National Giving Campaigns We invite our customers to join us in giving back all year long through our national giving campaigns. These charitable campaigns include our Buy A Coat & We’ll Donate One to spread warmth to communities in need with Clothes4Souls, our Believe letter-writing campaign with Make-A-Wish, and numerous round up campaigns that support the critical work of nonprofits across the country like The Trevor Project, Girls Inc., and Reading is Fundamental. With our customers’ help, we were able to raise more than $15.4 million in 2020 to make life shine brighter in the communities we serve. Volunteerism Our colleagues love to volunteer and give back throughout the year. One of the ways this comes to life is through our August colleague fundraising and volunteerism campaign: The Big Give Back. In August of 2020, colleagues donated more than $2 million and volunteered 6,000 hours. Corporate Grants Our corporate grants are awarded to the organizations in our communities that matter most to our customers and colleagues. Our corporate giving is allocated at local, regional and national levels to serve the communities in which we live and work. The funds are distributed through a network of district grant captains: store colleagues who have direct connection to their local communities. In 2020, we awarded more than $7.9 million to more than 300 communities across the U.S. COVID-19 & Hunger Relief In 2020, when faced with an extremely difficult year, we learned just how much giving back meant to our colleagues and customers. We shifted our giving efforts to focus on heightened needs in communities and supported vital programs around hunger relief, mental health, social justice and more. For hunger relief alone, we more than doubled our typical annual support and donated more than $7 million to support nonprofits combating food insecurity. Building and Celebrating Community Building on a 160-year tradition and with the collective support of customers and colleagues, we strengthen communities by supporting local and national charities to help make a difference in the lives of our customers. Giving back is one of our core values, and we want to create as much positive impact as possible. Due to the challenges in 2020, we were limited in giving as much as we typically like to contribute but are proud to say we donated more than $26.2 million and volunteered over 30,000 hours. Learn more about how we give back through national campaigns, colleague volunteerism and local corporate grants below. | Sustainability Report 2020 Return to Table of Contents 33