Citi Celebrates 2018 Global Community Day in Canada Together With Tens of Thousands of Citi Volunteers Across 450 Cities Around the World
Citi Celebrates 2018 Global Community Day in Canada Together With Tens of Thousands of Citi Volunteers Across 450 Cities Around the World |
[09-June-2018] |
Annual Event Contributes Nearly Four Million Hours of Service Since Launch Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) TORONTO, June 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Today Citi celebrates its annual Global Community Day, as more than 600 Citi volunteers across Canada engage in service activities in their local communities. In the days leading up to and including Global Community Day, 100,000 Citi colleagues, alumni, clients, family and friends in more than 450 cities across 90 countries and territories volunteer on 1,400 service projects that are helping address a range of community needs, from feeding the hungry to revitalizing schools for a better learning environment to preparing young people for jobs. On Global Community Day, Citi volunteers invest their time and efforts alongside community and nonprofit partners on service opportunities that help create thriving neighborhoods. Some of these volunteer efforts complement the year-round philanthropic and business-led initiatives, including the Citi Foundation's Pathways to Progress, that help make our communities stronger. "Global Community Day is now a long-running tradition that gives Citi colleagues all around the world an opportunity to further demonstrate our values to the communities we serve," said Citi CEO Michael Corbat. "While our presence as a firm may be global, the real impact on this day is local, and one example of how we are enabling progress in a big way." This year Citi Canada is hosting 12 events across the country, from a neighbourhood clean-up in Vancouver, to food donation sorting in Toronto, to running in support of women's mental health in Montreal. Since the inaugural Global Community Day in 2006, Citi volunteers have contributed nearly four million hours of service to Global Community Day projects in hundreds of cities. This year, for the first time, we are tracking how the projects are helping advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The highlighted activities below illustrate how this year's Global Community Day activities are contributing to select SDGs including: Zero Hunger (SDG 2); Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3); Quality Education (SDG 4); Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8); Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11); and Climate Action (SDG 13). CANADA
ASIA PACIFIC
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
LATIN AMERICA AND MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
Please join the Global Community Day conversation on social media using the hashtag #CitiVolunteers. To learn more about Citi's citizenship efforts in Canada review the 2017 Public Accountability Statement and across the globe see the Global Citizenship Report. About Citi Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com | Twitter: @Citi | YouTube: www.youtube.com/citi | Blog: http://blog.citigroup.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/citi | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/citi SOURCE CITIBANK CANADA | ||
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