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Each year, tens of thousands of Citi volunteers, their friends and families join together for Global Community Day – an opportunity to use their time, skills and expertise to make a difference in their cities.
In 2016, nearly 90,000 employees worked alongside community partners at service projects in more than 500 cities across 91 countries in the days leading up to and including Global Community Day. The annual activities focus on a range of local needs – from urban revitalization to environmental conservation to literacy and education. Global Community Day is one of the many ways Citi shows its commitment to the communities where we have a presence year-round. To date, more than two million service hours have been donated since the inception of Global Community Day in 2006.
On and around June 11, 2016, more than 1,200 Citi Canada employees, family members and alumni demonstrated a shared commitment to the communities where they work and live as part of Global Community Day.
From Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia, volunteers taught, planted, mulched, sorted clothes, painted, packed and cleaned for local community organizations.
The country-wide impact on communities was significant, with events across six time zones.
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Year | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
Volunteers | 500 | 750 | 1,200 |
Vancouver employees joined the Salvation Army Belkin House team to prepare and serve food for 100 members of the community suffering from homelessness or poverty.
The Citi Cards team in London assisted ReForest London with an environmental after-care program at Garibaldi Park. The group was tasked to remove weeds around the base of young trees and add tree collars and mulch to help the trees grow.
Employees at the Toronto Citi Service Centre spent the day mulching, digging, painting, and removing invasive plants from young trees in a nearby park.
Employees in Toronto visited the Daily Bread Food Bank to sort food for immediate delivery to food bank programs across the greater Toronto area. More than 2,000 families benefitted from the nearly 10,000 pounds of food sorted by Citi employees.
Employees also donned aprons and hairnets to prepare and serve meals to 130 children and their families staying at Ronald McDonald House Toronto.
Employees in Montreal came out in record numbers to support their community with events at the Misson Montréal Food Bank and at Parc Angrignon. At Moisson Montréal, employees sorted 240 boxes of food, labelled 2,500 cans and bagged 1,314 kg of potatoes. At Parc Angrignon, employees spent the day beautifying the park by removing 25 garbage bags of litter.
In Calgary, Citi Canada and CitiFinancial employees joined forces at the Mustard Seed to sort and size clothing for guests of the shelter.