Citi's 11th Annual Global Community Day: Working Together to Stand for Progress

On Saturday, June 11, I'll be joining tens of thousands of my colleagues, along with our friends and families, to celebrate Citi's 11th annual Global Community Day. For the past decade, we've marked this annual day of service around the world by donating our time, skills and expertise to make a difference in the communities where we live and work. This year, together with our community partners, we will once again stand for progress by helping tackle a range of pressing challenges in our cities, from beautifying parks and streets to teaching young people the basics of financial know-how to helping communities bounce back from natural disasters.

Since the inaugural Global Community Day in 2006, more than half a million Citi volunteers have contributed more than three million hours of service to Global Community Day projects in hundreds of cities. This truly has become a tradition at Citi. While these statistics help tell a big part of the story about the positive impact we can have on individuals and communities, by participating ourselves in community activities, we can also see on a deeper level the tangible results of Global Community Day. Last year, I was with more than 100 other Citi volunteers at the Red Cross in New York City, making care packages for veterans and military service members overseas. We also made cards with hand written notes, thanking them for their service – it was the least I could do to give back to others who have sacrificed so much for us.

Many of us have stories of service to tell. To highlight a few, we asked Citi volunteers to share how Global Community Day has impacted them and their communities.

This global volunteer effort is a demonstration of our commitment to progress in cities, which lies at the heart of Citi volunteers and Citi. In short, Global Community Day – and our year-round commitment to volunteerism – enable us to succeed in serving individuals, communities, institutions and cities around the world – and we can't wait to get out there once again on June 11.

To our colleagues, families, friends and all of the organizations we work with, we invite you to join the Global Community Day conversation on social media using the hashtag #CitiVolunteers.