Workplace Volunteer Programs Will Receive Awards
at the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service

ATLANTA – Citizen engagement is proving to be key to building healthy communities and a better quality of life for people. Business leaders, in particular, realize that what is good for the community also is good for their companies and employees.

On June 2nd, Points of Light & Hands On Network will recognize companies raising the volunteerism bar to new heights. These companies will be presented with the organization’s Awards for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs before thousands of attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta. The awards, in their 15th year, honor a business' overall employee volunteer effort, including the actual service projects, program policies and corporate vision that support those volunteer activities.

The 2008 Awards for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs honorees are:

• Disney Worldwide Outreach - includes its employee VoluntEARS who generously share their magic to positively affect children, their communities and the environment. Last year, Disney donated more than $177 million in cash and in-kind support to various charities around the world and Disney VoluntEARS in over 42 countries contributed more than 466,000 hours of service, including the building of playgrounds, homes for families in need, and assisting with disaster relief efforts.
      
• Booz Allen Hamilton - In 2007, Booz Allen volunteers donated more than 8,500 pro bono hours, valued at over $3.1 million dollars, to support 26 major nonprofit organizations worldwide. Volunteers worked on a wide range of projects, including strategic planning, technology infrastructure, and board development using the consulting firm’s intellectual capital to help these nonprofits fulfill their missions.
      
• ChoicePoint - In 2007, ChoicePoint Cares volunteers donated more than 6,000 volunteer hours at hundreds of community projects across the country. ChoicePoint is proud to offer low-cost volunteer background screening to youth-serving and other nonprofit organizations and to be the preferred background screening provider for the National Human Services Assembly, Little League International, Boy Scouts of America, National CASA and thousands of other nonprofits around the country that are diligently protecting the people they serve.
      
• Genworth Financial - Genworth’s philosophy, "Think It Possible", extends its commitment to the community through volunteer efforts and outreach, which seeks to support individuals at key stages of life. Genworth’s programs help children prepare for their futures, enable access to affordable housing, and enrich seniors’ lives. Last year, nearly 40 percent of Genworth employees volunteered – logging more than 17,000 volunteer hours and completing close to 200 projects.
      
• The Corporation for National and Community Service will honor Ben & Jerry’s with a Spirit of Service Corporate Award, which recognizes exceptional participants in each of its programs and outstanding corporate and foundation partners. Ben & Jerry’s is being honored for its three year partnership with the DREAM program, a local youth mentoring organization. The DREAM program empowers children from affordable housing neighborhoods to create goals, make informed decision and achieve their dreams. Among other achievements, Ben & Jerry volunteers helped build a ropes course, construct a canoe rack and prepared an organic garden for participants of Camp DREAM, and have donated cash and in-kind support, including office space, to allow the nonprofit to double its staff when it became an AmeriCorps program in 2007.

The 2008 award recipients will receive their honors at the Hilton Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom in downtown Atlanta beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 2.

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About Points of Light & Hands On Network

Points of Light & Hands On Network is a national nonprofit whose core mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. Our collective network -- now the largest in the nation -- connects 370 civic hubs managing millions of volunteers and thousands of volunteer-driven community impact projects annually across the country.

About the Corporation for National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. Each year the Corporation engages more than four million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to meet local needs through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs. For more information, visit http://www.nationalservice.gov/.

About Genworth

Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) is a leading public Fortune 500 global financial security company. Genworth has $114 billion in assets and employs approximately 7,000 people in 25 countries. Its products and services help meet the investment, protection, retirement and lifestyle needs of over 15 million customers. Genworth operates through three segments: Retirement and Protection, International and U.S. Mortgage Insurance. Its products and services are offered through financial intermediaries, advisors, independent distributors and sales specialists. Genworth Financial, which traces its roots back to 1871, became a public company in 2004 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. For more information, visit http://www.genworth.com/.

About ChoicePoint

ChoicePoint (NYSE: CPS) provides businesses, government agencies and non-profit organizations with technology, software, information and marketing services to help manage economic risks and identify business opportunities. Consumers have free access to the reports we create at http://www.choicetrust.com/. Learn what we do to protect consumer privacy by visiting http://www.privacyatchoicepoint.com/ and, for more information on our company, go to http://www.choicepoint.com/.

About Disney's Worldwide Outreach

Disney brightens the lives of children in need around the world through global outreach programs, local community initiatives and the Disney VoluntEARS program. The Disney VoluntEARS program provides opportunities for Disney employees to contribute their time and expertise towards making a positive impact in the communities they serve while furthering the traditions and ideals of Disney. This year, Disney is celebrating 25 years of giving back to communities around the world through the efforts of Disney VoluntEARS. Since the program's inception, Disney Employees and Cast Members around the world have donated over 5,000,000 hours of service. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), parent Company of DWO, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products. For more information on Disney's outreach efforts, please visit http://www.disneyoutreach.com/.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of management consulting for businesses and governments for more than 90 years. Providing consulting services in strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology, Booz Allen is the one firm that helps clients solve their toughest problems, working by their side to help them achieve their missions. Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure.With 21,000 employees on six continents, the firm generates annual sales of $4.8 billion. Booz Allen has been recognized as a consultant and an employer of choice. In 2008, for the fourth consecutive year, Fortune magazine named Booz Allen one of “The 100 Best Companies to Work For,” and for the past nine years, Working Mother has ranked the firm among its “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers.” To learn more about the firm, visit the Booz Allen Web site at http://www.boozallen.com.

About Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & Jerry’s produces a wide variety of super-premium ice cream and ice cream novelties, using high-quality ingredients including milk and cream from family farmers who do not treat their cows with the synthetic hormone rBGH. The company states its position on rBGH on its labels. Ben and Jerry’s products are distributed nationwide and in selected foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, franchise Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops, restaurants and other venues. Ben & Jerry’s, a Vermont corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Unilever, operates its business on a three-part Mission Statement emphasizing product quality, economic reward and a commitment to the community. Contributions made via the employee led Ben & Jerry’s Foundation in 2007 totaled approximately $1.7 million. Additionally, the company makes significant product donations to community groups and nonprofits both in Vermont and across the nation. The purpose of Ben & Jerry’s philanthropy is to support the founding values of the company: economic and social justice, environmental restoration and peace through understanding, and to support our Vermont communities. For the full scoop on all Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop locations and fabulous flavors, visit http://www.benjerry.com/.

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