Walgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of March 31st, the company operates 8,169 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded throughout the United States. Walgreens is currently headquartered in the nearby suburb of Deerfield, Illinois.
We Day is an annual "youth empowerment" event organized by Free the Children. The event started in Toronto in 2007 and is now held in cities across Canada, the United States, and the U.K. We Day motivates youth to take action on local and global issues. We Day events feature speeches and performances by global leaders, social activists and public figures. Each student group that attends is asked to make a commitment of one local and one global action throughout the year to change the world for the better.[1]