A Community That Cares
Rudolph Supply believes giving back to the community is essential to a healthy and thriving local economy. Rudolph’s supports several Maryland charities and non-profit organizations, especially those focused on women and children.
MSDE Blue Ribbon Schools Sponsor
Rudolph’s has been a Blue Ribbon Schools corporate sponsor since 2012. Rudolph’s recognizes each school with a $1,000 donation of office supplies.
MECU and Local Schools
MECU supports a public school near each of its 10 branch locations and had fundraising events throughout the year to support each school. At the beginning of the school year, each school is awarded $800 to spend on office products through Rudolph’s. Rudolph’s increased the amount awarded to each school to $1,000 to show support for MECU and the local schools.
Community Outreach
In addition to what our company donates, our employees regularly organize drives and donate to different organizations including collecting food for the local food bank run in the building adjacent to our headquarters; donating blankets, stuffed animals, and pillow pets to VCU’s Child Protection Unit; and collecting and donating toys to Toys for Tots.
Other organizations that Rudolph Supply and our employees frequently support include:
Sustainability
Rudolph Supply recycles approximately 700 tons of waste each year.
Our internal operations are also geared towards efficient use of resources, and supporting green initiatives wherever possible. Among these initiatives we recycle the following waste internally:
- We generate over 165 tons per year of cardboard from the furniture and office products that we sell. What we do not reuse, we send to a recycling plant in Madison, Virginia.
- We recycle more than two tons of plastic wrap that comes in our shipments along with other plastic packaging.
- Our white paper recycling program for all office staff generates roughly 11 tons that is recycled.
- 500 tons of wood from a variety of sources such as pallets, shipping material and used furniture is recycled.
- Rudolph Supply sends 18 tons of scrap metal annually to a recycler in our hometown of Ashland, Virginia, for disposal. This includes leftover material from orders, damaged metal products, computers, old metal assets, handling equipment, etc.
