593 AT&T California Employees Received The President's Volunteer Service Award

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* is proud to recognize 593 California employees, along with the 4,512 employees nationwide, who are being honored with the President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) for giving their time to better the communities around them. To earn the national honor, these employees volunteered more than 100 hours during 2014. Over 90 employees in California volunteered more than 500 hours—or approximately 41 hours per month—to receive the Gold Award.

"I'm very proud to see so many of my California colleagues recognized for their willingness to give hundreds of hours of their time in volunteer service," said Ken McNeely, President of AT&T California. "At AT&T, we value employees who are just as committed to strengthening their communities as they are committed to their work. I'm humbled that thousands of AT&T employees across the country are receiving this honor; it truly underscores that community service is ingrained in our company culture."

The PVSA, the nation's premier volunteer awards program, gives U.S. Presidential recognition to individuals who have demonstrated commitment to volunteerism and encourages others to live a life of service. AT&T employees logged a minimum of 100 hours in service to others last year, with some employees volunteering more than 500 hours to receive the Gold Award.

Employees participated in activities ranging from mentoring students online in science and math, cleaning up local parks, or traveling overseas to meet the needs of people in a country far away.

Over time, these moments of giving can add up to millions of service hours. AT&T employees and retirees have volunteered more than 5.6 million hours in 2014 alone.

PVSA is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and is administered by Points of Light. With a shared mission of inspiring more to answer the call to service, PVSA celebrates the impact we can all make in bettering our communities and our world. The award is availabl on an annual basis and is an honor that every American – from youth to seniors – can participate in and be recognized by our nation's president for their dedication to volunteerism.

To be eligible to receive the award, AT&T submits a record of employees' annual volunteer service hours to be verified and considered eligible for the award. 

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About Community Engagement at AT&T
At AT&T, Community Engagement means engaging our employees to build healthy, connected, and thriving communities where we live and do business. Employees are focused on three key issues: improving educational outcomes, building sustainable communities and promoting the responsible use of technology. In 2014, AT&T employees and retirees volunteered more than 5.6 million hours of time in community outreach activities worth more than $126 million and pledged more than $36 million for charities of their choice through employee giving.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best global wireless coverage, based on offering roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier, and offers the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV service with the AT&T U-verse^® brand. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

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