Twenty-two years ago, we welcomed our first director of Chaplain Services, establishing a new program providing compassionate pastoral care to team members and their families, regardless of religious affiliation or beliefs. The program, which has since grown to nearly 100 chaplains across the country, is central to who we are as a company and reflective of our culture and core values. And the way our chaplains support team members continues to evolve.

After spending three years incarcerated, Sherry knew there would be great challenges – and limitations – to building a life post-prison. She found a job at a donut shop in San Antonio, Tex. alongside her husband, Marty. The owners were great, she said, but her felony conviction restricted her bargaining power. The hours were long, and the pay small. She had no insurance, no benefits.

When MaKenzie Williams was in kindergarten, she made a friend who would change her life. “I quickly became inseparable with a girl in my class, and we did everything together. But I noticed she never ate during lunch and seemed sad,” MaKenzie, specialist in Corporate Communications, said. “After a few days I asked my mom to pack two lunches, and I’m sure she just assumed it was for my after-school program. In reality, I was giving my second lunch to my best friend.”