|  | 18 October 2007
Esso employees will swap their normal work duties for a day volunteering in the community next week.
Employees from the Barry Beach Marine Terminal facility will volunteer at Kilmany Uniting Care next Tuesday 23 October when the company runs its annual employee volunteering “Day of Caring” program.
The volunteers will help the “Bush Link” toy library and will be busy cataloguing, cleaning and repairing toys.
Mrs Tracey Gibson, Assistant Director, Kilmany Uniting Care, said “We are grateful to Esso and its employees who are giving up their valuable work time to help our toy library service that supports families in South Gippsland.”
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 Barry Beach Marine Terminal. Other groups to benefit from the Day of Caring initiative include George Gray Centre in Maffra, Sale Elderly Citizens Village, 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 Esso to help community services such as Kilmany Uniting Care.”
Ray Prain, Esso Barry Beach Marine Terminal Manager, said “Esso’s volunteering program is an example of one of the ways that the company supports local community groups in the South Gippsland area.
“We are pleased to offer our employees the opportunity to volunteer and provide tangible assistance to community groups,” he said.
Esso’s employee volunteering program was a highly commendable winner in the recent 2007 Volunteering Australia Award for Excellence in Corporate Volunteering announced in October. Julie Pollard, Chief Executive Officer Volunteering Australia said, “Esso’s employee volunteering efforts have been recognised as an outstanding example of best practice, innovation and community contribution."
For further information:
Mrs Tracey Gibson
Assistant Director
Kilmany Uniting Care (South Gippsland)
Phone 5662 5150 or 5682 1162
Esso Day of Caring:
Lisa Trood
Community Relations Manager
Phone 03 9270 3440
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