Helping people reach their full health potential
We believe every person deserves the opportunity to lead a healthy life, but many are denied that opportunity due to the social and environmental conditions in which they live. Hand-in-hand with our employees, we’re working to address pressing issues affecting the communities where we live and work so that all people can live healthy lives.
Volunteerism and employee giving
We believe having a strong sense of social responsibility begins from the inside. That’s why we provide our employees with a range of volunteer opportunities where they can lend their time and talent to enact positive social change. From backyard support to skills-based global health work, our volunteer opportunities are diverse.
Our online platform for employee volunteerism and charitable giving, CSRconnect, helps employees find volunteer opportunities, record volunteer hours and track their impact. Employees can also sign up for Medline’s Service Corps—made up of employees who have committed to furthering the company’s Social Responsibility efforts across Global Health, Community Impact and Sustainability. 2021 volunteer activities ranged from distributing facemasks and hand sanitizer to communities impacted by COVID-19, to planting and harvesting produce for local food pantries.
Our impact, by the numbers
857
Service Corps
members
1,327
unique employee
volunteers
6,849
employee hours,
valued at more
than $205,127*
$81,270
donated by
employees
149
charities served
through
volunteerism
71
charities donated
to by employees
First-ever Medline Month of Service
Medline launched its first-ever Month of Service in November 2021, encouraging and incentivizing employees to participate in organized volunteer activities—in person or virtual.
Through the initiative, employees could choose from a list of Medline-organized volunteer events or find their own activity through a matching database. The organized events allowed employees to donate blood, pack life-saving meals, fulfill holiday and other wish lists, and create craft cards for seniors and recently resettled immigrants and refugees. And for every volunteer hour logged on CSRconnect, Medline made a donation to the charity where the work was performed. Nearly 600 Medline employees volunteered more than 1,400 hours during the Month of Service.
Medline CARES—addressing social determinants of health
Medline is committed to taking care of its employees, customers and community. Giving back to the areas where our employees live and work is intrinsic to our century-long history and our vision forward.
Through Medline CARES, we collaborate with community leaders to understand their challenges—access to healthy food and healthcare, population health, economic empowerment and more. We invest resources to help establish a social impact, demonstrate our civic responsibility and address community needs.
In 2021, significant resources were invested in communities nationwide through Medline CARES.
Donating product to communities in need
Throughout 2021, Medline donated and shipped about $3.61 million—275 metric tons—of product to various community and nonprofit organizations around the world. Product was delivered to 80 countries through our international medical relief organizations, which help us reach the most people with the greatest needs.
Medline also shipped over 25,500 cases of hand sanitizer and soap from its ReadyCare division to be distributed nationwide. In our home state of Illinois, the company provided nearly $310,000 worth of hand sanitizing products to more than 25 communities.
We assisted with the distribution of donations, too, handing out product to schools, fire and police departments, animal shelters and nonprofits helping underserved communities, like United Way and Toys for Tots.
Awarding grants to uplift communities
Medline’s Community Impact Grant Program invests resources to help address prevalent health challenges, stimulate health equity and improve population health in low-resource areas—awarding financial support to nonprofit organizations that share our commitments. In 2021, we awarded Community Impact Grants to the following organizations:
Economic Stability
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia, GA
Education
- Mothers Trust Foundation, CA
Health and Healthcare
- Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities, GA
- Equal Hope, IL
- Michelle’s Place, CA
- Riverview Center, IL
- Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center, IL
Social and Community
- A Safe Place, IL
- Bethany House of Laredo, TX
- CASA Lake County, IL
- Gilda’s Club of Chicago, IL
- Northern Illinois Food Bank, IL
- Women’s Center Youth and Family Services, CA
- South Texas Food Bank, TX
- Midhudson Chocolate Milk, NY
Advancing the causes Medline employees care about
Our people lead the way in improving the health and well-being of every community we touch. That’s why we take time to recognize them and support the causes they care most about. One of the ways we do this is through our Employee Recognition Program, which celebrates employees making an impact in their community through volunteerism or fundraising. In 2021, we awarded a total of $45,000 to 15 grant recipients receiving $3,000 each.
- Mitchel Kenoe—Arthritis Foundation—Illinois Office (Atlanta, GA)
- Regina Keefe—Casa Lake County (Vernon Hills, IL)
- Abdul Habeeb Mohammed—Chi-Care (Glendale Heights, IL)
- Jessie Hernandez—Faith Acres Foundation (Island Lake, IL)
- Vanessa Nevarez—Illinois Spina Bifida Association (Chicago, IL)
- Danielle Sharfman—Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (Chicago, IL)
- Sujata Dayal—New York Asian Women’s Center Inc (New York, NY)
- Kristi Erickson; Joe Bryzek—Nikolas Ritschel Foundation (Rockford, IL)
- Christine Mau—No More Foundation (Maplewood, NH)
- Rosemarie Castillo—PADS Lake County Inc. (Waukegan, IL)
- Scott Livingston—Renew Communities NFP (Lake Forest, IL)
- Molly Moon—Sports Shed Inc (Libertyville, IL)
- Gianna Allegretti—Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (Deerfield, IL)
- Thomas Barker—Trek Medics International Inc (Charlotte, NC)
- Padala Vaibhavi, Elizabeth Andreas—Tutoring Chicago (Chicago, IL)
See how we’re making a difference in our local communities
Medline volunteers provide food and donations in preparation for the holidays
Medline employees contributed over 500 pounds of food to the Northfield Township Food Pantry in 2021.
Medline employees participate in 2021 Metro Chicago Heart Walk
Hundreds of Medline employees participated in the 2021 American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, raising funds for a life free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Medline celebrates volunteers going above and beyond
Throughout the holiday season, Medline and its employees donated hand sanitizer, food, hygiene kits and more to those in underserved communities.