On Friday, Feb. 6, from noon-5 p.m., 40 students involved in General Electric and
Syracuse University's Leadership at Work program will engage in "Winter Clean-up
to Go Green."
Leadership at Work students will volunteer their time at the Ronald McDonald House
in Syracuse, performing a full-scale housecleaning on the charity home away from
home for families whose children are seriously ill and hospitalized.
The students will replace all light bulbs in the home with GE energy efficient light
bulbs, thus reducing energy spending. This will allow the Ronald McDonald House to
put more resources toward shelter and amenities for families, and less toward energy
costs.
Ronald McDonald House Charities, with homes located across New York and
northern Pennsylvania, have hosted more than 17,000 families whose children were
seriously ill or injured since their 1974 beginnings. The homes are open 24 hours a
day, year round.
The Leadership at Work program is a partnership between General Electric and
Syracuse University that identifies student leaders early in their college careers and
primes them for professional success. Students in the Leadership at Work program
engage in a variety of skill-building workshops taught by General Electric leaders,
including presentational speaking, team-building and project management.
As part of the program, students are exposed to General Electric's culture of
volunteerism. The "Winter Clean-up to Go Green" initiative at the Ronald McDonald
House is one local example of a much larger organizational effort. Each year, General
Electric employees volunteer more than 1 million hours of community service,
enriching the communities in which they live and work.
GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified global infrastructure, finance and media company
that is built to meet essential world needs. From energy, water, transportation and
health to access to money and information, GE serves customers in more than 100
countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information,
visit the company's Web site at http://www.ge.com. For information about the
Leadership at Work program, visit http://www.gecareers.com/syr.
