Founder’s Day of Caring

Nexstar Media Group offers paid time-off to every employee to support their volunteer efforts on this special day each year.

About Founder's Day

As the largest local television and media company in the country, Nexstar Media Group recognizes the great responsibility we have to serve our local markets. Hoping to inspire continued volunteerism, we are mindful that such a movement starts at home and will only reverberate from our small acts of kindness in each our local communities.

Since Nexstar Media Group’s founding in 1996, our journalists have seen firsthand how nonprofits and public service agencies are the heartbeat of every one of our markets. In times of crisis, it is these steadfast organizations that mobilize quickly with supplies, volunteers and bravely serve their community. With this in mind, Nexstar’s CEO, Perry Sook, created the Founder’s Day of Caring.

On the third Friday in June, staff members in all 115 Nexstar television markets receive paid time off to volunteer in their communities. The day is intended to shift our employee focus from being a television station serving the community to our employees volunteering and making a personal commitment by helping those in need within our local communities. Our mission is to give back where it is needed most. By broadcasting stories of local impact and volunteerism on Founder’s Day in each of our Nexstar markets, we are able to inspire our viewers to give back as well.

Past Partners Through the Years

Abused Adult Resource Center	Casa Esperanza	Erie School District	Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department	LA Regional Food Bank	Partners In Education – Adopt-a-School	Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee	The Boys and Girls Club of Youngstown
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas	Catholic Charities of Wichita	Faith House	H20 Hero	Lansing Nature Center	Portland Rescue Mission	Second Harvest Food Bank	The Clarksburg Mission
Alameda County Community Food Bank	Central Texas Food Bank	Faith Mission Local Church	Habitat for Humanity	Local Matters	Potter’s Wheel Inner City Ministries	Senior Citizens Inc.	The Colorado Springs Therapeutic Riding Center
American Red Cross	Cerebral Palsy Center of Tri-City	Family Eldercare	Harrison County Relay for Life	Lost and Found Grief Center	Presbytery of South Louisiana	Senior Games of Pitt County	The Friendship House
Animal Charity of Ohio	Champaign Fire Department	Feed My Starving Children	Hatching Hope	LowCountry Food Bank	Princeton Fire Department	SF-Marin Food Bank	The Julian Center
Animal Rescue Foundation	Christmas in Action-Spartanburg	Feeding Tampa Bay	Heartbeats for Madden	Meals for the Elderly	Raleigh Rescue Mission	Shepherd Center East	The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley
ARISE at the Farm	City of Wheeling Parks and Recreation Department	Feeding the Valley Food Bank	Heckrodt Wetland Preserve	Meals on Wheels	Rebuilding Together	SoLaRebuild	Thunderbolt Center
Artspire and the Hunger Task Force of La Crosse	Colorado Springs Veterans Association	Food Bank	Highland Park Central Blair Recreation Commission	Memphis Athletic Ministries	Red Cross	South Plains Food Bank	Topeka Rescue Mission
Beckley Fire Department	Communities in Schools	For Kids Thrift Store Mojo	Camp High Hopes	Mohawk Hudson Humane Society	Red Mountain Park	SPCA	Unbridled Change
Big Brothers/Big Sisters	Community Action House of Holland	Freedom Ranch Educational Outreach	Humane Society of El Paso	Nahant Marsh Education Center	Redwood Empire Food Bank	Special Kids Special Families	United Way
Burleigh County Senior Adults Program	Community Clinic	Generations Group Home	Irving City Animal Shelter	Neighborhood House Peoria	Refuge Services	St. Francis of Assisi Food Kitchen	Vermont State Parks
Boys and Girls Club	Community Partners of Dallas	Girl Scouts of Rhode Island	Ishpeming Beutification	Neighbors Helping Neighbors	Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York	St. Joseph Food Program	Volunteer East Tennessee
Broome County Humane Society	Covenant House	Glady’s Porter Zoo	Joshua Learning Center	New Community Shelter	ReStart Augusta	St. Vicent De Paul	Waupaca Senior Center
Bruemmer Park Zoo	Crosslines Ministries	Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana	Joy Junction Homeless Shelter Albuquerque	Northwest Arkansas Food Bank	Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery	St. Vincent’s Food Kitchen	Weinberg Regional Food Bank
Camp Farnam	Crossroads of Rhode Island	Good Samarian Ministries	Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes	NOTO Arts District	Riverview Gardens	Star Equestrian Center	Wichita Area Food Bank
Camp High Hopes	Crusader Community Health	Grand Central Neighborhood	Kane Street Community Garden	Nursing Homes	Robeson Co’s	Suffolk Meals on Wheels	Wiregrass Area Food Bank
Canyon Lakes System	Downtown Business Association’s Clean Team	Grand Rapids Access of West MI	Key Elementary	Open Pantry Community Services at Christ Church Cathedral	Ronald McDonald House	TangoTab – Feed My City	YMCA Reach and Rise
Caritas	Early Learning Centers of Lubbock	Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank	Kids Aid Backpack Program	Oregon Food Bank	Ruth Byck Adult Day Center	Taylor Jones Humane Society
Carl Lauro Elementary School	East Texas Food Bank of Tyler	Greater Des Moines Habitat For Humanity	Kostopulous Dream Foundation	Oseola McCarty Foundation Summer Camp	Salvation Army	The Arc of Madison County
Carteret Landing Assisted Living	El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank	Greater Lansing Food Bank	LA Flood Love	Our Lady of Grace Food Pantry	Samaritan Center of Syracuse	The Banquet

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