship

• Walgreens makes annual donations of $10,000 to pharmacy colleges in support of their diversity initiatives, including student scholarships, campus diversity programs, faculty training, diversity programs in diversity, and more.
• The goal is to increase the enrollment of students in underrepresented communities in schools and colleges of pharmacy.

Disability Initiatives

REDI

• Our Retail Employees with Disabilities Initiative (REDI) provides retail educational training for people with disabilities.

Anderson Facility

• Our distribution center in Anderson, SC is the first facility of its kind in the country to employ a workforce where more than 40 percent of our team members have a physical or cognitive disability.

Community

Charity of Choice

• Through this program, Walgreens employees are able to choose from a list of charities and contribute through automatic payroll deductions at an amount designated by the employee.

Philanthropic Participation

• Walgreens employees participate in many charitable events and support organizations such as Relay for Life, Diabetes Awareness, American Heart Association, and many more.

Walgreens Benefit Fund

• The Walgreens Benefit Fund assists employees who have experienced hardships caused by long illness, accidents, natural disasters and other situations.
• In 2012, the Walgreens Benefit Fund provided nearly $1.3 million in financial assistance to more than 900 individuals who had exhausted their own financial resources.

For more than 100 years, we’ve worked hard to earn the trust of our customers and our communities. And now, with locations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, our community outreach efforts help provide access to health services as well as education to our customers on their path to wellness.

• The Walgreens Way to Well Commitment^TM is focused on improving everyday health through the prevention and early detection of today's leading diseases, like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Our goal is to donate $100 million in preventive resources over the next four years.
• The Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP consists of buses that travel the country delivering free health testing, health education and consultation to adults 18 years and older. This initiative makes health tests more accessible to underserved communities that need it the most – those with the highest prevalence for leading diseases, and the uninsured and unemployed.
• In 2011, we partnered with Feeding America and local food pantries to provide over $18 million worth of products.
• Our electronic outdoor signs help signal severe weather alerts and missing children alerts as they happen.
• We provide relief for those hit by natural disasters such as tornadoes, floods and hurricanes by providing water, food and health services to those in need.
• Since 1993, Walgreens has provided more than $2.7 million to the Midtown Educational Foundation in Chicago.

In addition to our hands-on efforts, we also show our dedication to providing care by making donations to a wide variety of health care and educational organizations.

At Walgreens, we’re on a mission to help customers get, stay and live well. To do that, we’re making health and happiness more accessible to more people every day.

We’re bringing our pharmacists out from behind the counter so customers can receive the expertise they need to get and stay healthy. Our in-store beauty advisors help shoppers find the perfect shade of lipstick for a little boost of happy. And our online store and apps bring customers instant access to an endless aisle of products and advice.

From our stores to our corporate offices, our more than 240,000 employees work to create positive experiences for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion are not strangers to Walgreens. For over 110 years, we have dedicated ourselves to becoming “My Walgreens” for everyone in America.

At the core of our success have been our team members. Walgreens values its diverse and inclusive workforce; it is not only the right thing to do, but a business imperative and a competitive advantage as well. Leveraging the diverse thoughts, perspectives, and backgrounds of our employees allows us to continue to provide innovative solutions and products to better serve our customers and patients.

Diversity isn’t about tolerance, but acceptance. It is also not about what you look like, but rather about celebrating our differences and recognizing the unique value that every person brings to the organization. Diversity and inclusion transcends race and gender. They focus on building an environment that engages “ALL” employees and encourages them to deliver their best work. This fully aligns with Walgreens’ key strategy to deliver an outstanding customer experience through enhanced employee engagement.

In an inclusive environment, everyone has something to give and everyone has something to get. It is collective, cohesive and collaborative in nature; a real cornerstone in building a healthy and happy environment.

Business Resource Groups

Walgreens Business Resource Groups (BRGs) are organized by Walgreens employees, based on their shared experiences. Their purpose is to help us gain access to qualified diverse talent, help develop employees and to engage internal and external communities.

Currently, Walgreens has nine BRGs representing the following groups: African-American, Asian, Environment Sustainability, Latinos, LGBT, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women and Young Professionals.

Walgreens Supports Diversity in Pharmacy Education

Walgreens is committed to promoting diversity within all schools and colleges of pharmacy. Each year, since 2008, Walgreens has donated over a million dollars to this cause – with approximately half going to students in the form of scholarships and the remainder being donated to accredited pharmacy schools in the US and Puerto Rico. With our continued support, we are helping to increase the enrollment of and provide educational assistance to students in underrepresented communities.