Hasbro hosts Global Day of Joy

PAWTUCKET – Working with 100 charitable organizations, Hasbro Inc. employees dressed as elves and participated in the company’s second Global Day of Joy.
The volunteer initiative is designed to spread cheer and bring positive change to thousands of children in 33 countries by delivering toys and games to kids, providing meals for the homeless, renovating playrooms and hosting special Hasbro Game Day events.
“Our Global Day of Joy is a very special day to us because we all come together to make an impact in the lives of thousands of children where we live and work at a very special time of year,” said Brian Goldner, president and CEO of Hasbro. “By combining the talent and dedication of our employees with incredible charitable partners, we are able to help bring joy to children on a very large, global scale.”
Wearing Team Hasbro t-shirts labeled in 17 different languages, employees participated in a “day” that lasted 27 full business hours from the start, in Australia, to the close of business in Los Angeles.
Locally, one of the service projects from around the globe included the delivery of Hasbro toys and games to all public elementary schools (more than 5,100 total students) in the company’s hometown of Pawtucket, including VIP tours of the company for students from the school across the street.
In Colombia, the entire Hasbro office volunteered at an Operation Smile mission in the capital city of Bogota that will help hundreds of children in their country receive life changing surgeries to repair cleft conditions.
Hasbro hosted its first Global Day of Joy in December of 2013, when 75 percent of its employees participated in nearly 120 volunteer projects to serve 82,000 children. Inspired by last year’s success, the program has become one of the company’s largest global efforts.
“All of Hasbro’s philanthropic work stems from the tireless work of our extremely talented employees,” said Karen Davis, senior vice president of global philanthropy and social impact at Hasbro. “Our employees volunteer thousands of hours during the year and the Global Day of Joy is an opportunity to harness this collective spirit on a single day to spread joy to children during the holiday season.”

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