FedEx Lifesaving Relief Work Featured in CSR Film Festival – Vote Now!

Some years ago, I participated here in Memphis as an extra in the filming of the movie The Firm, based on the novel by John Grisham. I was an “elevator guy.” I stood by an elevator door for two days while they shot a scene that lasted no more than 30 seconds. It was fascinating to see everything that goes into making an action scene come to life on the screen. I did not win an Oscar for my part. I actually wound up on the cutting room floor – apparently too much competition for the leading male actor!

Tears at Work

So it’s Monday afternoon and I’m sitting here tearing up at work. As we continue with our Haiti relief efforts, we always keep our senior management team in the loop. What so moved me this afternoon is that, once again, within minutes of sending out our latest update we received notes of encouraging support from our officers. As their responses came in, once again – almost immediately, tears of appreciation just welled up and filled my eyes.

FedEx Response to Haiti

The first details to emerge from Haiti after a 7.0 earthquake struck were devastating. Relief agencies estimated the toll could climb to more than 100,000 people. The capital city of Port-au-Prince was leveled. Infrastructure was severely damaged or destroyed.

A Day in the Life of a Corporate Grant Maker (Yep. I love my job.)

So, my wife just called me and asked "Whatcha doin'?" I told her that I was emailing someone in Brussels about a grant recommendation to a charity in India being worked on by someone in D.C.  When I hung up the phone after our brief chat I found myself ridiculously happy about my work. I love my job.

When It Roars, Go Indoors!

With an excited group of 100 enthusiastic, fired-up students from several schools in Philadelphia, and in the company of Lloyd Ayers, Fire Commissioner, City of Philadelphia and Tom Foley, CEO of the Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, we wrapped up our series of "Race to Prepare: events with Red Cross, FedEx and our NASCAR team on Thursday, September 24th.