Commitment to Volunteerism
Lexmark supports the communities where our employees live and work and places special emphasis on programs utilizing the time and talents of our employees as volunteers. We encourage members of our workforce to be involved with charities that interest them and we have programs in place to support organizations of particular importance to them.
Employee volunteer efforts include such organizations as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Junior Achievement, Habitat for Humanity, United Way and many more. For more than 10 years, Lexmark employees have been the leading employee campaign for United Way of the Bluegrass, contributing thousands of volunteer hours in addition to their generous monetary contributions.
TWENTY YEARS AND COUNTING
In March of 2011, Lexmark celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a two-day event at its headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky. To commemorate the milestone, Lexmark employees committed to perform 20 years - or 175,200 hours - of volunteer community service.
We have an exceptional employee talent pool and Lexmark empowers them to give their time and skills by providing innovative programs, such as Volunteer Time Off, Make It Happen Fund Volunteer Grants and Matching Gifts. We know our employees have interests beyond Lexmark and we support their efforts to be involved in their community.
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Through various programs, we encourage employees to volunteer their time, talents and resources to their local communities. The Company introduced its Volunteer of the Year Award in 2004 which is designed to support Lexmark’s value of corporate citizenship.
Only Lexmark employees are eligible to be nominated for the award, but anyone may submit a nomination, including contractors and outside organizations.
Lexmark’s Global Living the Vision Committee reviews the candidates and selects the recipient of the award. The Committee evaluates criteria such as the community need that has been addressed, the number of hours contributed, the number of people impacted as well as the leadership aspects of the particular example of volunteerism.
The recipient is honored at an internal event and Lexmark donates $2,500.00 (U.S.) to an eligible nonprofit organization or school of the winner’s choice.
For information on past winners, please visit...
2009 Volunteer of the Year
2008 Volunteer of the Year
2007 Volunteer of the Year
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
United States – Lexmark
United Way – Lexmark not only supports the United Way through charitable giving, but also encourages employee volunteerism. During 2010, nearly 300 Lexmark employees volunteered 2,000 hours to the United Way. Employees completed 35 community service projects in Boulder, Colorado and Lexington, Kentucky.
VOLUNTEER TIME OFF PROGRAM
Lexmark offers all regular U.S. employees three paid days off each year through the Volunteer Time Off Program. This program has generated more than 10,000 hours of service to more than 200 non-profit organizations and schools and allows our employees time to help organizations that are important to them. Activities include volunteering at a local school as a mentor, tutoring, working with seniors or helping at an animal shelter. Opportunities are everywhere and we want our employees to feel valued as integral parts of the community.
Habitat for Humanity – In 2010, more than 200 employee volunteers built a two-story home in Lexington, Kentucky, which was sponsored by Lexmark. Over the past several years, Lexmark employees have built 14 homes in Lexington, with Lexmark paying for the materials to construct 12 of those homes. To view a video click here.
Junior Achievement – During the 2009-2010 school year, Lexmark sponsored courses at its adopted school, William Wells Brown Elementary, with close to 50 employees volunteering to teach business and economics courses at this and other Fayette County Public Schools.
Engineering Volunteers – Lexmark encourages its engineers and scientists to participate in National Engineers Week each February by volunteering to share their passion for math, science and technology with students from across Kentucky.
The Company’s volunteers participate by helping to create an engineering station for students to explore at The Fayette County District Science and Engineering Fair. Volunteers also judge student projects.
Women in Engineering Career Day is an annual event also held in February wherein high school girls from Fayette County are welcomed for a day of engineering activities. Lexmark volunteers assist with on-site tours and other hands-on activities.
Also in February, The University of Kentucky's College of Engineering hosts UK Engineering Day, an event of learning and exploration at UK for students of all ages. Lexmark volunteers support the event with product demonstrations, explanations of science concepts and a behind-the-scenes look at the product development process.
Lexmark Teacher’s Institute – Lexmark sponsored the weeklong institute which pairs K-12 teachers of science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and language arts with companies to better understand how businesses use what schools are teaching, to gain real-world examples and bring real-life scenarios into the curriculum. The teachers learn about how business works and what students must do to compete in the real world.
Substitute Teaching Initiative – Using the three days of Volunteer Time Off, Lexmark employees are matched with a teacher in one of the STEM fields to provide teachers the opportunity to pursue professional development and provide significant teaching opportunities for Lexmark volunteers.
Partnership for Successful Schools – Twenty-two "One-to-One" Reading coaches at Booker T. Washington Academy contribute one-half hour each week to help students achieve higher reading scores. The students achieved a 50 percent increase in their reading levels as a result of the personal attention.
Big Brothers Big Sisters – The Corporate Mentoring Partnership at Deep Springs Elementary matches Lexmark employees to students for one hour each week for improved self esteem, social skills and interaction.
Tubby’s Clubhouse/Dell TechKnow – The Dell TechKnow program is a 40-hour, after-school initiative in which students learn about computers and software applications through hands-on activities. Five Tubby’s Clubhouses in Lexington, Kentucky offer the program and Lexmark provided support through in-kind gifts. Nearly 800 middle-school students have graduated from the program to date, with each graduate receiving a Lexmark printer.
Kentucky Governor’s Scholars – Lexmark supports the engineering programs and hosts the students for a day-long session focused on applying and using the diverse areas of science and technology.
United States – Perceptive
Dodge for a Cause – Dodge for a Cause is Perceptive Software’s signature event, an annual 64-team charity dodgeball tournament hosted at the company’s NADA-approved dodgeball court. The tournament brings together participants from across the area and generates funds for the Kansas City chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). In just six years, the tournament has generated more than $90,000 for important diabetes research and programs.
Educating Excellence – In partnership with the University of Kansas School of Engineering, Perceptive Software established the Educating Excellence program in 2010. The program was developed to recognize outstanding Kansas and Kansas City area high school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. Throughout the 2010-11 school year, Perceptive Software and the University of Kansas will recognize one teacher per month with a $1,500 cash award.
Cells for Cells – Cells for Cells is a mobile phone recycling program that benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, raising money for families battling cancer. Perceptive Software partners will Cells for Cells by donating broken and outdated mobile devices on a quarterly basis. The company has been a Cells for Cells partner since 2006.
Harvesters – Perceptive Software hosts its annual Harvesters campaign each November. Employees engage in competitions among the floors to see who can collect the most donations for Kansas City's only food bank. In 2009, employees donated more than $21,800 through the company's first virtual food drive, providing more than 109,000 meals for those in need. With the company's 100 percent match, Perceptive Software funded more than 218,000 meals through it's 2009 campaign.
Kansas City Corporate Challenge – Kansas City’s annual Olympic-style competition is deeply ingrained in the Perceptive Software culture. The Perceptive team is a competitive bunch and thrives on the camaraderie offered during the annual event. Perceptive Software has been a supporter of Kansas City Corporate Challenge since 2006
New playhouse in the garden area of Napraforgó Kindergarten.
Asian Games torch relay volunteers.
Building a Lexmark Village in Tunghaan Minglanilla Cebu.
Mayor A.S. Fortuna Memorial Elementary School in Cebu.
Rebuilding Together Shawnee – When the organization launched in 2007, Perceptive Software joined Rebuilding Together Shawnee as a Founding Sponsor. The organization is an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. With bi-annual projects, Rebuilding Together Shawnee has already helped 14 Shawnee homeowners in need.
Hungary
Budapest's Green Team
On "Volunteer Day," May 8, the Budapest Green Team built a new wooden playhouse in the garden area of Napraforgó Kindergarten. Team members also planted flowers, bought sports equipment and taught the students team-building principles.
Click here to watch the activity.
Other successful efforts of the Budapest Green Team included "Santa Factory" gifts and staples for 161 people in need, mainly children and poor families at Christmas, as well as a highly successful book swap with Lexmark staff exchanging books they had read for "new old" books.
China
In 2010, Lexmark China employees joined the Futian District Volunteer Coalition in Shenzhen, a first for Lexmark to participate in those activities. They also had volunteers in the Asian Games torch relay.
Philippines
Gawad Kalinga Build – This program is in partnership with the Gawad Kalinga Foundation and is a joint initiative with Lexmark Research and Development Center (LRDC) and Lexmark International Philippines, Inc. (LIPI). The goal is to build a Lexmark Village in Tunghaan Minglanilla Cebu.
LIPI committed to build 50 housing units and LRDC made a commitment of 150. The program was originally launched in October 2007. The total number of houses built to date is 110 of which at least 42 have been turned over to beneficiaries.
Children’s Center – LIPI has been a consistent provider of learning materials such as books and children’s magazines to the Lingap Children’s Development Center which exists to protect and promote the welfare of disadvantaged children in Toledo City. LIPI has created a mini-library inside the center and two personal computers units were donated in 2010.
LIPI Bundles of Joy Program – Every year, LIPI renews its Bundles of Joy program, wherein employees identify schools with students from low-income families. In 2010, the identified schools were Buagsong and Gabi Elementary Schools of Cordova Cebu. Seventy volunteer employees helped in giving out gifts donated by LIPI employees to a total of 802 delighted students.
LRDC's School "Adoption" – LRDC has "adopted" the Mayor A.S. Fortuna Memorial Elementary School in Cebu. The company and its employees donate money, time and goods to a feeding program, school beautification, teacher training, Christmas gifts, drug prevention seminars and student tutorials in Math, English and Science to the school whose students are primarily underprivileged. Regular blood donation, Red Cross monetary contributions and a donation drive for T. Padilla fire victims are among other charitable work at LDRC.
