Jarden Consumer Solutions has announced its employee-funded JCS Community Fund donated $15,000 to a local charity in the third quarter of 2015.
The fund is committed to providing essential services and opportunities to at-risk youth, women and families in communities where Jarden employees live and work, and has donated more than $5 million across the country since its creation in 2004.
The JCS Community Fund provided funding for Kids of the Community Inc., which will use the funds to provide group activities for 235 children throughout year.
During the third quarter of 2015, the JCS Community Fund also made donations to organizations in Mississippi ($7,000), Missouri ($6,000) and South Florida ($91,896). In total, the JCS Community Fund approved grants totaling $119,896 in the third quarter of 2015.
To follow the activities of the JCS Community Fund, visit the organization’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/JCSCommunityFund.
The Jarden Consumer Solutions Community Fund is the company’s employee-funded charitable giving entity. As a 501(c)3 organization, the JCS Community Fund provides monetary grants to qualified charitable organizations that engage in community development initiatives.