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What kind of feedback does Prudential receive from employees who participate in this important day?
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What is Global Volunteer Day? |
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Global Volunteer Day is an annual initiative where more than 20,000 volunteers led by Prudential Financial employees, along with their family and friends, will donate hundreds of thousands of hours on projects designed to better our local communities. There are hundreds of projects occurring across the globe with participants from 11 countries.
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Can people besides Prudential Financial employees participate in Global Volunteer Day?
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Yes. Prudential Financial strongly encourages family, friends, neighbors, and clients to join in and help out.
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When is Global Volunteer Day?
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The first Saturday in October every year.
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How long has Prudential Financial been leading this important initiative?
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Prudential Financial launched Global Volunteer Day in 1995.
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What prompted the first Global Volunteer Day?
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Global Volunteer Day started as a way to involve as many employees as possible in their local communities. Global Volunteer Day has grown from 5,000 participants in its inaugural year into an important Prudential Financial tradition during which thousands of participants make a huge difference in communities worldwide every year.
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Where are other Global Volunteer Day Projects taking place? |
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This year, more than 20,000 individuals are expected to volunteer their time and services by participating in hundreds of projects in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
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What types of projects are completed across the globe?
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From restoring a park to building a home to serving meals at a local shelter, volunteers participate in a wide range of community service projects on Global Volunteer Day. Global Volunteer Day is shaped by the interests of employees and their families- no project is too big or too small. Prudential Financial has found that its employees prefer to choose the nonprofit organizations or issues that will be the focus of their volunteer efforts. As a result, Global Volunteer Day is one of the most diverse and personally engaging corporate volunteer programs.
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What has made Global Volunteer Day such a success?
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The involvement of employees at every level of Prudential Financial testifies to the success and value of Global Volunteer Day. People from all across the organization donate their time to give back to their communities.
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How do the nonprofit organizations benefit from a day such as this?
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Corporate volunteerism provides tremendous economic value for nonprofit organizations.
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What kind of feedback does Prudential receive from employees who participate in this important day?
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Each year, participants comment that they are assisting their communities in a variety of ways that really do make a difference. From restoring a park to painting a local community center, Prudential employees and their families see the benefits they are providing their communities beyond the single day of community service. Global Volunteer Day is, in essence, a celebration of the work that our employees do in their communities year round.
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