Category: Community
GP Gives Thanks And Grants To Our Communities’ Firefighters
In this season of thankfulness, Georgia-Pacific wants to especially recognize the thousands of firefighters keeping our communities safe every day. That’s why we founded the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade, a program dedicated to providing grants for fire departments in our facility communities across the country for the past 13 years. This year, Georgia-Pacific’s Bucket Brigade grant […]
GP Celebrates Veterans Day!
Georgia-Pacific is proud to employ and honor more than 2,000 veterans who make a positive impact on our company’s culture every day. Veterans from all branches of the armed forces bring unique talents, experiences and a shared sense of teamwork that are essential to our company’s success. Click on the header above to watch a few […]
Georgia-Pacific Celebrates Men’s Health Awareness Month
“Movember” is an annual event that sheds light on Men’s Health Awareness Month by advocating for early cancer screening, diagnosis and effective treatment options to ultimately reduce the number of male deaths, annually. The campaign aims to “change the face of men’s health” by encouraging men to grow mustaches during the month of November. In […]
The Bahamas Receive Relief Supplies from Georgia-Pacific After Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane that didn’t budge over the Bahamas for two days, resulted in the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. The storm killed at least 51 people, left 70,000 homeless and racked up an estimated $7 billion in damages. A devastated Bahamian neighborhood after Hurricane Dorian. On the Tuesday after […]
When it Rains, What Drains?
National Stormwater Awareness Week: September 23-27 A week dedicated to the education of stormwater and its powerful effects on the environment What is Stormwater Runoff? Stormwater runoff is the rain the doesn’t soak into the ground and picks up pollutants as it passes down the roofs of homes and buildings, through the gutters, across the […]
GP Donates OSB to Habitat for Humanity of Bay County
It is officially one year since the first Category 4 or stronger hurricane made landfall in the Florida panhandle and regions of Georgia—Hurricane Michael. Despite it being an entire year since the initial devastation, there is still a ton of rebuilding efforts still underway. This is solid proof of just how massive the destruction from […]
Georgia-Pacific Makes Significant Investments in Southeast Arkansas Community
Georgia-Pacific is excited to announce two major investments that will contribute significantly to its facility community in Gurdon, Arkansas, and the region. Georgia-Pacific is investing $70 million for upgrades to its plywood and lumber operations in the community. The company is also making its largest contribution ever to Gurdon and Clark County schools, committing $100,000 […]
GP Thinks Outside of the Box
Georgia-Pacific along with 3Dux Design is promoting responsible engineering and STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics education. 3Dux uses an assortment of connectors and geometric corrugated shapes which offers fun and educational tools that rely solely on the imagination of its users. One of the most intriguing factors about 3Dux is that it was […]
Youth Entrepreneurs Continues to Grow with the Help of GP
Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) is an educational program that started in 1991 in Wichita by Liz and Charles Koch with support from Georgia-Pacific. It has now grown into a successful entrepreneurship curriculum taught in nearly 200 classrooms across America. Over 25 years and more than 35,000 students later, it continues teaching practical economic principles, the benefits of […]
Starting the Conversation: Telling the Story of Our Common Humanity
Georgia-Pacific recognizes that the personal lives of employees don’t stop at the doors of their facility. Making changes within the community all starts with a conversation. Our recent Starting the Conversation series focused on unconscious bias and its impact on our thinking and behavior. We all have unconscious bias that we bring into the workplace. […]