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IT'S UP TO YOU National
Conference on Volunteering & Service
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Service is a Solution
and Accountability is Our Foundation
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Jamie Dimon
Addresses
Service
Leaders at
the
National Conference on Volunteering and Service and Doubles Commitment to
Employee
Volunteer
Hours in
2010 |
“The
foundation
of corporate
responsibility
is a deep
sense of
accountability
to our
communities,”
said Jamie
Dimon. This
week Jamie
Dimon, spoke
to more than
5,000
volunteer
and service
leaders at
the 2010
National
Conference
on
Volunteering
and Service
at New York
City’s Radio
City Music
Hall.
“I am proud
to say we
really do
push
ourselves to
do more
service and
philanthropy,
even during
these tough
economic
times.” “We
are
accountable
to the
communities
we serve,”
added Dimon.
Dimon
discussed
the
importance
of corporate
service as a
solution to
pressing
community
needs and
announced
that the
company’s
goal of
100,000
hours of
community
service by
employees
had been
exceeded and
raised that
goal to
200,000
hours by the
end of 2010.
“We have
always
remained
focused on
the
fundamentals
of banking,
serving our
clients and
communities,”
said Dimon.
“This kind
of action,
leadership,
generosity
and
accountability
for helping
our fellow
man through
devastating
crisis,
makes me
extremely
proud.”
This year’s
annual
conference
themed,
“It’s Up to
You,”
recognizes
that
everyone has
the power to
make a
difference.
Sixteen
company
service
leaders took
part in the
event,
representing
some of the
firm’s more
than 35
Volunteer
Leadership
Groups
across the
U.S. These
leaders took
part in many
of the more
than 170
workshops
and forums
focusing on
a variety of
service-related
topics
created to
engage
participants
in driving
change in
their
communities
through
innovative
methods.
The
conference
sessions,
included a
CEO
roundtable
and address
from
Kimberly
Davis,
President,
JPMorgan
Chase
Foundation
who spoke
about the
importance
of
corporations
uniting and
taking
action
together.
Frank
Bisignano,
Chief
Administrative
Officer,
participated
as a
panelist
during the
roundtable
and had this
to say about
the
company’s
commitment
to embrace
social
responsibility,
“I try to
lead by
example.” He
also said
his goal is
to provide
employees
with the
opportunity
to give
their time,
experience
and create
opportunities
that make
sense in
their
communities.
“Today’s
discussions
of service
are
important
and timely,”
said Davis.
She also
noted, the
needs of our
communities
are greater
than ever
before and
the
combination
of a still
recovering
economy and
tight
government
budgets are
creating
enormous
demand for
service.
Organized by
the Points
of Light
Institute
and the
Corporation
for National
and
Community
Service, the
conference
is the
largest
annual
gathering of
leaders in
the
volunteer
and
community
service
field,
representing
corporations,
foundations,
government
and the
nonprofit
sectors.
JPMorgan
Chase and
Co. was one
of the major
corporate
sponsors of
the event
whose goal
is to raise
awareness
for and
share best
practices
approaches
to community
service.
Other
conference
highlights
included a
company-sponsored
volunteer
activity and
a business
track that
discussed
how
corporations
invest in
local
communities.
More than 30
employee
volunteers
participated
in a service
project as a
part of
conference
activities
in New York.
The project
focused on
environmental
sustainability,
with a park
clean-up at
Inwood Hill
Park in
Manhattan.
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