Walmart's Good Works Board

By posting this shot, I'm admitting that I was at the local Ithaca Walmart--why I was there I will not discuss!--but I managed to get a shot of their "Good Works" board. As I understand it, the manager of each Walmart store has a discretionary fund to use for community projects. This board praises the over $30,000 donated to the local community and displays thank you notes from local groups helped by Walmart donations--the usual suspects such as schools and 4H groups but also a pirate academy?

DB Schenker Food Drive

Pac Hwy Food Drive
Originally uploaded by Echo Communications

Another example of social action pulled from Flickr. This illustrates Canadian firm DB Schenker's food drive held earlier in the summer. Employees donated over 87,000 pounds of food--nearly 48.5 pounds per employee!

Donations were given to food banks across Canada.

Royal Cliff Beach Resort Donates Cash, Food to Fr. Ray Foundation

Royal Cliff Beach Resort Donates Cash, Food to Fr. Ray Foundation
Originally uploaded by royalmice

I searched flickr to see if I could find any photographs related to Corporate Social Responsibility. This one caught my eye, primarily because it is a photograph from Thailand. The caption describes how a local resort donated both rice and snacks to an orphanage as well as a home for street children and a school for the physically disabled.

Best Buy: Relay for Life

I spotted this memo in the local Best Buy. This is an example of the personal social action I discussed in my dissertation.

Avaaz, Voice

Avaaz.org is another website serving as a clearinghouse for social action awareness and action.