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UPS has made a big donation to help the kids of backside racetrack workers this summer.
The shipping giant donated $10,000 to the Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs during a presentation at their Worldport facility on Monday.
Those funds will be used for summer camps and academic support for the worker’s children.
For the last five years, UPS has given the center more than $66,000 and their employees have also volunteered at the facility.
When Tim Rowe started washing trucks part time at the United Parcel Service when he was 18 years old, he couldn’t have predicted that it would end in over 1 million miles, 38 years of safe driving, and 46 years of service.
Rowe still remembers the day he started at UPS: April 14, 1976.
“I was graduating from high school at the time, and I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Rowe said. “As far as career goes, I [knew] college was not for me.”
Rowe said UPS drivers had to be 21 years old, so he spent three years washing trucks until he was old enough. And sure enough, after he turned 21, he began driving a UPS delivery truck.
What’s new: UPS and The UPS Foundation have teamed with VillageReach and Swoop Aero in Malawi to further support the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
VillageReach is known for collaborating with governments and organizations to build health solutions that improve equity and access to care. Their mission to transform health care delivery to reach everyone is a natural fit with Swoop Aero’s sustainable and scalable drone technology platforms – getting critical health supplies to remote, underserved communities.
Why it matters: Together, UPS, VillageReach and Swoop Aero are delivering vaccines farther and faster than ever before. Drone technology can reduce vaccine transit times in hard-to-reach areas from six to seven hours to as little as 15 to 20 minutes.
A group of neighbors on Edisto Island pulled out all the stops as they sent off their beloved delivery driver of 27 years.
Tony Savage has been working the UPS route for decades and built lasting relationships with the residents he served. On Friday, they all came together to make sure he knew how much he is appreciated.
The town declared Friday Tony Savage Day and neighbors lined the streets as he drove his route.
They surprised him with a variety of donated gifts, including a golf cart, a kayak, tickets for sunset tours, restaurant gift certificates, and more.
This happened on a big farm. I was still basically in the pasture when I kicked him out.