Good Deed of the Day: Alcoa Employees Volunteer More Than 25,000 Hours to Green Communities Worldwide

Alcoa Foundation today announced that in just two months Alcoa AA employees contributed more than 25,000 hours of their time, the equivalent of three years, to volunteer in communities around the world. Community service projects took place during the Foundation's Green Works initiative created to support environmental projects and celebrate eco-holidays like Earth Day, World Environment Day and Arbor Day. Through more than 135 events across 20 countries, more than 35.6 million community members benefited from Alcoa employees sharing their time, talents and energy to help protect the Earth. Highlights include: More than 12,000 trees planted to support Alcoa's Ten Million Trees campaign 115 rivers, parks and recreation areas rehabilitated to improve the environment More than 35,500 pounds of electronics recycled preventing toxic materials from entering landfills 1,060 recycling bins distributed to encourage recycling aluminum cans 60 environmental workshops on climate change, water conservation, recycling and other environmental issues ”Imagine Your World” Art Contest In addition to community service events, Green Works also included the “Imagine Your World” art contest for children of Alcoa employees. Children created original artwork depicting their vision of tomorrow's natural environment. Eight young winners will each receive a US$5,000 Alcoa Foundation grant for their school or a school in an underserved area in their community. Winners, ranging from 4- to 16-years-old, hail from Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, Russia and the U.S. Presentations will be made during the school year. The winning art was selected by a panel of judges, including Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa Chairman and CEO, and Alcoa Foundation nonprofit partners. The winning art and artists can be viewed here. “Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at Alcoa,” said Paula Davis, President, Alcoa Foundation. “Green Works helped strengthen our commitment to our environment, and got our employees and their families involved in greening their communities.”