CVS Caremark Corporate Giving

CVS Caremark Community Grants Program

The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards monetary support to nonprofit organizations for programs targeting children with disabilities, focusing on health and rehabilitation services, public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs, and initiatives that give greater access to physical movement and play.

Additionally, grants target organizations that provide uninsured individuals with needed care, in particular programs where the care received is of higher quality and delivered by providers who participate in accountable community health care programs. In 2008, we provided 429 CVS Caremark Community Grants, totaling $1.4 million.

In-kind donations

CVS Caremark makes in-kind donations of products, services and other resources. In 2008, our product donations were in the millions of dollars and most of our in-kind donations were targeted to Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest) and Gifts in Kind International. We also worked with the American Red Cross to provide nearly $1 million in aid to hurricane and flood victims in the Gulf Coast and Midwest.

Volunteerism

Our CVS Caremark colleagues have shown a strong desire to help their communities, and CVS Caremark supports their efforts. Since we first launched CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ in 2006, our colleagues have embraced opportunities to actively participate in this program and, in 2008, together they logged the equivalent of $1.4 million in volunteer hours. Among other activities, we engage our colleagues in participating in company-sponsored projects and programs in their local communities, such as Easter Seals Walk With Me events, Boundless Playgrounds projects and VSA arts programs.

CVS Samaritan Vans

For nearly 30 years, the sight of a CVS Samaritan Van on the highway has been a welcome relief to motorists in distress. In 2008, we assisted more than 76,000 motorists across the country as we provided free roadside assistance to commuters in 11 major cities. We underwrite the annual cost of the CVS Samaritan Van program, which totaled nearly $2 million in 2008.

People who were assisted by a CVS Samaritan Van include 267 people walking along the roadway who were relocated to safe locations and 20,345 motorists whose vehicles stopped along the roadway and required automotive assistance. A total of 605,811 miles were traveled in response to the incidents reported in 2008.