Employees in Nine Cities Spend Tuesday, May 15, Doing Community Service
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Charles Schwab
Corporation is celebrating its fourth annual employee volunteer day today,
during which approximately 1,400 Schwab employees and executives at the
company's major centers of employment across the country spend a portion of
the day doing hands-on volunteer work in their communities. Called "FERSTT
Aid Day," the name is derived from the acronym representing the corporate
values for which Schwab employees are held accountable in their daily work:
Fairness, Empathy, Responsiveness, Striving, Teamwork, and Trust.
The cities include Austin; Denver; Indianapolis; New York; Orlando;
Phoenix; Richfield, Ohio; San Francisco; and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Employees will spend approximately 6,000 hours benefiting over 50 nonprofit
and municipal organizations across the U.S. In addition to receiving direct
service from Schwab employees, each of these organizations will also get a
$1,000 grant from Charles Schwab Foundation.
Among the organizations where employees will volunteer are:
o Public elementary and high schools
o Humane and animal welfare societies
o Organizations dedicated to providing health, social and human
services to seniors, children and families
o Municipal parks and recreation areas
o Community food banks
o Boys & Girls Clubs of America
o Habitat for Humanity
o Easter Seals
o Ronald McDonald House Charities
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (Nasdaq: SCHW) is a leading provider of
financial services, with more than 300 offices and 6.8 million client
brokerage accounts, 1,117,000 corporate retirement plan participants,
154,000 banking accounts, and $1.3 trillion in client assets. Through its
operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities
brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to
individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer
subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC, http://www.sipc.org),
and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products
including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and
investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services;
referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial,
operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment
advisors through its Schwab Institutional division. The Charles Schwab
Bank, N.A. (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and
products. CyberTrader(R), Inc. (member SIPC, http://www.sipc.org) is an
electronic trading technology and brokerage firm providing services to
highly active, online traders. More information is available at
http://www.schwab.com.
Funded by the Charles Schwab Corporation, Charles Schwab Foundation is
committed to giving back to the community by supporting employee-selected
causes and fostering financial literacy through funding, involvement and
expertise. (0507-5306)
SOURCE Charles Schwab
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Related links:
http://www.schwab.com/
CONTACT:
Sarah Bulgatz of Charles Schwab,
+1-415-636-5940, or sarah.bulgatz@schwab.com
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