Voya supports community through day of service

Voya Financial recently

celebrated its National Day of Service with hundreds of employees serving nonprofits at 21 locations across metro Atlanta.

This year, Voya employees participated in a wide-range of events across the United States including those that support people with disabilities, students, financial literacy and neighborhood rehabilitation, just to name a few.

“Voya’s National Day of Service is designed to fur

ther align and integrate corporate responsibility with corporate objectives and help our employees work together to make a measur- able impact on important issues and needs in the communities where we live and work,” said Landon Cobb, senior managing director, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller, at Voya Financial, Inc.

In Atlanta, hundreds of local employees volunteered at local nonprofits, includ

ing Feeding Children Every- where, Second Helpings Atlanta, the Atlanta Community Food Bank and Cov

enant House.

One of the many ways the team gave back was to pack meals at Feeding Children Everywhere. FCE started after Haiti’s earthquake in 2010 with the vision of a hunger-free world. It supports programs for food assis- tance, job skills, computer training, and starting and growing a small business.

With FCE, Voya employ- ees packed and distributed 20,736 healthy meals around Atlanta. They sorted 16,439 pounds of food and house- hold items that will support 11,250 meals being possible for Atlanta-area residents.

“Our goal is to create hunger-free communities in a way that leads to self-suffi- ciency in the lives of those we serve,” said Sarah Davila, Community Relations Manager, Feeding Children Everywhere. “Through Voya’s help and volunteers, we pack- aged healthy meals for hungry children and families in need.”

Like Voya, the community can help Feeding Children Everywhere by becoming a Hunger Project partner in the Atlanta area. Corporations, schools and faith-based orga- nizations can sponsor proj- ects to support the organi- zation’s mission right here in Atlanta. The day involved a range of activities geared towards

employees’ individual pas- sions and interests. Other Atlanta service locations included Best Friends Atlanta, Books for Africa, Captain Planet Foundation, CHOA, Covenant House, Cristo Rey, the Furk ids Cat Shelter, Fulton County Schools, Girls, Inc., Good Mews, Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement, Kate’s Club, Operation Gratitude, Project Open Hand and the Georgia Special Olympics.

Nationally, Voya volunteered 13,654 hours during this year’s day of service. In Atlanta, 21 local nonprofits benefited from over 1,300 hours of volunteer service.

“My favorite part of the day was sharing the experience of working side-by-side with my colleagues in selflessly giving back to our community. We worked hard, learned a lot more about the needs of our community and had fun doing it together,” added Cobb.

CONTRIBUTED Sidharth Singh (left) and Ying Yun, both Voya employees, participated in Voya’s National Day of Service that supported 21 nonprofits in the Atlanta area. They, along with over 100 colleagues, packed meals at Feeding Children Everywhere.