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| Helping Protect and Support the World's Children
Making the world a safer, happier place for children is an important part of InterContinental Hotels Group’s commitment to being “people taking care of people.” Causes dedicated to the welfare of children play a central role in our charitable initiatives.
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| | | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
| | The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is the corporate charity of choice for IHG’s Americas region. UNICEF works for the survival, protection and development of children around the world through education, advocacy and fund-raising. | | | | |
IHG and its employees actively support UNICEF through a number of activities and events, including the Designs of Hope galas, the annual Employee Giving Campaign, the Priority Club Rewards® Room for Hope® program and various fund-raising efforts by individual properties worldwide.
| Designs of Hope
The InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand is the presenting sponsor of Designs of Hope, a series of gala, fashion-themed fund-raising events benefiting the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s programs to provide support to orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. | |  | | |
Hosted at InterContinental Hotels in the U.S., Designs of Hope evenings celebrate the diversity and talent of each city’s civic, business and arts communities with a program that includes a gourmet dinner, auction, fashion show and headliner entertainment.
Through 2005, the Designs of Hope event series has raised more than $1.7 million for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
| | Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
| | The Holiday Inn brand in the Americas supports Big Brothers Big Sisters of America as its official charity through a variety of fund-raising activities, including the sale of green wristbands bearing the Holiday Inn brand’s “Constant Caring Friend” tagline. Many individual hotels also open their doors to local Big Brother Big Sister chapters as places where “Bigs” and “Littles” can spend time together. | | Give Kids The World (GKTW) is a non-profit organization that allows children with life-threatening illnesses and their families to visit Central Florida’s best-loved attractions. IHG has been a key supporter of GKTW since its inception in 1986, with our company, franchisees and employees playing an important role in the organization’s growth. GKTW has hosted more than 50,000 families from all 50 states and more than 47 countries. IHG continues to support GKTW through the annual Employee Giving Campaign, the Priority Club Rewards Room for Hope points donation program and a variety of activities at IHG properties around the world. The Staybridge Suites brand has adopted Give Kids The World as its official charity. | |
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