ABOUT H.B. FULLER

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Integrating Volunteerism With Corporate Giving

Our corporate community mission: to become a key community partner in building and strengthening an early literacy support system for families and caregivers, so that our children may be better prepared to be lifelong learners.

Here at H.B. Fuller, we have a long-standing tradition of responding to social needs in communities around the world.

Our response is to address those needs in meaningful and innovative ways, recognizing that community affairs is a dynamic process of constant change. We integrate volunteerism with corporate giving, because we believe employee guidance and participation bring a high level of integrity to corporate philanthropy.

In the effort to integrate corporations and communities, H.B. Fuller continues to leverage its resources to help meet developing issues. We have recently identified family literacy as a significant concern in our corporate community of St. Paul, Minn. The concept of family literacy acknowledges that parents must be supported as the first teachers of their children because it is in the earliest years of a child’s development that children gain the special development skills that enable them to learn.

Research on literacy indicates that learning to read is a relatively lengthy process that begins very early in development—and clearly before children enter formal schooling. That is why the H.B. Fuller Company Foundation has elected to invest in this critical community issue that promises a yield profitable beyond measure: the literacy of our children and our future work force. Our mission is to become a key community partner in building and strengthening an early literacy support system for families and caregivers, so that our children may be better prepared to be lifelong learners.

Here at H.B. Fuller, we pride ourselves on being an industry leader in the use of technology. We live in the Information Age, and the skill of reading is the password to success. We must reach children long before they start kindergarten to give them the skills they need to succeed.