UPS's Global Volunteer Week is an extension of the company's long-standing commitment to volunteerism and actually marks the culmination of volunteer work performed by employees all year long through UPS's global volunteer program, Neighbor to Neighbor.

The number of UPS employees participating in Global Volunteer Week has grown from 1,000 to more than 23,000 in just four years.

UPS launched its first Global Volunteer Week in 2003. The initial program was so well received by employees that the second annual Global Volunteer Week, in October 2004, included triple the number of volunteers and volunteer hours of the inaugural year. More than 3,500 UPS employees volunteered more than 15,000 hours around the world during the 2004 event.

In 2006, more than 23,000 employees donated approximately 154,000 hours in more than 50 contries around the globe. A sample of activites from around the world:

• In Louisville, Ky., employees built 30 house framings to assist in the post-Hurricane Katrina efforts.
• In Mexico City, employees spent time gardening and planted 150 trees in community parks.
• In the Philippines, employees built 30 durable and affordable housing units for families in Del Carmen and Pampanga.

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