Novartis celebrates 20th annual Community Partnership Day with more than 27,500 associates volunteering in their local communities

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• More than 27,500 Novartis associates worldwide dedicate an estimated 220,000  hours to volunteer with charitable causes in their communities
   

Community Partnership Day symbolizes the company's commitment to improving health and serving its local communities 
 

20^th annual volunteer event organized to commemorate the creation of Novartis in 1996 and commitment to discover new ways to improve and extend people's lives

Basel, April 28, 2016 - Today, in celebration of the company's annual Community Partnership Day, more than 27,500 Novartis associates across 84 countries are supporting local communities, social institutions and nonprofit organizations with projects which emphasize the Novartis commitment to social responsibility.

This year marks the 20^th annual Community Partnership Day, which commemorates the 1996 creation of Novartis as a global leader in healthcare, and demonstrates the company's heritage and commitment to discover new ways to improve and extend people's lives. 

Community Partnership Day gives associates the opportunity to dedicate their work day to volunteer in the local communities where they live and work. Associates are volunteering with local organizations in six continents and 84 countries, including Switzerland, the United States, Canada, France, Malaysia, China, Mali, Russia, Slovenia, Taiwan, UAE, Brazil and Finland.

In Switzerland, for example, around 3,400 associates across different sites and divisions will participate in a range of voluntary activities in family support centers, assisted living facilities and nursing homes as well as undertaking excursions with ill and handicapped children.

In the United States, more than 5,000 associates will be volunteering with non-government organizations in activities ranging from supporting athletes at the Special Olympics, building low income housing with Habitat for Humanity, blood donation drives, manual labor for educational and nursing institutions, building hands-on vegetable gardens for young adults with severe paralysis living in a facility that offers independent living and packaging of medical supplies for more than four million people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.