Rolls-Royce kicked off an inaugural “Rolls-Royce Community Care Week” in Indianapolis, starting with an early morning pep rally at its downtown office on Monday, September 10th . The company has over 1,200 volunteers – over a quarter of its Indianapolis workforce – participating this week, which began after the rally and supportive comments from Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.
“Community engagement is core to our values at Rolls-Royce. We are looking forward to reaching out to help people in need in our neighborhoods, and in our local Hoosier community organizations and also to inspiring the next generation in our schools. Our employees are passionate about helping others and making Indianapolis a better place to live and work. We are excited to launch our new Community Care Week, unleashing that passion to benefit people and organizations in our community,’’ said Tom Bell, Chairman and CEO Rolls-Royce North America.
Mayor Joe Hogsett kicked off Community Care Week, telling Rolls-Royce employees, “Thank you for all the service you will be providing in the coming days. Thanks to Rolls-Royce and thanks to all of you. I hope you see by the end of this week you will make Indianapolis an even better place than it is now.”
Employees are volunteering at the following community organizations and STEM outreach events in select schools this week:
- Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation
- Wheeler Mission,
- Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center
- Concord Neighborhood Center
- Gleaners Food Bank
- Second Helpings
- Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
- Downtown Indy, Inc.
- Wayne Township Elementary Schools
- Henry Longfellow Middle School
- Decatur Township Elementary Schools