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Social Commitments in the Americas
Through the Credit Suisse Americas Foundation support is provided to local communities through charitable and volunteer activities and is focused on ways that leverage contributions to have the greatest possible impact on the community.
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The Credit Suisse Americas Foundation is dedicated to making a difference through a focus on volunteerism and education advancement. The hands-on involvement of our employees matched with the needs of our partner organizations drives our financial support, while our desire to increase opportunities for young people fuels our investment in education initiatives that develop strong teachers and school leaders.
Throughout the Americas, we help employees lend more of their time and talent to the causes they care about and we work strategically with departments and locations to devise projects with authentic needs to impact the local community.
In addition to supporting organizations where employees volunteer, charitable support is also focused advancing education - as we believe that a person’s education determines their future economic circumstance. Our education funding is made in areas where we have the greatest ability to impact student achievement - within the schools and in the teachers and principals leading these schools.
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Employees Help Raise Funds for Charities
2012-01-24 "You choose. We match. They win." This is the motto of the Holiday Charity Initiative, an annual employee giving campaign for Credit Suisse in the Americas. Since its launch in 2004 over $10 million have been raised for various charities.
Employees Participate in New York Cares Day at PS 198
2010-10-27 Annually dozens of Credit Suisse employees participate in New York Cares Day hosted by local NGO New York Cares. This year employees gather at local public school PS 198 in upper Manhattan to help beautify the school.
Prep for Prep's Institute for Entrepreneurship
2010-09-08 In August 2010, the Credit Suisse Americas Foundation hosted Prep for Prep’s Institute for Entrepreneurship, developed in conjunction with The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship in New York.
The Fifth Annual Giving Back Awards
2010-04-24 The Credit Suisse Americas Foundation hosted the fifth annual Giving Back Awards in honor of the more than 4,500 staff members who generously contributed their time and energy to charities in 2009.
Building Homes Fit for Humanity
2009-11-30 Volunteering to tackle the world's housing problems can make a real difference, as the work of Habitat for Humanity shows. Now Credit Suisse has formed a global partnership with the charity and is encouraging its staff to join in.
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