Citi Celebrates Its 14th Annual Global Community Day in Hong Kong With More Than 3,000 Local Volunteers

June 09, 2019 - 04:18
Citi Celebrates Its 14th Annual Global Community Day in Hong Kong With More Than 3,000 Local Volunteers

Local volunteers join the 110,000 Citi volunteers around the world participating in this annual day of service

 

HONG KONG, CHINA MediaOutReach - June 9, 2019 - CitigroupInc. (NYSE: C)


Citi celebrated its 14th annual GlobalCommunity Day on Saturday, June 8, with more than 3,000 Citi volunteers in HongKong participating in service activities in their local communities. In thedays leading up to and including Global Community Day, Citi colleagues, alumni,partners, clients, family and friends in more than 400 cities across 90countries and territories volunteered in over 1,500 service projects. Thesevaried events are helping to address a range of community needs -- frommentoring low-income youth to conserving parks and educating people about thevalue of protecting healthy and sustainable ecosystems.

 

This annual day of service offers a wide range ofvolunteer opportunities to work alongside community and non-profit partners tohelp improve our cities and neighborhoods.

 

In Hong Kong, over 3,000 Citi volunteers supported morethan 30 community activities across six service areas: caring for the elderly,supporting groups for the physically and mentally challenged, engaginglow-income or underprivileged families and children, environmentalconservation, supporting ethnic minority and youth economic opportunities.

 

Citi also worked alongside 10 NGO partners to giveback to the community, namely: Changing Young Lives Foundation, Feeding HongKong, Lok Sin Tong, Po Leung Kuk, Save the Children, The Community Chest ofHong Kong, The Conservancy Association, The Salvation Army, The Tung Wah Groupof Hospitals and WWF Hong Kong.

 

Citi Hong Kong & Macau CEO Angel Ng, teamed-upwith 80 other volunteers helping out at Kids Sport Day, where fun work-outprograms were organized for around 100 children under the guidance ofprofessional coaches. Fun activities included Citi volunteers dancing with theschool children as a warm-up exercise, then encouraging and supporting them invarious fitness challenge programs aimed at showing them the importance ofhealth and fitness in their daily lives.

 

"While Citi volunteers have a strong tradition ofengaging in community services all year round, Global Community Day is anannual opportunity for our colleagues, clients, families and friends to cometogether as a global force to tackle many of the challenges in the cities wherewe live and work." said Ms Ng. "This year, our volunteers in Hong Kong areworking with 10 non-profit organizations on more than 30 service projectsacross six community focuses. Collectively, we can create the greatest impactand drive positive change in our own city and communities."

 

In alignment with Pathwaysto Progress, a global initiative to help enhance young people'semployability, Citi volunteers in Hong Kong also engaged in role-play asprospective employers to conduct mock job interviews with students. It is hopedthat the experience will enable the students to be better prepared when huntingfor jobs in the future.

 

Other community activities included visiting homesfor the elderly homes and those with disabilities; financial educationworkshops and a fun day out for kids; and conservation projects at WWF Mai PoNature Reserve.

 

Since the inaugural Global Community Day in 2006,Citi volunteers have contributed over 4 million hours of service to GlobalCommunity Day projects in hundreds of cities. This year, we continue to trackhow projects are helping to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The featured activities below show how this year's projects are contributing toselect SDGs, including: Zero Hunger (SDG 2); Good Health and Well-Being (SDG3); Quality Education (SDG 4); Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8);Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11); and Climate Action (SDG 13).

 

Please join the Global Community Day conversation onsocial media using the hashtag #CitiVolunteers. To learn more about Citi'scitizenship efforts and how we take action to effect positive and meaningfulchange in our communities, visit https://www.citi.com/citizenship.

 

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