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Events

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Date	Title	Category
1933	Employment Levels Maintained Despite Depression As Metal Office Furniture Co. sales reach their lowest point during the Depression, employees are divided into part-time groups and wages lowered to 25¢/ hour so that everyone continues to earn an income.... View	Communities
1944	Retirement Benefits Offered Metal Office Furniture Co. offers retirement benefits to employees. Only 250 such plans exist in the United States. View	Communities
12/27/1951	Steelcase Foundation Formed A form for a Trust Indenture is submitted for the establishment of a charitable foundation to be known as “The Metal Office Furniture Company Foundation.” Over time, the Company has donated a portion... View	Communities
1953	Community Chest Record Set All previous Metal Office Furniture Co. records were smashed when 87% of all employees donated to this year's Community Chest campaign, meeting 100%-plus of the goal. The Community Chest name may have... View	Communities
1958	Steelcase Sponsors Junior Achievement Steelcase begins a long history of sponsoring the Junior Achievement program in Grand Rapids. Each year, Steelcase advisors "help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate... View	Communities
09/01/1960	Original Factory Donated to The Salvation Army Instead of selling the first Metal Office Furniture Co. factory, Steelcase gifts the 156,000 square foot building, assessed at $385,000, to The Salvation Army. The gift of the facility allows The Salvation... View	Communities
1977	President Ford Speaks at United Way Luncheon At this momentous occasion, organized by Steelcase's own Frank Merlotti, President Gerald R. Ford is the guest speaker at the annual United Way kickoff luncheon. Our commitment to the United Way annual... View	Communities
1985	Steelcase Joins Corporate Angel Network Steelcase, along with other corporations, works with the non-profit Corporate Angel Network to fill empty seats on our aircraft to fly cancer patients to and from treatment centers at no charge. View	Communities
1987	Meyer May House Opens Steelcase opens the fully restored Meyer May House, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the public. Designed for Meyer S. May by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908 and completed in 1909, the house is an outstanding... View	Communities
1988	$1 Million Gifted to GR Public Museum Steelase completes our year-long 75th anniversary by donating $1 million to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. The museum used this money toward their "Furniture City" exhibit that stayed in place for nearly... View	Communities
1999	Successful Mentoring Program Expands After one year, HOSTS mentoring program of 30 students in two grades results in one student progressing three grade levels, 15 students two grade levels, and the rest one grade level. Steelcase expands... View	Communities
09/11/2001	Attwood Assists After Terrorist Attacks Attwood Corp., a Steelcase subsidiary, completes a rush order of a thousand plastic components for use in ventilator kits used by rescue workers in New York City. Employees at Attwood work through the... View	Communities
2002	Steelcase Named to Top 10 Socially Responsible Companies Despite one of the most severe year-over-year declines ever recorded in the office furniture industry, Steelcase continues to be the leading global brand, with close to double the revenue of our competitors,... View	Communities
2007	Steelcase Named Best Corporate Citizen Steelcase is ranked No. 17 on CRO’s list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens, marking our first appearance on the list. The annual list recognizes best practices in the area of corporate responsibility and... View	Communities
2008	Green School Makeover PolyVision® environmental ceramicsteel™ is installed in Kelly Creek Elementary School during ABC Television's Extreme Makeover “Ford Educate to Escape” green school makeover contest. The PolyVision... View	Communities
03/09/2009	Steelcase Mexico Receives Industry-First Award for Social Responsibility Our operations in Mexico receive the distinction of "Socially Responsible Company" at the 2009 Latin American ESR Conference in Mexico City. This is the first award for our Mexico site, and we are the... View	Communities
2011	Community Support Since 1912 we've made community support initiatives around the world an integral part of our operations. Steelcase is dedicated to using our resources to provide for communities and projects in line with... View	Communities
09/2011	Sharing the Warmth Steelcase, along with Carhartt, Acme Mills, DuPont and 3M, is providing fabric to make homeless coats that transform into sleeping bags. The innovative materials used to construct the coats provide insulation... View	Communities
11/2011	OpenIDEO Partnership Steelcase has partnered with OpenIDEO to explore the topic of revitalizing struggling cities around the world. A website allows everyone to give suggestions on how to reinvigorate and help restore areas... View	Communities
10/2016	Steelcase Recognized as One of the Most Civic-Minded Companies in the U.S. Steelcase is recognized as one of the most community-minded companies in the nation as a part of the Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light that sets the standard for corporate civic engagement and... View	Communities