Published 10-20-03
Submitted by UPS
This week, more than 1,000 UPS employees are planning to volunteer their time in 14 select markets outside the United States - Canada, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Australia, Brazil and Mexico. A sample of activities from around the world:
UPS Chairman and CEO Mike Eskew will join 60 fellow UPS employees to help build a computer lab for a primary school in China's Hebei Province. UPS also is donating the computers and will provide on-going computer training for the school's teachers.
"UPS was founded on the philosophy that volunteering is an essential ingredient of healthy communities," said Eskew. "Each year, more than 30,000 employees volunteer their time to a range of community services through our Neighbor to Neighbor Program. Global Volunteer Week builds on this spirit of volunteerism by creating an organized way for employees to improve their communities together."
This first-ever UPS Global Volunteer Week is being held in tandem with the company's Neighbor to Neighbor Service Challenge in the United States, which aims to achieve 100,000 employee volunteer hours by Nov. 14. Visit community.ups.com for more information about UPS's community involvement.
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