The FINANCIAl -- INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 4, 2011 -- Thousands of volunteers from Eli Lilly and
Company (NYSE: LLY) will work from dawn to dusk on Thursday, October 6,
with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. (KIB), and 30 partner
organizations to revitalize four Indianapolis corridors during the 2011
Lilly Global Day of Service.
From East 10th Street to Riverside Park and Massachusetts Avenue to the White River Trail, 46 simultaneous projects will promote healthy outdoor living by improving community spaces, advocating disaster preparedness and contributing to health and wellness initiatives.
In Indianapolis, neighborhoods on the near eastside and near westside, as well as the Lafayette Square area and Massachusetts Avenue will be the focus points of the single-day volunteer event. The scope of projects is wide-ranging, from enhancing the connectivity of trails and green spaces that encourage active lifestyles to distributing disaster preparedness and wellness resource guides door to door.
An estimated 24,000 Lilly employees from 39 countries — including 8,300 volunteers in Indianapolis — will participate in Global Day of Service activities this year. Regardless of location, each of the projects around the world is focused on improving communities where employees live and work.
"At its core, the Global Day of Service is about putting Lilly's mission of improved health into action," said John Lechleiter, Ph.D., chairman, president and CEO of Lilly. "We're proud to make a difference in Indianapolis and communities around the world. Seeing thousands of Lilly employees wearing red shirts and working on projects that will have a lasting, positive impact -- for me, it doesn't get much better than that."
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