I recently had the opportunity to attend Nature Valley’s annual “Live the Brand Day,” an event that put me and some of my colleagues in closer touch with the Nature Valley business. The day is all about enjoying nature, and inspiring others to enjoy it, too. As an associate marketing manager on Nature Valley, this [...]
Posts Tagged ‘volunteering’
» Doing Good Works
The mothers, fathers and kids who walk through the front doors of People Serving People in Minneapolis are turning to that organization for help when they need it most. They’re homeless, without a place to sleep or eat. They also may be without a job. It’s a staggering 112 families or more a night. 60% [...]
» Summer vacation at the state fair
For several days each summer, General Mills food scientist Jonathan Griebel trades his day job for the sights, sounds and smells of the Minnesota State Fair. Jonathan takes vacation from General Mills to manage The China Town Diner, which has been serving hungry fair-goers since 1965. Proceeds from China Town Diner benefit a summer camp – [...]
» A family’s bond with General Mills
It’s often said that what goes around, comes around. I’ve witnessed that several times at General Mills, where more than 80 percent of employees volunteer. But perhaps the most telling example is the journey of how our first home-building effort for Habitat for Humanity 20 years ago helped a young immigrant family – led by [...]
» Riverside cleanup in a beautiful area
A nature preserve near downtown Buenos Aires is much cleaner now, thanks to the work of 27 General Mills Argentina employees who collected 72 large bags of trash during our annual “Think Global, Volunteer Local” campaign last month. Río de la Plata in Argentina’s Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur was the destination of the riverside cleanup [...]
» News Bites – April 27, 2012
Every Friday we bring you “News Bites,” a collection of links from the week about General Mills and the food industry. We also highlight content from other General Mills blogs and websites. Notable posts about General Mills: We begin this week with an article in Packaging World that featured Gregg Stedronsky, our vice president of [...]
» Helping a community bloom again
A strong tornado hit the small town of Henryville, Ind., on March 2 and that community and surrounding area suffered heavy damage. We have a plant in nearby New Albany, and our employees there have dealt with the fate of their own homes and property – many had hail damage, broken windows and roofs that [...]
» 5 questions with Donna Svendsen
As we celebrate our “Think Global, Volunteer Local” initiative, we thought the perfect person to hear from in our “5 questions” video series would be Donna Svendsen. She’s the associate director of Community Action for the General Mills Foundation and she’s in the middle of a busy week. With numerous volunteer events to coordinate and [...]
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