In the last 57 years, Kimball has donated over $12 million to various local charities and projects in communities where our employees live and work.

Making a difference in people's lives, Kimball officially sponsors or contributes to countless causes. The Company has also donated valuable products and resources to fundraisers and auctions, and encourages employees to participate and contribute their own time, talent or treasure to causes of their choice. We are proud to highlight a few examples.

Kimball Hospitality Donations
Kimball Hospitality made donations to Camp Pacific Heartland for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and the Wilson Foundation, providing education, health services and personal enrichment for disadvantaged children.

Kimball Office Donations
Kimball Office donated $10,000 to The Chicago Lighthouse, an agency dedicated to the blind and visually impaired, and hosted a New York event raising $20,000 for Yankees' star Derek Jeters' Turn 2 Foundation, whose programs support and motivate young people to turn away from drugs and alcohol and "TURN 2" healthy lifestyles.

Walking For Life
National Office Furniture employee teams raised nearly $30,000 walking sponsored laps in this year's American Cancer Society's Relay for Life fundraiser event.

Kimball Hospitality & Jill's House
Kimball Hospitality provided furnishings for 26 guest rooms of "Jill's House", a low-cost, no-cost residential styled guest facility for patients and their families during prolonged treatment at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute in Bloomington, Indiana.

Kimball MDA Bowl-a-thon
Over the past 42 years, Kimball International has raised over $248,996 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), through the Company's annual "Kimball MDA Bowl-a-thon". In 2008, Company employees raised over $11,000 in this employee-run bowling tournament.

National's Gift of Inspiration for Education
The current economy presents many challenges throughout the education industry, so National announced this program to do its part to assist learning organizations with an opportunity to win a $10,000 "Gift of Inspiration". This donation can support scholarship funds, endowments, learning materials and other important educational and developmental programs. 

Kimball Hospitality Supports IMPACT Foundation
Kimball Hospitality teamed up with the Indianapolis Colts' Defensive Captain Gary Brackett, hosting a public furniture sale that raised over $11,000 to benefit Brackett's IMPACT Foundation for children fighting pediatric cancer. Kimball continues to support the NFL star, serving on Brackett's advisory board and participating in various other fundraisers.

Backpacks of Hope
Kimball Electronics-Tampa recently participated in a back-to-school supplies drive, called "Backpacks of Hope," for a local charity. Thanks to the efforts of employees, enough items were collected to fill up 16 fully stocked backpacks, with additional quantities of supplies to distribute to needy kids in the Tampa Bay area.