|  | 18 October 2007
Employees from the Mobil Altona Refinery and Yarraville Terminal will swap their normal work duties for a day volunteering in the community next week.
ExxonMobil Australia, parent company of Mobil, will run its annual employee volunteering “Day of Caring” program next Tuesday 23 October.
The volunteers will be busy assisting several community groups in the west, including:
- Painting and gardening at Bayside Secondary College.
- Gardening, cleaning and maintenance at the Outlets Co-Operative Neighbourhood House/Newport Community Education facility.
- Collecting litter at the Stony Creek backwash with Parks Victoria.
- Sorting goods at the VicRelief Foodbank warehouse at Yarraville.
Mrs Therese McKenney-Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Outlets Co-Operative Neighbourhood House/Newport Community Education, said “Exonmobil’s Day of Caring is a great way for us to organise a group of volunteers to knock off lots of jobs.
“We are grateful to ExxonMobil and its employees who are giving up their valuable work time to help our service,” she said.
The Day of Caring is one of the largest corporate volunteering programs run in partnership with the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Fund (LMCF)/United Way. The program involves 270 employees joining volunteer teams to work for a day to assist 27 community groups. In total, the volunteers will provide the equivalent of 11 months worth of work hours to the community groups.
This is the fifth year that the company has run the program which has expanded to cover all its major sites including the Mobil Altona Refinery and Yarraville Terminal.
Other groups to benefit from the Day of Caring initiative include Australian Red Cross, MS Society, Salvation Army and The Cancer Council.
LMCF Chief Executive Officer Andrew Chappell said, “Corporate volunteering programs provide valuable support and savings to community groups and we are pleased to work with companies such as ExxonMobil to assist local community services in the Western suburbs.”
Glenn Henson, Mobil Altona Refinery Manager, said “The employee volunteering initiative is an example of one of the ways that the company supports the local community.”
“We are pleased to offer our employees the opportunity to volunteer and provide tangible assistance to local community groups,” he said.
The Day of Caring initiative was a highly commendable winner in the recent 2007 Volunteering Australia Award for Excellence in Corporate Volunteering.
Julie Pollard, Chief Executive Officer Volunteering Australia said, “ExxonMobil’s employee volunteering efforts have been recognised as an outstanding example of best practice, innovation and community contribution.”
Further information:
ExxonMobil media contact:
Lisa Trood, Community Relations Manager
Phone 03 9270 3440
Bayside Secondary College
Michael Kerin, Principal
Phone 03 9397 1377
Outlets Co-Operative Neighbourhood House/Newport Community Education
Therese McKenney-Campbell, CEO
Phone 03 9391 8504
Parks Victoria Stony Creek Backwash
Edena Critch, Ranger in Charge
Phone 03 9393 9222
VicRelief Foodbank
Ms Hilary Bolton, General Manager
Phone 03 9362 8333
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