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Philanthropic Activities
For many years, Apogee Electronics has supported a number of nonprofit organizations around the world, as well as several in its immediate community. Today, Apogee funds a group of organizations in an ongoing effort to join the fight against child homelessness and abuse, world poverty and HIV/AIDS, among other issues. As Apogee grows, so does its commitment to the environment and the community within which it exists.
A portion of Apogee Electronics’ profits has been distributed among the following charities:
Apogee Employees are Making the World a Better Place |
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Apogee Volunteer Program
Apogee Electronics’ new Volunteer Program will fund ten employees each calendar year to participate in a week-long program anywhere in the world. Apogee will pay for the entire cost of the program, including round-trip airfare to each destination. The Volunteer Program provides a unique opportunity to employees by offering the chance to cultivate relationships and have meaningful experiences in the greater worldwide community, and all at no expense to the employee except that the week is considered a part of his/her yearly vacation time. It is expected to take effect at the start of 2007. |
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Dean Hinds: Feedback from his Iceland
Volunteer Abroad Program
"Volunteering with “World Wide Friends” in Siglufjordur, Iceland was a monumental experience. The trip afforded us both a deeper understanding of the environmental issues facing Iceland and the opportunity to ‘roll up our sleeves’ and help the preservation efforts first hand." -Hinds |
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Elvira Ovalle: Costa Rica Volunteer Trip 2007,
Soup Kitchen in Heredia Area.
“The Volunteer program in Costa Rica has been one of the greatest trips of my life...Working at the Soup Kitchen to feed the poor and hiking at the Rainforest. This experience was Amazing and my family enjoyed it- a must for everyone’s life.” -Ovalle |
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| Charities supported by Apogee Electronics |
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The Corazon de Vida Foundation
The Corazón de Vida Foundation is the foremost U.S. charity providing funding, services and support to aid the plight of Mexico's abandoned and orphaned children in the 50 orphanages of Baja, California. Founded in 1994, the CDV vision is to eradicate child homelessness in Baja, Mexico, by the year 2020. |
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The ONE Campaign
ONE is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans – ONE by ONE – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is students and ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life, united as ONE to help make poverty history. |
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Save the Children
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 27 national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries to ensure the well being of children. |
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Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
Each year, MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical professionals depart on more than 3,800 field assignments. They work alongside more than 22,500 locally hired staff to provide medical care. |
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The M:Gray Music Academy
The diminishing number of music and after-school programs offered by public and private schools over the past ten years has contributed to a steady and tragic increase in violence, drug abuse and teen pregnancy. There are over 360,000 single parents in Los Angeles County alone, in addition to many of families in which both parents work full-time, leaving hundreds of thousands of children under the age of fifteen to return home from school alone with no guidance. Law enforcement studies show that the peak after-school hours are when children are most likely to get into trouble, or become victims of crimes themselves. Affordable after-school and weekend/holiday break music programs offered at the M. Gray Music Academy surround our youth with music as an instrument of peace and a valuable and enriching way of filling the after school hours. |
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UNICEF
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young. |
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CARE
CARE tackles underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient. Recognizing that women and children suffer disproportionately from poverty, CARE places special emphasis on working with women to create permanent social change. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. |
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