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New Eyes for the Needy Partners with Goldman Sachs' Community TeamWorks

New Eyes for the Needy Partners with Goldman Sachs' Community TeamWorks

Published 05-24-07

Submitted by New Eyes for the Needy, Inc.

SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2007--New Eyes for the Needy welcomed Goldman Sachs employees on May 4th and May 18th as part of the firm's Community TeamWorks program. Employees of the firm volunteered their time to paint offices, landscape garden space around the New Eyes building and sorted through thousands of donated eyeglasses for distribution to underserved people in developing nations around the world. Since founded in 1932, New Eyes has brought improved vision and hope for a better future to more than 6 million people.

"This is the third year in a row that New Eyes has benefited from Community TeamWorks," explained Pamela DePompo-Klein, executive director. "The Goldman Sachs volunteers worked quickly and efficiently and accomplish in a matter of hours what it would take us days to achieve. It was a pleasure having them here with us."

Approximately 80 Goldman Sachs employees have volunteered for this project. The volunteers will be returning in June and July to continue efforts of sorting eyeglasses and beautifying the New Eyes facility.

Community TeamWorks (CTW) is Goldman Sachs' signature volunteer program that allows each employee one day away from work to volunteer on a team-based project with a nonprofit organization. Since 1997, CTW has offered innovative volunteering opportunities worldwide that make a tangible difference in our communities and that foster inter- and intra-divisional camaraderie within the firm. In 2006, over 18,000 Goldman Sachs employees, families and friends partnered with 619 nonprofit organizations in 1,422 volunteer projects, including working with the elderly, building homes, mentoring youth, and preserving and restoring the beauty of our environment. For more information, visit http://www2.goldmansachs.com/our_firm/our_culture/corporate_citizenship/charitable_services_group/community_teamworks.html (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists).

For more information about New Eyes for the Needy's program to provide prescription eyeglasses to indigent Americans or to inquire about volunteer opportunities, contact Executive Director Pamela DePompo-Klein at 973-376-4908 or visit www.neweyesfortheneedy.org.

The mission of New Eyes for the Needy is to improve the vision of the less fortunate by providing new glasses in the United States and recycling donated glasses for distribution overseas.

New Eyes is celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2007.

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