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What Co-packers Gain by Giving Back

Coregistics’s charity events build employee morale, brand reputation, and fulfill social sustainability requirements.

Coregistics focuses its charitable efforts on organizations making a difference in people's lives.
Coregistics focuses its charitable efforts on organizations making a difference in people's lives.

Coregistics is a supply chain solutions company with a focus on contract packaging and third-party logistics (3PL) services.Coregistics is a supply chain solutions company with a focus on contract packaging and third-party logistics (3PL) services.Contract packagers can make a difference for communities, not only by helping products get to retail but through supporting local charities and creating charitable events of their own. Coregistics, a supply chain solutions company with a focus on contract packaging and third-party logistics (3PL) services, is an example of this commitment to giving back to the community.

Fundraising has always been at the heart of Coregistics' mission. As a family-owned business, Coregistics recognizes the importance of sharing their success with the community.

“If we're lucky enough to have an entity like Coregistics then we have a responsibility to give back to the community and to the people in general. And so, we wanted to make sure that the success we had at the company was shared. We do that by giving back to charitable organizations,” says Chris Wilhelm, president of Coregistics.

In the late '90s and early 2000s, the Wilhelm family first owned a contract packaging company named Wilpack. It was their first foray into fundraising, which laid the foundation for Coregistics' future philanthropic endeavors. Fundraising efforts have remained consistent since then, only the beneficiaries have changed.

Chris Wilhelm, president of Coregistics.Chris Wilhelm, president of Coregistics.The company now has 17 locations nationwide, all of which are heavily involved in community organizations and local charities, providing support for families, women’s shelters, children’s homes, and more.

Coregistics supports the following charities annually:

  • Ronald McDonald House –Memphis
  • New Beginnings Transitional Home for Women & The Caring Center – Indianapolis
  • Special Olympics of Georgia – Atlanta
  • Millhill Child & Family Development Center – Central New Jersey

The Gears & Greens golf tournament

The most significant of Coregistics' charitable work is the 'Gears & Greens' Coregistics golf tournament, established in 2015.The most significant of Coregistics' charitable work is the "Gears & Greens" Coregistics golf tournament, established in 2015.The most significant of Coregistics' charitable work is the "Gears & Greens" Coregistics golf tournament, established in 2015. This event has evolved over the years, growing in scale and impact. It has added on auctions, luncheons, and booths selling wares, with all the proceeds going to the charity.

The tournament raises substantial funds, with over $160,000 raised in the previous year alone. It owes its success to leveraging industry relationships. The event is an industry-invitational that reaches out to supplier partners for sponsorship and donations, then customers, and even competitors to participate in support of charitable causes.

“We're pretty confident in our reputation, our relationships, and our performance for our customers,” says Wilhelm. “We don't see the threat of losing business because our competitors are there.”

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