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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community Engagement

Hyatt Community, a key component of the Hyatt Thrive platform, brings together our company’s resources and our associates’ passion and talent to make a meaningful impact in the many places around the world that we call home. It empowers our more than 85,000 associates to volunteer their time and to help direct Hyatt’s philanthropic efforts toward initiatives that meet the distinct needs of our local communities.

Hyatt Community is a global framework with local execution. No one better understands a community’s most pressing issues – and how to address them – than those who live and work there every day.

Throughout the world, our associates work with local organizations to target their needs and identify ways for Hyatt, our associates and our guests to make a meaningful difference. The projects are as varied as the local need – from grants that build homes in impoverished communities to mentor programs that educate at-risk youth.

This year, we are taking our volunteer efforts to a new level with the launch of our Global Volunteer Initiative. In June, we’re challenging our associates around the world to make a coordinated effort to volunteer in their local communities, aligning their activities with one of the four Hyatt Thrive Pillars.

And we’ll be keeping score. The Hyatt Community Track database allows our properties to track their charitable giving and volunteer efforts, so we can measure results and monitor progress.

Volunteerism

Volunteerism

Hyatt associates around the world are strong, vibrant and engaged members of the many communities we serve.

They are parents who coach youth sports. They are civic leaders who serve on community boards. They are volunteers who lend a hand wherever and whenever their neighbors need it most. Hyatt’s people are part of the local tapestry.

Hyatt Community Partners, our year-round volunteer program, empowers our associates to use their energy and passion to make an impact in their own backyards. From volunteering in local schools to cleaning up local parks, you can find our associates making a real impact in their communities throughout the year.

In June, we will launch our inaugural Global Volunteer Initiative, encouraging our associates from properties worldwide to volunteer in their local communities. From Shanghai to Seattle, this annual event is our way of giving back to all of the communities we call home.

Our associates have infinitely diverse passions and interests, but they are unified in their desire to make a difference. And it is our goal to build on that passion.

Philanthropy

For Hyatt, philanthropy begins at home – in the neighborhoods and communities we serve. Through Hyatt Thrive, we empower our associates to guide our company’s charitable giving and to help ensure that Hyatt Community Grants are directed to the organizations and efforts that will make the most meaningful contributions toward a thriving community.

For instance, our team at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach partners with a local community center that provides early childhood and adult education and community outreach services. A $5,000 Hyatt Community Grant goes a long way toward offsetting tuition costs and purchasing much-needed classroom materials at the center.

In Florida, associates at Hyatt Regency Sarasota awarded a $15,000 Hyatt Community Grant to a local food bank to help fight obesity and promote healthier lifestyles. The grant will educate children and their families about basic nutrition, healthy eating and physical activity.

With guidance from our associates, we also support our communities through in-kind donations, providing space on our properties for local fundraisers and awarding room stay donations for charitable purposes.