Friends,

As some of you may know, HandsOn Network and Fidelity Investments are partnering in an amazing effort that is revitalizing the learning environments in 11 middle schools across the nation. In locations ranging from Nashua, NH, to Albuquerque, NM, Fidelity employees are working with HandsOn action centers and partners on local Transformation Days, executing projects chosen with each school’s teachers, students, parents, and community.

This is Fidelity’s largest employee volunteer effort and will total more than 30,000 hours of community service donated by 3,000 of its employees.

This past Saturday, Senator Orrin Hatch lent a hand to Fidelity employees and our affiliate The Utah Food Bank in Salt Lake City. At Bryant Middle School, volunteers including Fidelity employees, students, parents and teachers created a new college-themed classroom with computers, printers, and desks, renovated a greenhouse area, and restored the school soccer field.

The senator’s presence had particular resonance, since he and the late Senator Ted Kennedy were instrumental in passing the bipartisan Serve America Act last year. The Act is the greatest expansion of national service in many decades.  Last year Points of Light Institute honored both senators with the Points of Light Lifetime of Leadership Award for Volunteerism and Service, recognizing their commitment and leadership in creating civic change through service.   “Seeing individuals like you, working hard in the community…is what we thought  would happen when we passed the Serve America Act,” said Senator Hatch to the volunteers.

“Together, we will continue to inspire many others to volunteer in their community.”

Yours in service,

Michelle Nunn
CEO, Points of Light Institute