Alexion Employees Volunteer Together in Company’s First Global Day of Service
September 23 2016 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
More than 1,500 Alexion employees in 30
communities take part in community service projects focused on
improving health, wellness, and education
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) announced today that
more than 1,500 employees around the world are volunteering in
their respective communities as part of the Company’s first Global
Day of Service. For this inaugural event, Alexion employees are
partnering with local non-profit organizations to participate in
service projects focused on improving health, wellness, and
education in 30 of the Company’s local communities across North
America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia.
“At Alexion, one of our core values is to change the world for
patients suffering from devastating and rare diseases by
discovering, developing, and delivering life-changing therapies,”
said David Hallal, Chief Executive Officer of Alexion. “Today’s
Global Day of Service demonstrates our values in action as we join
together to have a lasting impact on the communities around the
world where we live and work.”
Alexion partnered with Points of Light, the largest organization
in the world dedicated to volunteer service, to identify and help
reach those most in need in the Company’s local communities.
“Through our partnership with Alexion, we have helped identify
needs in local communities and connected employees with
organizations to tackle them,” said Jonathas Barreto, Director,
Global, Points of Light. “Alexion employees have taken on an
impressive range of volunteer service projects around the world,
clearly ready to demonstrate that individuals can make a meaningful
difference on a wide range of social issues.”
Alexion’s Global Day of Service activities include:
North America
- Global headquarters in New Haven,
Conn.: Creating inspirational art pieces, enhancing learning
spaces, updating landscape, providing in-classroom lessons, and
assembling teacher appreciation kits at Hill Regional Career High
School.
- Smithfield, RI: Transforming
Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School in Providence by painting murals,
landscaping, building benches, and coordinating a science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fair.
- Lexington and Cambridge, Mass.:
Updating the Waltham Boys & Girls Club by painting, enhancing
learning spaces, and landscaping.
- Holden, Mass.: Performing fall
clean-up inside and outside of Abby’s House, a local women and
children's shelter.
- Washington, D.C.: Partnering
with Food & Friends to prepare and deliver meals to individuals
living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening
illnesses.
- Bogart, Ga.: Painting games on
the playground, rehabilitating picnic tables and a play structure,
and redesigning a children's play area in the Athens Area Homeless
Shelter.
- Miami, Fla.: Joining the Junior
Achievement of South Florida to guide and support students through
a "Finance Park" activity that will teach them financial literacy
and prepare them for the real world.
- Vaughan, Ontario: Decorating a
children’s playroom, painting, and filling the freezer with baked
goods for Yellow Brick House, an organization providing emergency
shelter and outreach services for women and children who have
experienced violence and abuse.
- Mexico City, Mexico: Partnering
with Siembra una Esperanza para México to help students struggling
with poverty by providing shoes, meals, and mentorship.
Europe
- Zurich, Switzerland: Maintaining
and beautifying the Allmend Stettbach park, a 12-acre habitat for
plants and animals.
- Uxbridge, UK: Preparing and
cooking meals for families to enjoy following a day at the hospital
at the Ronald McDonald House Tooting. A separate project will also
include clearing out and revitalizing the nature areas at the Log
Cabin, a center dedicated to children with disabilities.
- Paris, France: Facilitating a
treasure hunt for children and young adults with the
A.R.E.S.S.I.F.
- Madrid, Spain: Conducting
virtual reality workshops and activities for people with
disabilities in partnership with Voluntechies.
- Barcelona, Spain: Joining APMANS
to provide a fun day of activities for individuals with
intellectual disabilities and mental illnesses.
- Milan, Italy: Setting up booths
to sell books and raise funds on behalf of ONLUS.
- Dublin, Ireland: Redesigning the
garden at Daughters of Charity, St. Joseph’s Centre by weeding,
moving compost, planting, and covering planting areas with
gravel.
- Athlone, Ireland: Helping to
transform St. Hilda's Day Service, an adult training Center for
people with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, by
removing old clutter, installing new furniture, and providing fresh
coats of paint.
- Belgium and The Netherlands:
Teaming up with VWC Nijmegen to develop a volunteer project that
will improve their environment and community.
- Prague, Czech Republic:
Partnering with Palata to spend time reading books and gardening
with seniors and visually impaired individuals.
Asia
- Shanghai, China: Joining the
Stepping Stones China and visiting a children’s home to teach them
English and coordinate fun activities.
- Tokyo, Japan: Helping local
residents who were affected by the Tsunami, cleaning, gardening and
hosting a petting zoo for residents of a nursing home and infants'
home in Tokyo.
- Mumbai, India: Engaging with
lesser-privileged children from VIDYA & Seva Sahayog, imparting
life skills that are important for their day-to-day activities, and
interacting with them on different aspects that can shape their
future.
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
Helping individuals with special needs at Al Noor Training
Center.
Russia
- Moscow, Russia: Joining the
Hospice Charity Fund “Vera” to improve gardens and make
preparations for winter at a local hospice center.
Turkey
- Istanbul, Turkey: Partnering
with the Turkish Foundation for Children in Need of Protection to
coordinate fun and educational activities for children. Volunteers
will also provide meals, shoes, and books for children in
need.
Latin America
- Sao Paolo, Brazil: Visiting Casa
de Apoio Vida Divina to paint, interact with the host children with
cancer, run gardening workshops for mothers, and prepare snacks for
all.
- Bogota, Colombia: Joining the
Fundación Despertar Juvenil to plan and attend a trip to a petting
zoo for children who have experienced trauma, are suffering from
malnourishment, or have learning disabilities.
- Buenos Aires, Argentina: Working
with Fundación Margarita Barrientos – Comedor los Piletones to read
and provide meals to local children in need.
Australia
- Frenchs Forest, Australia:
Joining Autism Spectrum Australia to visit a school for autistic
children to improve the outdoor playground.
About Alexion
Alexion is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on
developing and delivering life-transforming therapies for patients
with devastating and rare disorders. Alexion is the global leader
in complement inhibition and has developed and commercializes the
first and only approved complement inhibitor to treat patients with
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical hemolytic
uremic syndrome (aHUS), two life-threatening ultra-rare disorders.
In addition, Alexion’s metabolic franchise includes two highly
innovative enzyme replacement therapies for patients with
life-threatening and ultra-rare disorders, hypophosphatasia (HPP)
and lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D). Alexion is advancing
the most robust rare disease pipeline in the biotech industry with
highly innovative product candidates in multiple therapeutic areas.
This press release and further information about Alexion can be
found at: www.alexion.com.
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