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HSBC – North America sets new mark for Volunteers
in 2007: HSBC’s National Volunteer Partnership program reached
out to 50,000 students last year through 2,405 employee volunteers
who taught JA programs in 2007. This is the most volunteers HSBC has
ever had in a single year. Overall, 95 JA offices received support
from HSBC last year, with 88 participating in the HSBC/JA Volunteer
Alliance Partnership.
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HSBC Sets Record For JA Classroom Volunteer
Efforts: During the spring 2007 semester, HSBC employees
delivered 1,417 JA programs to 30,992 students in 327 cities across
the country. In support of their volunteer efforts for JA Worldwide,
HSBC recently awarded the organization $577,600 - part of HSBC’s
annual $795,000 commitment to JA.
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World's Largest Bowlathon: Through
contributions collected by HSBC employees and a corporate grant
based on employee fundraising, this year’s "World’s Largest
Bowlathon" raised $1.1 million for nearly 40 JA offices. An increase
of 18% over last year's efforts, more than 50,000 children will now
be able to participate in JA programs as a result of the hard work
and generosity of HSBC employees.
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HSBC was recently honored with the Silver
President's Volunteer Service Award. In 2006, JA Worldwide became an
official certifying organization for this award in order to bestow
this degree of honor to corporations that provide volunteers to
teach JA programs. HSBC's Silver Award recognizes 10,000 volunteer
hours or more.
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HSBC Honored for Public Service: The New
Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) recently presented
HSBC – North America with a Public Service Award for HSBC’s
community investment. HSBC is one of only three companies to
receive the award this year. JA of New Jersey nominated HSBC for
this award in recognition of HSBC’s efforts to serve as role models,
helping young people learn about entrepreneurship, work readiness,
and financial literacy. During the2005-2006 school-year, 219 HSBC
employee volunteers taught the Junior Achievement curriculum to
3,176 New Jersey students.
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At the June 22nd JA Worldwide® Board Meeting in
Vancouver, HSBC was presented with the inaugural Extreme
Partnership Award. Dame Mary Richardson, chief executive of HSBC
Global Education Trust, and JA board member, accepted the award on
behalf of HSBC. This annual award was developed to recognize one
JA Worldwide board firm that has made significant, strategic,
global impact on all levels of the Junior Achievement organization
for at least three consecutive years.
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This year marked the sixth anniversary of the national HSBC-Junior
Achievement "World's Largest Bowl-a-thon." The event supports JA's
economic education programs, and last year saw 4,700 employee
bowlers participate, raising almost $900,000 for 23 local JA
offices. As a result of the partnership and support of the HSBC
Bowl-a-thon, more than 40,000 students will be able to participate
in JA programs. The event took place on March 25-26, 2006.
HSBC board members Keith Pladsen (left) and Pat Cozza (right)
from JA of New Jersey receive the Corporate Champion award from
David S. Chernow, former president and CEO of JA Worldwide®, and Catherine Milone-Richards, president of JA of New Jersey.
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