NEW YORK - In celebration of National Volunteer Week (April 18-24), Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the leading professional services firms, announced that it will hold IMPACT Day, a national day of volunteer service, on Friday, October 8, 2004.

Regular assignments will be set aside for the work day, as nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 locations nationwide are expected to participate in IMPACT Day - with the firm making a donation of approximately 240,000 hours of time.

"We believe a national day of service will have a long-lasting effect on our culture of community involvement," said Deloitte CEO James H. Quigley. "It underscores our belief that community involvement is a business imperative. We place the highest value on our people's time, knowledge and skills, and feel we have a duty and privilege to contribute to non-profit organizations working to address social issues." Based on the Independent Sector's estimated dollar value of volunteer time ($17.19 per hour), the donated time is valued at more than $4 million.

"Volunteerism is a year round activity at Deloitte," said Anne Rouse Sudduth, Deloitte's national director of community involvement. "Our people are very engaged in community service so IMPACT Day is an exciting celebration of Deloitte's culture of service."

To prepare for IMPACT Day, several hundred people are serving on planning teams across the country, organizing the specific volunteer events that will take place on October 8. Volunteer opportunities are expected to include clean-up and refurbishment projects, working with schools and feeding the hungry, among others. In addition to the volunteer events being held across the United States, Deloitte professionals in several cities around the world will also spend IMPACT Day serving their communities.

Deloitte strongly encourages its people to volunteer their time and talent, recognizes them for doing so, and rewards them for encouraging others to get involved. The firm actively seeks new and strategic opportunities to advance the causes that are important to its people and to have a positive impact on its communities.

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