Project 6: Uniting the local volunteer efforts of our employees around the world
Held annually in June, Project 6 is Medtronic’s month-long employee volunteer effort with global reach and local impact.
Demonstrating the sixth tenet of our Mission—to maintain good citizenship as a company—employees unite efforts around the world while meeting the needs of their local communities.
Each Medtronic location involved in Project 6 offers one or more unique volunteer projects chosen by employees in that area. Projects have ranged from cleaning local parks and assisting at homeless shelters to painting homes for the elderly and child care at orphanages. In its inaugural year more than 1,000 employees from 14 countries logged their volunteer hours during June. It has increased numbers substantially each year and last year engaged 5,878 Medtronic employees in 483 projects in 36 countries around the world.
Highlights from Project 6 in 2012
This year our focus is to align our volunteer efforts toward expanding access to health for the underserved worldwide. We are not limiting projects to this focus, but believe if we can start to move our efforts toward a like-minded goal, we can have even greater impact.
“We are fortunate to work at a company where social impact and giving back are deeply entrenched in our Mission. We have been privileged to partner with hundreds of nonprofits world-wide to help meet the needs of our local communities.” Jacob A. Gayle, Ph.D., vice president, Medtronic Philanthropy and executive champion for Project 6.
Project 6 is a tangible and relevant way Medtronic employees can fulfill our Mission beyond their day-to-day work activities.