Life is about more than just marketing. Helping others and striking a balance in all aspects of life isn't just important in our opinion, it's a critical aspect of being a well-rounded human being. As a company, IBP supports several different organizations and charities. Each year, we give to a select group of organizations in a small step to try making a difference. A portion of our brand partners' dollars spent with us goes to support the following organizations.
Lustgarten Foundation:
The Lustgarten Foundation was founded with the goal of helping find the cure for pancreatic cancer. With a nearly zero percent survival rate after five years for those diagnosed, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer in existence. The Lustgarten Foundation helps fund research for increasing the chances of early detection, finding more innovative, less invasive forms of treatment, and ultimately one day finding the cure for this disease.
In 2009, IBP Managing Director Dan Weikel lost his father Richard Weikel M.D. to pancreatic cancer just four months after his diagnosis. Experiencing firsthand the loss associated with this disease, IBP is committed to one day helping find a cure.
For more information on the Lustgarten Foundation, please visit www.lustgarten.org.
Los Angeles Mission:
As busy as life can be balancing family, work, and personal concerns, it is extremely easy for us to forget that many remain in need of the most basic human needs: food and shelter.
Since 1936, The Los Angeles Mission has served the homeless living on the streets of downtown's Skid Row. The Los Angeles Mission's efforts have saved countless lives. The nonprofit organization has had an unbelievable impact on those in need in the city of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas by providing compassionate, humanitarian services.
Just one hundred dollars can help 50 people in need. To find out more information on the Los Angeles Mission, please visit www.losangelesmission.org.