Citi will highlight its ongoing commitment to helping communities by
marking its 200th anniversary on Saturday, June 16, with its
seventh annual Global Community Day. In 92 countries around the world,
more than 100,000 Citi volunteers - the largest number of participants
ever - will gather in the days leading up to and including Global
Community Day to participate in 1,300 service projects that will benefit
local communities.
Global Community Day serves as an annual opportunity for Citi employees,
alumni, family and friends around the world to gather as one to
demonstrate a shared commitment to its communities -- a commitment that
is carried out year-round by many employees who regularly volunteer
their time. This shared commitment has been embodied in Citi employees
since the company’s founding as the City Bank of New York on June 16,
1812. It’s that spirit of Common Purpose that Citi proudly celebrates on
its 200th anniversary.
"For two centuries, Citi colleagues have worked to enable economic
progress and support our clients on their journey from ambition to
achievement," said Citi CEO Vikram Pandit. "There is no better way to
celebrate our 200th anniversary than by honoring our history,
embracing the future, and working together to strengthen the communities
where we live and work."
Citi volunteers throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East,
Africa, Latin America, and North America will lend their time, skills
and expertise to concentrate on local community needs, including
financial inclusion, college and career mentoring, neighborhood
revitalization, housing, disaster relief and environmental protection.
Throughout the world, anyone interested in staying up-to-date on the
latest Global Community Day news and events can follow #200YearsCiti
on Twitter. Highlights of Citi's volunteer projects around the world
include:
Asia Pacific
Maintaining its place at the top of the annual volunteer leaderboard,
Asia Pacific will again have the largest turnout of volunteers across
Citi’s regions. In Hong Kong, 4,000 volunteers will partner with
13 NGOs to host a wide range of community service and fundraising
activities for the elderly, underprivileged children and families, and
other underserved groups. Approximately 2,000 volunteers in China
will participate in a walkathon to raise funds to improve the nutrition
of nearly 3,000 children from some of China’s most impoverished
communities. Under the theme of ‘Green Citi, Clean City,’ South Korea’s
50 activities will involve 4,000 volunteers in environmental protection
efforts in botanical gardens and eco parks. In Thailand, 2,000
volunteers will support those affected by the floods in 2011 by
fundraising to help five damaged schools and 200 underprivileged
students.
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Around the United Kingdom, more than 1,400 volunteers will take
part in 47 different service projects, including park revitalizations
and painting community centers. In Spain, close to 100 people
ranging from 4 to 99 years old are taking part in a fundraising event
called the Citi Mini Olympics. More than 1,000 volunteers in Pakistan
will take part in the Citi 200 Community Carnival benefitting patients
of a local cancer hospital. In Kenya, volunteers in Nairobi will
partner with Habitat for Humanity’s Maai Mahiu Internally Displaced
Persons project at Naivasha, which seeks to provide decent, durable and
permanent houses. Citi Nigeria volunteers in Lagos will be
working at the National Museum to restore storage rooms for Nigeria's
historical artifacts.
Latin America and Mexico
In Guatemala, more than 2,000 volunteers will be working on
various neighborhood revitalization projects including repairing
playgrounds, schools and sidewalks, painting murals, planting trees and
installing streetlamps built with recycled materials. In Argentina,
2,000 volunteers will work with local schools, hospices, and homes in 18
cities across the country and hold a Sustainability Fair to benefit
local non-profit partners. 800 Citi volunteers in Panama will
remodel classrooms in the capital and clean up beaches to celebrate
World Oceans Day. In Mexico, more than 5,000 volunteers across 62
cities, including Mexico City, will come together to plant nearly 25,000
trees and improve green areas in local communities.
North America
Across the New York tri-state area, more than 4,500 employees
will be engaged in various community projects, including teaching
financial skills with Junior Achievement, revitalizing Hudson River
Park, cleaning city beaches, assembling disaster cleanup kits with the
American Red Cross, preparing summer camps for underprivileged children,
building bicycles for children of military families, and restoring
historic landmarks. Citi volunteers in Los Angeles and Fresno will
utilize their skills to provide financial literacy classes at Financial
Family Days. In Tucson, employees are involved in various
community development projects and will assemble care packages for
families of military service members. In St. Louis, under the
banner of “200 Acts of Kindness,” more than 600 volunteers will reach
out into the local community and volunteer their services to various
causes including literacy, food distribution and revitalizing community
spaces. Across Canada from British Columbia to Montreal, more
than 500 Citi volunteers will work to provide food to the hungry,
shelter to the homeless and green public parks.
About Citi
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer
accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions.
Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with
a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer
banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities
brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
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