Volunteers complete 4,145 projects across 92 countries
Hilton
Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) recently celebrated its commitment to
community service through its annual Global Month of Service (GMS), the
company’s month-long, global initiative to help address social, economic
and environmental needs around the world. This year, Team Members united
to work on 4,145 projects contributing more than 213,000 volunteer hours
in 92 countries.
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Throughout the Global Month of Service, volunteers completed 4,145 projects across 92 countries. (Photo: Business Wire)
Community service is a tradition that has been part of the company’s
identity for nearly 100 years, and throughout the year Team Members
dedicate their time, passion and unique brand of hospitality to create
positive change in their local communities and the wider world. Drawing
on the success of the company’s Global Week of Service, Hilton expanded
its celebration of service to the entire month of October this year,
reinforcing its commitment through a myriad of projects including
environmental cleanups, providing nutritious meals to underserved
communities, mentoring and training young people, providing support for
veterans and creating hospitality care packages for those in need.
“As our founder Conrad Hilton once said, ‘Think big. Act big. Dream
big,’ and that is the spirit behind our Global Month of Service,” said
Christopher J. Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton Worldwide. “This
year, we set ambitious goals to impact more people and communities as we
came together to volunteer and celebrate our passion and commitment to
serve others. Mobilizing Team Members to prepare food for the under
privileged in India, to provide career training support for young women
in Saudi Arabia or to renovate a youth center in the U.S., not only
enriches the lives of those we are serving but it also enriches our
teams by fostering greater empathy and connections to the communities
around us.”
Throughout October, Hilton worked with a global network of local
community organizations including Soap4Hope, The Boys & Girls Club,
Tomorrow’s People, Kickstart for Kids, International Youth Foundation
(IYF) and St. Mary’s Food Bank. Projects were tracked through LightStay,
Hilton’s corporate responsibility measurement platform used to record
the company’s impact across more than 4,500 properties globally.
Highlights from Global Month of Service include:
Americas
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In the United States, more than 150 Team Members from Hilton’s
Headquarters in McLean, Virginia joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Greater Washington (BGCGW) to renovate one of the area’s largest Boys
& Girls Clubs, which serves hundreds of local youth daily. Team
Members painted, installed furniture and electronics, and renovated
play and study areas to create a fun space for youth to enjoy.
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Hilton Reforma Mexico City, Mexico launched its soap recycling
program in partnership with Soap4Hope, becoming the first Hilton hotel
in Latin America to implement a soap recycling program. The program
recycles and donates soap to communities to help improve hygiene and
prevent the spread of disease and illnesses.
Europe, Middle East & Africa
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In the United Kingdom, more than 55 volunteers from 11
DoubleTree by Hilton hotels from the London area joined forces to
tackle homelessness by creating over 2,000 amenities packs for 40
homeless shelters. The team also delivered pro-bono consulting on
efficient facilities management and cooked lunch with Beyond Food
Foundation, an organization that trains people at risk of homelessness
to become chefs. Five hotels committed to exploring work experience
opportunities for the Beyond Food Foundation’s chefs.
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In Italy, 80 Team Members cooked recipes from around the
world with M’ama Food, a project of Hilton Milan’s community partner
Farsi Prossimo, which provides refugee and migrant women from Syria
and North Africa with skills and support to develop their catering
business and integrate in the Milan society. All the food was donated
to the local food bank. Seven properties in Italy routinely donate
their surplus food to the local community.
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In Kenya, the full Hilton Nairobi team celebrated their
two month-long refurbishment of TOI Primary School with new sewage and
drainage, complemented with the launch of Soap For Hope, which
recycles hotel soap to promote hand-washing at the school. The team
also distributed lunch and backpacks to all 900 students.
Asia Pacific
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In Malaysia, Team Members from Hilton Petaling Jaya launched a
computer training room at the Agathians Shelter Home for children,
where they donated computers and created a fresh space to help
underprivileged children learn more about digital technology. Team
Members will provide ongoing computer training for the children and
educate them on responsible Internet usage and ways the Internet can
help them in their studies.
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Team Members at Hilton Adelaide, Australia partnered with
Kickstart for Kids, a local organization that provides breakfast to
school children, to help fund a yearlong breakfast program for 16
local schools. Team Members also prepared and served lunches at the
Hutt Street Centre, a frontline agency for homeless and vulnerable
communities. Another major project was the Hilton Work Experience
Program, which provides participants the opportunity to spend time at
the hotel and experience the variety of careers available at Hilton.
Since its inaugural service celebration in 2012, Hilton volunteers have
completed more than 10,800 projects worldwide contributing more than
513,000 hours of community service.
For photos and video from GMS 2015 please visit www.hiltonworldwide.com/serve.
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of providing exceptional guest experiences. The company's portfolio of
twelve world-class global brands is comprised of more than
4,500 managed, franchised, owned and leased hotels and timeshare
properties, with more than 745,000 rooms in 97 countries and
territories, including Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria Hotels &
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