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Worldwide Month of Service
Every October is Month of Service
Alcoa employees across the world proudly do their bit each October to make a difference in the communities where they work, rest and play.
2012 efforts are still being evaluated, however, in 2011, Australian Alcoans donated more than 10,000 volunteer hours to community projects and not-for-profit organisations during the sixth annual volunteering month.
Alcoa’s worldwide ‘Month of Service’, an initiative of the Alcoa Foundation, is a time when we encourage employee volunteerism and celebrate the hundreds of employees who volunteer all year round.
During Month of Service 2011, employees participated in a wide range of activities including: backyard blitzes for the elderly and infirm; Geelong Head of the River Race; Peel Aged Care Games; National Ride to Work Day; R U OK Day?; KIDS Foundation Injury Free Day at Schools; frog pond construction at Kensington Primary School; repairs and busy bees for Riding for the Disabled; Light the Night Leukaemia Foundation; Fundraising for Breast Cancer Foundation; Peel Zoo wetlands plantings with Greening Australia; Coastal Care – Kwinana Beach Clean Up; and a Women’s Refuge busy bee.
All around Australia Alcoans volunteered at swimming clubs, fire brigades, bowling clubs, schools, aged care homes and RSL groups to name just a few. They took part in cooking at Ronald McDonald House; a Foodbank project donating three animals from Alcoa Farmlands beef herd; repairing a burnt out koala habitat and supporting an African Women’s Dance Group Fundraiser.
Alcoa of Australia Managing Director, Alan Cransberg, said: “Month of Service never ceases to amaze me. Our people just get out there into the community and make a huge difference to so many different organisations and individuals. What they have done in hours as crews, teams and families would have taken many organisations weeks, months or in some instances the jobs may never have got off the ground.”
“This year we have beaten last year’s effort with a 46% engagement in Month of Service, making it our biggest and best year yet,” he said.
“Many Alcoans contribute year round in their communities. My desire is that other Alcoans that participated in the Month of Service see the value of the work they do and continue to do similar activities throughout the year.”
While Month of Service is the Company’s volunteering centrepiece, Alcoa employees are heavily involved in their communities all year round. Throughout the year, the company matches employees’ volunteer time with financial grants to their chosen not-for-profit organisations through its ACTION and Bravo! programs.
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Video: Celebrating our Volunteering Heroes
See why Alcoa employees volunteer in their communities
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Alcoa Foundation
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ACTION grants
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Bravo! grants
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