The CARE² Fund can receive donations when anyone shops through Amazon Smile. Simply visit the Amazon Smile web page before you begin shopping, type in CARE² Fund at USLI Inc., and Amazon Smile will donate 0.5% of all eligible purchases to the charity you have selected.

CARE² Fund

The CARE² Fund was established to give members of the USLI community the opportunity to request donations to charities or causes to which they have personal connections. In 2012, the Fund was reorganized as a 501(c)3 charitable organization and renamed CARE² Fund at USLI Inc. This allows donors to receive a charitable deduction for their contributions. In 2012, the mission of the CARE² Fund at USLI Inc. was expanded. The Fund now also serves as a portal for funds raised from the community to support causes selected specifically by the company. This allows our community members to receive receipts for their charitable contributions. 

Breastcancer.org

Breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Over the years, we have organized a variety of fundraising events, but we had to get creative in 2020 and 2021 and adapt to more virtual fundraising. In 2021, we successfully executed October Together — Stronger Together, a month of virtual events and online auctions to educate others, bring people together and raise funds in a fun way. Some of our events included a Pink Out Your Pet Contest, a virtual 5K, a variety show and more. USLI also donates 1% of all new business premium to Breastcancer.org during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In 2021, we donated $361,196 to Breastcancer.org.
 

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Toys for Tots

We support the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation every year. In 2021, we held a virtual toy drive, raised $17,970 for local children and families and shipped all donations directly to the Toys for Tots facility.
 

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Haiti Outreach

USLI works with Poured Out and Clean Water for Haiti to provide water filtration systems to families in Haiti. In addition, we’ve established a program called Hoops for Haiti. In partnership with the Villanova men’s basketball team, USLI will donate one filter for every three-point shot made during the 2018-2022 seasons.
 
Over 50% of Haitian deaths are caused by waterborne diseases. From 2015 to 2018, USLI teams traveled to Haiti to install biosand water filtration systems in homes as well as water houses that provide clean drinking water for entire villages. Our trips provided fresh water for many people and employment for around two dozen Haitians. The unemployment rate in Haiti is over 40%.
 
We’ve made a commitment to make a greater impact in Haiti by encouraging our community to join our efforts over the next 5-10 years. Moving forward, we will focus our efforts on employing Haitians full time to contract and deliver filters to Haitians in need. So far, USLI has affected the lives of over 10,000 Haitians, and we are excited to expand these efforts over the next few years.

Additionally, since 2015, USLI has responded to multiple natural disasters in Haiti by providing much-needed supplies and rebuilding homes in affected areas.
 

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Poured Out

• $25,000 of fundraising allocated to filters
• Three Haitians are employed full time

Hoops for Haiti

• Partnership with the Villanova men’s basketball team
• One filter is donated for every three-point shot made during the 2018-2022 seasons

Clean Water for Haiti

Clean Water for Haiti employs Haitians to execute the production and installation of donated water filters.

• Over 1,000 homes received filters in 2020
• Approximately 20,000 people have access to clean water
• 22 Haitians are employed full time

Nothing But Nets

We have partnered with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign since 2006. Nothing But Nets provides bed nets for families in Africa; each bed net protects a family of four from malaria for over two years.
 
Malaria is particularly devastating in Africa, where it is a leading killer of children. In fact, there are 10 new cases of malaria every second. Every 60 seconds, a child in Africa dies from a malaria infection. Each year, USLI raises funds to send nets by holding a weeklong kids camp, a bake sale, training sessions, sports tournaments, virtual events and more.
 
2021 was our 15th year supporting Nothing But Nets, and we are the only organization with them since inception. In 2021, we raised $24,032.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At USLI, our goal is to strengthen our community and culture by representing and embracing all ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, genders, religions and sexual orientations. We understand it is imperative to educate and immerse ourselves in others' realities, acknowledge our biases and look beyond our worldviews. Within our community, we move conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion forward to ensure every employee has a sense of belonging, a voice and a seat at the table.
 
First Fridays, Celebrate USLI is a series of ongoing opportunities to learn about and celebrate fellow community members on the first Friday of every month. In 2021, we offered several virtual opportunities to learn more about each other by sharing our backgrounds, pictures from past generations, name stories, significant recipes, 2021 milestones and 2022 goals. Through this series, we also celebrated Black History Month, played cultural Jeopardy and held a Kindness Matters Movement.

Children's Holiday Party

Each year, we host a holiday party for our employees' children. In 2021, we hosted our second virtual party. The dinosaur-themed event featured a family-friendly workout, visits with Santa, cookie baking, dancing, a special effects art class, a family game show, reindeer and dinosaur crafts and more.
 

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Reading STARS Program With Winfield Scott Hancock Elementary

USLI has participated in the Reading STARS program since the 2007-2008 school year. Reading STARS is a phonics-based program geared toward children who are not reading at grade level. In 2020, we transitioned to a virtual program called BookNook by Scholastic. In 2021, we were able to tutor 25 children per week throughout the school year.
 

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Vanguard Vocational Program

Since 2005, we have partnered with the Vanguard School in Paoli as part of its Community Vocational Program. Vanguard serves children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. Students from the program come to our company two days a week for job training and coaching. Each student is assigned a coach and an assistant coach to guide them during their time here.
 
The majority of our students have gone on to attend college or have secured gainful employment. Our coaches report having a lot of personal satisfaction from working with the students and helping them overcome the obstacles that might have prevented them from obtaining employment.
 

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Families Forward and the
Community Giving Tree

Each December, we collect gifts for the children and parents of Families Forward Philadelphia. Families Forward is a shelter that offers families hope and helps them get back on their feet. We create a virtual Giving Tree that allows our community members to raise funds and buy holiday gifts for the children living at the shelter. In 2021, we also fundraised for families experiencing homelessness at eight shelters in our regional branch office cities, and our initiative raised $15,876.

Meals for Healthcare Workers

From 2020 to 2021, USLI sponsored 12^th Street Catering, an eco-friendly, Philadelphia-based catering company, to provide meals for frontline health care workers employed at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Lankenau Medical Center, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. This initiative not only provided 12^th Street Catering, a local food-service business, with an opportunity to stay in operation during this time, but also provided support to local health care workers during the pandemic via fresh take-home meals.
 

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Urban Creators

In 2020, USLI began supporting local grassroots effort Urban Creators with their mission to nurture resilience and self-determination in Philadelphia neighborhoods. Urban Creators was founded in 2010 by a group of North Philadelphians with a vision to transform a two-acre vacant lot into an urban farm. By their third year in operation, their farm was established and named Life Do Grow.

During the pandemic, USLI funded 12th Street Catering, a full-service Philadelphia catering company, to purchase fresh ingredients from the Life Do Grow farm and use these ingredients to cook 1,600 meals each week; the meals were distributed to individuals and families at Urban Creators’ Mobile Markets free of charge. Additionally, our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team and other USLI community members have been assisting Urban Creators in building a greenhouse, installing a water filtration system and volunteering with various projects around the farm throughout the year. 
 

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