Community Involvement
Smurfit-Stone actively takes a role in improving local communities with financial and volunteer-based contributions. In December 2007, Smurfit-Stone Container Company pledged $1 million to the YMCA of Greater St. Louis. They now aim to raise $30 million for the organization by 2009. In March, 2007, Smurfit-Stone provided their company wellness center to the YMCA in West Point, VA. The building is now used to house the Greater West Point Family YMCA. Smurfit-Stone’s recycling division has sponsored American Cancer Society fundraising events for more than 10 years, raising around $1 million to directly benefit the St. Louis Hope Lodge Center. Smurfit-Stone works with several other organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Project Learning Tree, American Red Cross, United Way, March of Dimes, and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
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