Team members from Hilton Colombo celebrate Global Week of Service

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Local volunteers join team members across 90 countries and territories to serve local communities In celebration of Hilton Worldwide’s second annual Global Week of Service from 6 – 12 October, more than 45 volunteers from Hilton Colombo participated in a series of community events spread over fifteen, days helping the various chosen projects; blood donation campaign, sports day for the physically challenged, donating of cakes to the German Embassy street festival, fund raising for the White Cane project and giving recognition to Elder’s Day. Community service is a tradition embedded in Hilton Worldwide’s culture, and acts of volunteerism occur year-round across ten distinct brands and 4,000 properties. Hilton Colombo’s efforts are a part of Hilton Worldwide’s week-long celebration of the company’s commitment to serving the communities where we live, work and travel. Donations

Hilton Colombo’s first project for Global Week of Service was the blood donation project together with the National Blood Transfusion Service of Sri Lanka, where 68 team members donated blood. The National Blood Transfusion Service of Sri Lanka holds the sole responsibility for the timely supply of quality assured blood products to both government and private sector hospitals in Sri Lanka. The second service was donating 5 kilograms of cake to the German Embassy who conducted a street festival to raise funds for the ‘The Eliya Children’s Home’; an orphanage in Tangalle. The third project was providing snacks for four hundred disabled children at the AIDEX 2013 sports day for the disabled, organised by the Colombo Friend In-Need Society. Another big project organised by the Blue Energy Community project for the Global Week of Service was a car wash. Funds were raised in aid of the White Cane project where the hotel purchased white canes for the visually impaired. And the last event was hosting 40 ladies from a home for the elders (Mallika Nivasaya). The hotel’s team members provided entertainment for the evening. Largest annual volunteer service initiative Hilton Worldwide’s Global Week of Service is the largest annual volunteer service initiative and brings together team members

from across Hilton Worldwide’s corporate offices and hotel properties, helping to strengthen the company’s connections with its communities and bringing it closer together as a global team. Follow this link to watch a short video on Global Week of Service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAGjV-6MJZA7hd=1. During Global Week of Service, Team Members will be encouraged to share their personal stories of service and hospitality through a variety of channels. Photos and stories from Hilton Worldwide’s Global Week of Service events will be posted at www.hiltonworldwide.com/serve, on the Hilton Worldwide Facebook page and on the @HiltonWorldwide Twitter account throughout the week. In 2012, during Hilton Worldwide’s inaugural Global Week of Service, Team Members at more than 600 properties and offices completed more than 800 volunteer projects in 401 cities across the company’s global footprint. The projects focused on engaging Team Members and delivering on Hilton Worldwide’s commitment to ‘Travel with Purpose by creating opportunities, strengthening communities, celebrating cultures and living sustainably’. This year, the company aims to build upon this community engagement and is striving to complete more than 1200 service projects.