In addition to making contributions at the national and regional levels, we encourage Pitney Bowes facilities to support their local communities. We provide central funding for certain local initiatives identified by employee community leadership teams in 10 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Teams allocate at least 70 percent of their budgets to local literacy and education programs, with the remainder available to meet other community needs. In 2010 we strengthened our support of the teams by providing them with detailed toolkits and internal websites to facilitate collaboration internally and with other teams. Teams also expanded their scope of responsibility to include driving volunteer initiatives in their communities.
 

From building skills to building schools 
Pitney Bowes is proud to partner with buildOn,[link to www.buildon.org] a nonprofit organization that empowers urban high school students through service programs ranging from tutoring younger children to renovating community centers and serving meals at homeless shelters. buildOn also runs an ambitious international school construction program that has yielded nearly 400 new schools in developing countries over the last 20 years. Pitney Bowes volunteers have worked closely with buildOn both locally and globally. In May 2010, a team in Stamford, CT supported local housing repairs while also collecting school supplies and clothing for use in Haiti. Then in September, they joined forces for a back-to-school event that included a book giveaway for 150 children from local elementary schools.

Innovative public safety program in Harlow, UK
Public safety and family entertainment coincided in a special event organized by Pitney Bowes employee volunteers in Harlow Town Centre in March 2010. The theme: “Prison No Way.” Exhibits included a mock Victorian prison officer and artifacts from Victorian prisons as well as contemporary prison vans, displays from a Prison Riot Team and an exact replica of a prison cell. It was all in good fun for the area’s peace-loving inhabitants, with proceeds used to benefit crime victims and their communities



Community Leadership in Appleton, WI 
Pitney Bowes was the proud sponsor of the Appleton Book Festival Children's Event held at the Appleton Public Library in April 2010. Members of the company's Appleton Community Leadership Team organized, led, and volunteered at the event in support of Pitney Bowes' philanthropic focus on literacy and education. Children's author Robert San Souci and his brother Daniel, an author and illustrator, enthralled parents and children alike with a combination of reading, drawing and storytelling. Books by the two include vividly illustrated children's stories such as Feather Top and Sootface