ATLANTA DELOITTE CONSULTING PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR GLOBAL COLLEAGUES PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE TODAY IN MORE THAN 70 CITIES WORLDWIDE. Management Consultants use skills, technology and experience to promote change in their communities

ATLANTA, GA June 6 – Today, Deloitte Consulting professionals from the Atlanta office will spend the day conducting several construction and landscaping projects, while developing relationships with the children of the Carrie Steele-Pitts Home, a local orphanage. The firm’s Atlanta office employees, as part of an estimated 12,000 Deloitte Consulting employees in more than 70 cities around the world, are participating in community service projects ranging from working with the residents of an elderly housing center in Oslo, to teaching computer skills to children in Melbourne, to repairing the sea wall in Chichester, U.K.

IMPACT Day programs are planned in approximately 39 cities throughout North and South America, 23 cities in Europe, and 9 cities throughout Asia and Australia. The aim of these activities is to combine the management consulting firm’s experience and talented employees to stimulate learning, skill development and self-sufficiency in communities where Deloitte Consulting professionals live and work.

“This is Deloitte Consulting’s fifth Atlanta IMPACT Day. We are proud to continue our commitment to giving personal, direct support to our local communities through our IMPACT program”, said Jessica Blume, Atlanta office managing director of Deloitte Consulting. “Today, in dozens of countries, our professionals are using their training and skills to help improve their communities and the effects of their efforts will last throughout the year.”

“IMPACT Day unites the people of Deloitte Consulting and reminds us that we can best help ourselves by helping others in the cities where we live,” added Blume, “As we strive to build our firm in a challenging economy, it is equally important that we strive to build and strengthen our neighborhoods and urban areas as an ongoing commitment. We are grateful for what our communities give to us, and for the opportunity to give something back annually.”

Deloitte Consulting professionals from the Atlanta office will spend the day working hand in hand with the children of the Carrie Steele-Pitts Home to create children’s flower gardens for each of the site’s cottages build a nature trail and develop lasting relationships with the children of the home. Additionally, Deloitte Consulting’s practitioners will network the children’s computer lab and administrative offices.

Other IMPACT Day projects include:
•    Minneapolis, United States – At a nonprofit foundation, consultants will conduct an event for local elementary school children and parents around personal safety and well being of children, educate parents on maintaining the safety of their children, and gather children's critical statistics (current height, weight, DNA sample, and digital photo) for assistance in tracking missing children.
•    Sao Paulo, Brazil – Consultants in this Brazilian city will provide computer literacy training for employees of a day care facility for children with HIV-positive parents, as well as paint and landscape around the facility.
•    Oslo, Norway – assisting the Salvation Army in Norway at a housing center for the elderly, including taking residents for walks, cleaning the facility, and working in the garden.
•    Toronto, Canada – As just part of their community service, professionals will work at eight community centers. They will conduct mock interviews, help with writing resumes, and provide some training for new immigrants. The consultants will also beautify gardens and paint and decorate the senior citizens’ unit.
•    Basel and Zurich, Switzerland – In Basel and Zurich, Deloitte Consulting staff will clean an animal park and the surrounding protected forest preserve.
•    Wellington – IMPACT Day workers in New Zealand will assist at a project at Otaki Beach that includes installing plants on the beach’s sand dunes and estuary.

“For Deloitte Consulting, part of our strength as a multi-national firm comes from our diversity. We have benefited from the inclusion in our firm of talented people representing different cultures, education, training and experience. Reflecting this diversity are the many choices our offices have made when selecting the IMPACT Day event that they believe best helps the city in which they live,” Blume concluded. “I’m pleased to say that many types of organizations and individuals will benefit from IMPACT Day.”

Locally, many organizations are contributing to the effort, including Ace Hardware, American Coach, Armada, ASD, Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, BFI Waste Services, Capitol Tree Service, ICEBOX, Porter Paints, Ryder, Southern LINC, Target, The Home Depot, The Petit Bistro, and Wal-Mart.

About Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte Consulting is one of the world's leading management consulting firms, and is uniquely known for its straightforward approach to solving today's most complex business challenges. Deloitte Consulting works hand-in-hand with clients to improve business performance, drive shareholder value, and create competitive advantage. The firm has 15,000 professionals in 31 markets, and serves more than one-third of the companies in the Global Fortune® 500. It is the only consulting firm with five straight appearances on Fortune Magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work for in America.

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