Media Alert: Nearly 2,000 Marriott Employees to Participate in 25 Community Service Projects in DC Region
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BETHESDA, MD UNITED STATES
County Executive Ike Leggett to Join Marriott President Arne Sorenson and Area Employees During Habitat Build to Fix Up Foreclosed Homes
Chairman and CEO Bill Marriott Joins Employees at Food & Friends to Pack Food for DC residents living with HIV/AIDS
BETHESDA, Md., May 6 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO: Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will join Marriott's
newly appointed President and COO Arne Sorenson and area
employees during the Habitat build. The group will help fix up
two of 10 foreclosed homes purchased by Habitat for Humanity
Montgomery County. One of the families moving into the
renovated homes will be present for a brief presentation of
environmentally friendly products courtesy of Marriott's green
suppliers. Follow the updates on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/marriottgreen and video on
www.YouTube.com/marriottserve.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090217/MARRIOTTINTLLOGO )
Chairman and CEO J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr. will join employees
at Food & Friends to prepare meals and package groceries for
people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening
illnesses. Marriott volunteers will take the food to the homes
of each patient in Connect by Hertz green vehicles. Follow the
updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/marriottintl and video
on www.YouTube.com/marriottserve.
WHAT: May 13 marks Marriott International's annual Spirit To Serve
Our Communities Day around the world. Marriott employees
donate a portion of their day working with local
organizations and nonprofits in their surrounding community.
In 2008, employees donated 433,211 volunteer hours throughout
the year nearly doubling the time spent in 2007. Activities
vary and may include painting shelters and schools, cleaning
up parks and beaches, preparing gifts for the troops,
building homes and more. Nearly 2,000 employees in the
Washington, D.C. area will participate in 25 community
service projects.
WHEN: Habitat for Humanity Montgomery County Build
Wednesday, May 13, 2009- 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
4006 Jeffry Street, Silver Spring, MD
(Marriott will provide environmentally friendly products
including: low-flow water fixtures, tubs and toilets from
Kohler and low VOC paint from Sherwin Williams)
Food & Friends
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
219 Riggs Rd. NE Washington, DC
