KeyCorp Reaches Out, Makes a Difference Nationwide

Published 09-08-04

Submitted by KeyBank

CLEVELAND - More than 8,500 employees of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), will engage in the company's 15th annual Neighbors Make the Difference Day on Tuesday, September 14. Key staff will spend an expected 34,000 hours volunteering for a wide array of community service projects in neighborhoods from Maine to Alaska.

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.

"As a bank, we're often deeply involved in helping to improve the financial infrastructure of the cities and towns in which we do business," noted Henry Meyer, KeyCorp's chairman and chief executive officer. "But the activities Key employees take on as part of 'Neighbors' goes 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 local communities."

The following are among hundreds of Key-organized community service projects in which the company's employees will participate on Tuesday:

Alaska (North Pole): Sort 40,000 Santa letters for Santa's Mail bag, a national organization supported by the Lions Club

Colorado (Denver): Paint/spruce up group homes at Girls Hope Boys Hope
(Fort Morgan): Provide lawn services essential to bringing a local senior citizen's yard up to city code

Florida (Ft Myers and Bonita Springs): Aid the Red Cross in providing relief to residents following hurricanes Charley and Frances

Idaho (Idaho Falls): Paint/clean rooms and install lighting/chalk boards in the therapy room and gather children's items for Women's Domestic Violence Shelter

Maine (Portland): Paint/drywall a Habitat for Humanity home

Massachusetts (Boston): Sort food at the Greater Boston Food Bank

Michigan (Ypsilanti): Plant learning gardens around day care centers on behalf of Growing Hope
(Ann Arbor): Clean wheelchairs/repair the homes for residents of the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living

Missouri (Kansas City and St. Louis): Build a Habitat for Humanity house

New Jersey (Parsippany): Paint/replace window sills in farmhouse for Morris Habitat for Humanity

New York (Albany): Transform vacant lot into a garden on behalf of Capital District Community Gardens
(Auburn): Build/mortar concrete blocks and fencing at Salt Water State Park
(Buffalo): Inventory first aid trailers and supplies in preparation of disaster response and education for the American Red Cross Greater Buffalo Chapter
(Syracuse) Repair wheelchair ramps on behalf of the Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation

Ohio (Cincinnati): Sort and box nonperishable food items for distribution by FreeStore/FoodBank
(Cleveland): Conduct an employability skills presentation for students at the Cleveland Job Corps
(Toledo): Restore/clean Metroparks of Toledo's Wildwood Park and Oak Openings

Oregon (Tigard): Landscape/paint low-income apartments on behalf of the Portland Community Partners for Affordable Housing

Utah (Salt Lake City): Make Aids-awareness ribbons/stuff envelopes for Utah Aids Foundation

Vermont (Williston): Bake goods for the families of terminally ill guests at the Vermont Respite House

Washington (Yelm): Visit/participate in recreational activities with seniors at the Senior Multipurpose Center of Yelm

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 www.key.com/community.

KeyCorp
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $86 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. The company's businesses deliver their products and services through KeyCenters and offices; a network of nearly 2,200 ATMs; telephone banking centers (1.800.KEY2YOU); and a Web site, Key.com® that provides account access and financial products 24 hours a day.

KeyBank

KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 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 $187 billion at June 30, 2024.

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 1,000 branches and approximately 1,200 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 Member FDIC.

KeyCorp Reaches Out, Makes a Difference Nationwide

KeyCorp Reaches Out, Makes a Difference Nationwide

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