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2,600 KeyCorp Employees To Work on 'Neighbors Make The Difference Day' Volunteer Projects in Cleveland

2,600 KeyCorp Employees To Work on 'Neighbors Make The Difference Day' Volunteer Projects in Cleveland

Published 09-06-06

Submitted by KeyBank

CLEVELAND -- More than 300 Cleveland-area community projects will benefit from the volunteer services of some 2,600 Key employees on Thursday, September 14. Some Key facilities will close early that day so that employees may participate in this annual community service day.

Three Cleveland projects are of particular note:

  • Cleveland Municipal School District/Cleveland Institute of Music
    Distance Learning Project. Key's volunteer technology experts will
    gather at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), then travel to 15
    Cleveland schools to coach teachers and administrators on the use of
    distance learning in the classroom. Other Key employees will form a
    "help desk" located at CIM. During the afternoon, CIM will broadcast a
    sample lesson, integrating math and music, to the 15 schools.

  • West Side Ecumenical Ministry (WSEM) home repair. For its 40th
    anniversary, WSEM is celebrating "Forty Days of Giving." Key's gift is
    a group of volunteers who will make repairs to the home of a WSEM
    client.

  • Wendy Park cleanup. Two dozen Key employees, coordinating with the
    Wendy Park Foundation, will spend the afternoon cleaning up the park's
    beach and surrounding area.

    "As a bank, we often help to improve the financial infrastructure of the cities and towns in which we do business," noted Henry Meyer, KeyCorp's (NYSE: KEY) chairman and chief executive officer. "But the activities Key employees take on as part of 'Neighbors Day' go far beyond business as usual. This help comes straight from their hearts, and reflects their commitment and desire to make a very personal contribution to their communities."
    One of the leading organized corporate volunteerism efforts in America, Neighbors Make the Difference Day is the hallmark of Key's year-round volunteerism and philanthropic investment in its communities. Each project is an extension of the company's commitment to helping people and communities achieve economic self-sufficiency, primarily through involvement in financial education and workforce development programs that foster diversity and inclusion.
    Nationwide, more than 7,000 employees of KeyCorp, will engage in the company's 17th annual Neighbors Make the Difference Day. Key staff will spend approximately 28,000 hours volunteering for a wide array of community service projects in neighborhoods from Maine to Alaska.

    Neighbors Make the Difference Day

    KeyBank established Neighbors Make the Difference Day in 1990 as a beach clean up project among its employees in Alaska. In 1993, KeyCorp rolled out Neighbor's Day nationally as a means of enhancing the quality of life in communities where its 20,000 employees live and work. While most KeyBank branches close at noon on Neighbors Make the Difference Day, certain locations will remain open. As always, customers will have access to ATMs. For more information, call 1.800.KEY2YOU. For details about Neighbors Make the Difference Day and KeyBank's commitment to volunteerism, visit http://www.key.com/community.

    About KeyCorp

    Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $95 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.

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    KeyCorp's roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $176.2 billion at March 31, 2021. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,100 branches and more than 1,400 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC. 

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