If you’ve ever shopped at Walgreens, you’ve undoubtedly been asked multiple times at the cash register if you’d like to add a small cash donation to your purchase for charitable causes over the years. Largely those have been national causes that might or might not directly impact the local community. Now, Walgreens will begin offering a donation feature allowing you to donate to local nonprofit organizations, but not at the retail register, rather through their online presence and through their app.
Walgreens has announced today that, in an effort to advance the health and well-being of communities across the nation, they are unveiling a new myWalgreens donation feature, which allows myWalgreens members to donate Walgreens Cash rewards directly to local nonprofits in their community via Walgreens.com or the myWalgreens app.
Alyssa Raine, Group Vice President of Customer Marketing Platforms at Walgreens, says, “Launching this new donation capability with in/PACT allows Walgreens and our customers to give back to organizations with similar values and improve the overall well-being of local communities.”
Throughout the year, hundreds of local nonprofit partners from across the country will appear on myWalgreens, the largest health and well-being centered loyalty platform, as charities of choice. The nonprofit organizations are selected as they align to Walgreens broader community strategy focused on youth, community & social impact, and health equity.
Raine says, “At Walgreens, we aim to make a positive impact on the communities in which we serve every day. That’s why we are thrilled to offer this simple but innovative opportunity to support the unique and local needs of every community in America through the work of hundreds of local nonprofit partners.”
John McNeel, co-founder and CEO at in/PACT, says, “We see ourselves as being part of the movement to democratize giving. Part of that is creating more opportunities for more people to give more often to more charities.” He adds, “There’s no doubt that large, national nonprofits do important work, but we specifically showcase the work that local nonprofits are doing in their communities. On that notion of democratizing giving, an important part of our platform with Walgreens is that we are not only able to help people in their communities give, but we also help with the discovery and education around local nonprofits and the important work they’re doing.”
Rotating every 90 days, customers will see three local nonprofit charities, as well as a national nonprofit partner, when they visit Walgreens online or through the myWalgreens mobile app. Nonprofits will appear based upon a customer’s identified local store location. Walgreens Cash rewards may be donated in any dollar amount to a single organization or customers can choose to spread it amongst the nonprofit options. Partners will change regularly to allow customers to support a variety of organizations in their local community.
To make a donation, myWalgreens members can visit http://mywalgreens.com and log in to their account. Customers that are not currently myWalgreens members but wish to join may visit the same link for more information.
in/PACT Inc., based in Charleston, South Carolina, is a social good technology company that develops cloud-based charitable giving technology and provides charitable giving solutions to purpose-driven clients seeking to drive meaningful engagement, loyalty, and sales through interactive social good programs.
