✓ Our Imprint Month empowers employees to volunteer in the communities where they live and work
✓ Hundreds of employees across North America participated in hands-on volunteer efforts, including tree planting and waterway cleanups
✓ The initiative highlights Molson Coors’ long-standing commitment to celebrating and fostering thriving hometown communities, from Golden, CO to Milwaukee, WI and beyond
For more than a decade, Molson Coors employees have united every September for Our Imprint Month, a company-wide celebration of giving back to the communities where its employees live and work.
Vice President of Sustainability and Environment, Health and Safety, Rachel Schneider, says the program shows Molson Coors’ commitment to creating a world to celebrate.
“Community engagement and elevating our local communities is core to the work we do at Molson Coors,” she says. “For years now, Our Imprint Month has been a time for our employees around the world to give back and focus on environmental stewardship.”
Community Affairs Manager Lacey Golonka adds that the best part about this program is how it’s fueled by the passion of the employees.
“Our Imprint Month wouldn’t exist if our employees didn’t care about helping their communities,” she says. “This program shows how they want have an impact where they live and work.”
Over the course of the month, more than 400 employees volunteered approximately 1,100 hours at 14 events across the U.S. and Canada. They got their hands dirty, all to keep our communities beautiful and thriving. Here are just a few examples of how Molson Coors’ employees made an impact in their community.
Planting trees in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
More than 160 Milwaukee volunteers planted over 1,000 native trees and shrubs at the Mequon Nature Preserve. Not only will this help the local air and soil quality, but it also supports native wildlife in greater Wisconsin.
This is the second year Molson Coors has partnered with the Southeastern Wisconsin Watershed Trust (Sweet Water), Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) and Mequon Nature Preserve to help strengthen prairie land, wetlands and hardwood forests.
Protecting Milwaukee’s green spaces has been important to Molson Coors for years. Thanks to Cheers to Our Parks, the company has already raised more than $500,000 for Milwaukee County parks and other green spaces.
Protecting Rocky Mountain water in Golden, Colorado
Clear Creek not only runs by Molson Coors’ Golden brewery – the largest single-site brewery in the United States – but it’s also the source of the Rocky Mountain Water that goes into every bottle of Coors Banquet. Protecting this waterway will always be crucial for the company and one of its fastest-growing brands.
Around 35 volunteers sorted through the brush and vegetation along the sides of the creek, picking up around 1,000 pounds of trash, helping to ensure the brewery will have clean, Rocky Mountain water for years to come.
This comes on top of the company’s recent Cheers to Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Water campaign. That partnership with the Denver Botanic Gardens is on track to raise $150,000 to aid in helping conserve Colorado’s waterways.
Stewardship for Heart Lake in Toronto, Canada
Around 25 employees from the Toronto Brewery volunteered at Heart Lake Conservation Park by planting trees, weeding and picking up trash to help restore more than 500 square meters of land of the wetland complex.
They teamed up with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), which was created to help protect land, water and communities from the impacts of flooding and extreme weather in the area.
Keeping the Trinity River clean in Fort Worth, Texas
Volunteers in Fort Worth participated in the annual “Trash Bash,” hosted by the Tarrant Regional Water District, an organization dedicated to preserving a sustainable water supply and providing vital flood protection for the Fort Worth area.
This year around 70 volunteers showed up to clean a section of the Trinity River, as part of a broader community event contributing to the removal of 11,800 pounds of trash.
Schneider says she’s proud of the work that Molson Coors employees have done in their communities.
“I’m so proud to work with people who believe in making a positive impact in their communities,” she says. “As a global beverage company, we understand how vital water is for our products, for our communities and for the environment.”