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Each year, tens of thousands of Citi volunteers, their friends and families across the globe join together for Global Community Day — an opportunity to use their time, skills and expertise to make a difference in their cities.
In 2017, over 100,000 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 10, 2017, 500 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 Montreal 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 15 events across six time zones.
Vancouver employees joined the Salvation Army Belkin House team to prepare and serve food to 100 members of the community suffering from homelessness or poverty.
In Calgary, Citi Canada and CitiFinancial employees joined forces at the Mustard Seed to sort and size clothing for guests of the shelter.
The Citi Cards team in London assisted ReForest London with an environmental after-care program for young trees in the park. The group was tasked to remove weeds and add tree collars and mulch to help the trees grow.
Employees at the Toronto Citi Service Centre spent the day planting trees, cleaning up forest parkland and mulching in a nearby park.
Employees in Toronto visited the Daily Bread Food Bank to sort 6,781 lbs of food for immediate delivery to food bank programs across the greater Toronto area. Employees also donned aprons and hair nets to prepare and serve meals to 130 children and their families staying at Ronald McDonald House Toronto. At CultureLink and Youth Employment Services, Citi volunteers hosted mock interviews and career mentoring sessions with at-risk youth and new immigrants.
At our Montreal site, employees participated in an annual run to help raise funds for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation’s Women’s Mental Health Mission program.