Jeunesse Global - CSR Program of the Year

Company: Jeunesse Global, Lake Mary, FL, USA
Company Description: Jeunesse is a billion-dollar global direct selling company with a mission to positively impact the world by helping people look and feel young, while empowering each other to unleash their potential. The company’s skin care and nutritional products are made exclusively for Jeunesse and form a comprehensive Youth Enhancement System. Jeunesse operates in over 145 markets worldwide.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year - in Canada and the U.S.A.

Nomination Title: Jeunesse Kids™: Giving Children a Hand up on Six Continents

Jeunesse Founders Randy Ray and Wendy Lewiscreated Jeunesse Kids™ in 2012 with a mission to empower communities to give children a brighter future, and a goal to reach children on each of the five continents Jeunesse operates.

Since then, Jeunesse Kids has been making a meaningful difference in the lives of children in need around the world through programs that provide sustainability and create long-term impact.

Village Sponsorship

Jeunesse Kids partners with the WE Charity to adopt villages in underdeveloped countries, implementing their WE Villages proven international development model that addresses the five primary causes of poverty with sustainable solutions to lift the community out of poverty and into self-sustainability within five years.

Local Initiatives

Jeunesse Kids implements charitable initiatives at Jeunesse company events worldwide. These charitable initiatives benefit local children and are focused on a specific project that will yield sustainable, long-term benefits such as buildings, facility renovations, equipment, medical treatment, and education.

In 2020, Jeunesse Kids made an impact across the globe to further its mission to empower communities to give children a brighter future.

-Raised $1,166,406 USDand donated $2,420,230 USDto13 charities, funding 14 projects on 6 continents.
-Provided grants to fund projects supporting education, life-saving medical treatments, and basic living needs such as food security, shelter and clean water.
-Donated $100,000 USD to three organizations to provide relief from the Australian Bush Fires.
-Raised $1,040,700 to fully fund the WE College School of Entrepreneurship in Kenya
-Provided $500,000 to the UN Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for global COVID-19 relief.
-Granted $200,000USD to the National Urban Leagueforsocial andracialjusticereform in the United States.
-Sponsored the Antri Village in India, providingschool classrooms, latrines with proper segregated washrooms for boys and girls, running water for drinking and handwashing, and boundary wall surrounding the primary school to keep students safe from outside elements, such as animals.
-Funded much needed repair projects for four SOS Children’s Villages in Russia.
-Raised $94,185 to support the Adopt-a-Patient program at the GRAACC children’s hospital in Brazil, funding cancer treatment for children.
-Donated$300,000USD to leading global foodbanks to help combat the hungercrisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
-Garnered six corporate social responsibility awards.
-PublishedMud Pies to Blue Skies, a memoir written by Jeunesse Founder Randy Ray whose proceeds benefit Jeunesse Kids.

While 2020 was a year that presented unique challenges no one could have imagined, and many people struggled to make ends meet financially, Jeunesse Kids was able to exceed the $1 million goal to fund the WE College School of Entrepreneurship in Kenya and raised funds to support 13 additional initiatives, making an impact on six continents.

Jeunesse Kids website: http://jeunessekids.org

Jeunesse Kids 2020 Year End Impact Report: https://jeunessekids.org/q4-2020/;

Jeunesse Kids Identity Video: https://vimeo.com/461996927