Walgreens helps customers support local charities

DEERFIELD - Walgreens Thursday unveiled a new myWalgreens donation feature, which allows members to donate Walgreens Cash rewards directly to local nonprofits in their community via Walgreens.com or the myWalgreens app.

Walgreens collaborated with in/PACT, a charitable giving platform that empowers customers to direct rewards to charities of their choice, and the GoodCoin Foundation to create and launch the cloud-based charitable giving solution within its loyalty program. This allows the drugstore chain's more than 100 million loyalty members to give back directly to the communities where they live.

Throughout the year, hundreds of local nonprofit partners from across the country will appear on myWalgreens, the online and smartphone loyalty platform. The nonprofit organizations are selected as they align to Walgreens broader community strategy focused on youth, community and social impact, and health equity, Walgreens said.

"At Walgreens, we aim to make a positive impact on the communities in which we serve every day. That's why we are thrilled to offer this simple but innovative opportunity to support the unique and local needs of every community in America through the work of hundreds of local nonprofit partners," said Alyssa Raine, group vice president of customer marketing platforms, Walgreens.