Volunteer Activities by Individual Members

Bigston Philanthropy (Elk Grove Village)

  Bigston has been in business since1972. Bigston made its roots in the Northwest suburb of Chicago and the majority of its existence has been in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. To continue business here in the United States, we committed ourselves to have a good relationship with our community as well as our customers and employees.

  Our company established several years ago the "Bigston Foundation" for the purpose of sharing the rewards that our business success has brought us. This could only have been done by Bigston's teamwork and synergy created by the communities and diverse employees.

  Bigston is extremely proud to say that we have 25 different ethnic backgrounds, which of course bring different cultures that work side by side. Northwest Cook leaders are focusing on the increasing diversity of the suburbs, and we can say we are a United Nation here at Bigston.

  We support the local chamber of commerce, park district, activities of the local community groups or associations, Japanese Christian churches and a high school where they have an Exchange Program with the Japanese High School of Ashikodai, Gumma Prefecture.

  Our corporate management is originally from Japan, therefore with respect to the Japanese American descendants and community in American history, we donated to the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation in Washington DC for the building of the Memorial Park.

  Our employees decided in wake of 9-11 to cancel the annual Christmas party that our employees have enormously enjoyed each year and to donate the monies to the American Red Cross and the Tribune Foundation to feel that we were able to help. Bigston has been an advocate to the programs that the United Way has and therefore donates to them on a regular basis and congratulates the employees who participate and support them by contributing through a payroll deduction plan.

  By supporting our community through our diverse work force, we are enabling the next generation of these families to be able to afford to educate their children. The improved education of these people will allow them to contribute to the community; learn to improve the value of family life and the country accordingly.