Champions & Charities
Giving Back is in Our DNA
Burns & Wilcox is dedicated to giving back to the communities where we do business through multiple philanthropic efforts. We embrace our responsibility in dedicating time and resources to those organizations that are important to our communities and professionals.Â
Champions & Charities
Champions & Charities is our company’s signature philanthropic initiative to give back to the communities where we live and work.
The program champions causes important to our 2,000 associates worldwide as well Burns & Wilcox brand ambassadors, professional golfers Jimmy Walker, Webb Simpson, Max Homa, and Sophia Schubert.
As part of Champions & Charities, Burns & Wilcox associates are provided paid volunteer time off to support nonprofit organizations close to their hearts.
To date, Champions & Charities has supported dozens of non-profit organizations through associated-driven volunteering and fundraising, as well as company donations.
Back-to-School Pack-a-Thons
In the summer of 2023, associates across the U.S. and Canada held Back-to-School Pack-a-Thons where they stuffed more than 2,200 backpacks full of school supplies.
Offices partnered with local charities to donate the backpacks to kids in need in the communities where we do business.
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger is an associate-driven initiative to support hunger relief charities in their communities.Â
Throughout September 2023, associates throughout North America volunteered nearly 1,000 hours to dozens of local food banks in areas where we conduct business. Â
Associates also hosted food drives, collecting thousands of food items for those in need. For example, associates at our headquarters in Metro Detroit filled 500 snack packs with 3,500 nonperishable and easy-to-prepare food items for kids at risk of going hungry on the weekends.  Â
Furthermore, all employee donations were matched dollar-for-dollar by Kaufman.Â
2023 Burns & Wilcox Designated Charities
- Community Food Bank of Central Alabama – Birmingham, ALÂ
- Arkansas Food Bank – Little Rock, ARÂ
- NourishPHX – Scottsdale, AZÂ
- United Way British Columbia – Vancouver, BCÂ
- Alameda County Community Food Bank – San Francisco, CAÂ
- North Dallas Shared Ministries – Dallas, TXÂ
- Atlanta Community Food Bank – Atlanta, GAÂ
- Harvest Compassion Center – Maryvale, Scottsdale, AZÂ
- Nourishing Hope – Chicago, ILÂ
- Placer Food Bank – Sacramento, CAÂ
- Eat.Learn.Play. – San Francisco, CAÂ
- Live Again Fresno – Fresno, CAÂ
- APLA Food Bank – Los Angeles, CAÂ
- Help & Hope Center – Denver, COÂ
- Feeding Tampa Bay – Tampa, FLÂ
- Atlanta Community Food Bank – Atlanta, GAÂ
- Forgotten Harvest – Farmington Hills, MIÂ
- Nourishing Hope – Chicago, ILÂ
- Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana – Indianapolis, INÂ
- Second Harvest Food Bank of South Louisiana – New Orleans, LAÂ
- Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank – Baton Rouge, LA
- The Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana – Ruston, LAÂ
- Maryland Food Bank – Baltimore, MD
- CARES – Farmington Hills and Grand Rapids, MIÂ
- Second Harvest Heartland – Minneapolis, MNÂ
- The Pantry – Oxford, MSÂ
- Common Heart – Charlotte, NCÂ
- Hope Mission of Carteret County – Morehead City, NCÂ
- Bridges to Hope – St. John’s, NLÂ
- United Way Halifax – Halifax, Nova ScotiaÂ
- The Just One Project – Las Vegas, NVÂ
- 412 Food Rescue – Pittsburgh, PAÂ
- Lowcountry Food Bank – Myrtle Beach and Charleston, SCÂ
- Tarrant Area Food Bank – Fort Worth, TXÂ
- Houston Food Bank – Houston, TXÂ
- San Antonio Food Bank – San Antonio, TXÂ
- For the Kids – Salt Lake City, UTÂ
- Nourishing Hope – Milwaukee, WIÂ
- United Way British Columbia – Vancouver, British Columbia Â
- United Way Halifax – Halifax, Nova ScotiaÂ
- Daily Bread Food Bank – Toronto, Ontario Â
2022
Throughout September 2022, associates throughout North America volunteered 1,012 hours to more than 50 local food banks in areas where we conduct business.Â
2021
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger raised more than $103,000 benefiting 50 hunger relief charities across North America in September 2021. Associates also volunteered 620 hours throughout the month to food banks and distribution centers.Â
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger
Throughout September 2023, associates throughout North America volunteered nearly 1,000 hours to dozens of food banks in areas where we conduct business. Furthermore, all employee donations were matched dollar-for-dollar by Kaufman.
Harvesting Hope Against Hunger
Throughout September 2023, associates throughout North America volunteered nearly 1,000 hours to dozens of food banks in areas where we conduct business. Furthermore, all employee donations were matched dollar-for-dollar by Kaufman.
Back-to-School Pack-a-Thon
Associates across the U.S. and Canada held Back-to-School Pack-a-Thons where they stuffed more than 2,200 backpacks full of school supplies. Offices partnered with local charities to donate the backpacks to kids in need in the communities where we do business.
Share the Warmth Coat Drive
Associates donated more than 225 winter coats for the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Share the Warmth Coat Drive benefiting One Warm Coat, a nonprofit that provides free coats to children and adults in need.
Dress for Success
Associates from Burns & Wilcox offices throughout Florida organized clothing donation events to refill the closets at Dress for Success locations in Orlando, Tampa and South Florida. Associates collected and organized 5,000 pieces of professional attire.
Weekend Snack Packs
Associates at our headquarters in Metro Detroit filled 500 snack packs with 3,500 nonperishable and easy-to-prepare food items for kids at risk of going hungry on the weekends.
Food Delivery
Inland Marine/Transportation Team at Burns & Wilcox Canada delivered 2,200 pounds of food for the North York Harvest Food Bank in Toronto, Ontario.
50 Days of Giving
Offices from across the United States teamed up to raise money for the City of Hope, a Cancer Treatment and Research Organization.
50 Days of Giving
Offices from across the United States teamed up to raise money for the City of Hope, a Cancer Treatment and Research Organization.
Associates Give Back
Associates came together by making masks, supporting frontline workers, and helping their communities for the Kaufman Gives Back Initiative.
Golfing for Charity
PGA Golfers and Burns & Wilcox Brand Ambassadors, Webb Simpson and Jimmy Walker, were presented checks to charities close to their hearts, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Global Lyme Alliance.
Cooking for a Cause
The Chicago office prepped and served meals for their local community at the Manna’s Men’s Shelter
Fleece and Thank you
Associates cut and tied fleece blankets for children in Michigan hospitals battling illnesses.
Food Bank Support
The Ontario office helped pack 3,000lbs of food for families in need in the city of Toronto.
Fluffy Friends
Attendees of the Kaufman Leadership Meeting assembled and donated 175 stuffed animals to the Bottomless Toy Chest. The stuffed animals were delivered to children being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses in Michigan, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas hospitals.
Build a Bike
Associates at the Kaufman Leadership Meeting came together to build memorable gifts by assembling bicycles for children at the local Boys and Girls Club.
School Supply Drive
Burns & Wilcox Dallas/Fort Worth hosted a back-to-school drive for students in need. They donated more than 270 school supplies.
