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SUPERIOR, CO – May 18, 2009 – Nearly 300 employees of Key Equipment Finance, the nation’s second-largest bank-held equipment finance company and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), gave their time and energy recently to benefit organizations across their communities during the 19th annual Neighbors Make the Difference Day.
For the May 5 day of community service, Key Equipment Finance employees in Colorado, Illinois and New York assisted nonprofit and community organizations in their local areas with yard work, “child-proofing,” gardening, painting, landscaping, cleaning bird cages, repairing sheds, placing “Do Not Dump” placards on drains, girding trees, hosting a Cinco de Mayo party for nursing home residents, assembling food packages and distributing food
“This event is the hallmark of Key’s year-round volunteerism and philanthropic investment in its communities,” said Adam D. Warner, president of Key Equipment Finance. “As our employees rolled up their sleeves on a beautiful spring day to paint, landscape and do other tasks, they knew they were enhancing the quality of life where they live and work and assisting their fellow citizens toward goals of economic self-sufficiency.”
Colorado organizations benefiting from this year’s Neighbors Make the Difference Day included the Alta Vista Center for Autism, Butterfly Pavilion, Birds of Prey Foundation, FISH Community Food Bank, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, City of Westminster, Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, Sister Carmen Community Center and Town 9 Park.
In New York, volunteers assisted the Albany County Nursing Home, Animal Protective Foundation, CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Regional Food Bank of North Eastern New York, First Israel AME Church, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, National MS Society, R.O.U.S.E., RPC, ClearView Center, To Life! and the Southern Saratoga YMCA.
In Illinois, volunteers from the Downers Grove office assisted at Almost Home Kids, formerly CoACH Care Center.
About Key Equipment Finance
Key Equipment Finance is an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and provides business-to-business equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes. The company focuses on four distinct markets:
- businesses of all sizes in the U.S. (from small business to large corporate);
- equipment manufacturers, distributors and value-added resellers worldwide;
- federal, provincial, state and local governments as well as other public sector organizations; and
- lease advisory services for larger structured equipment needs including single investor and leveraged leases, securitizations, and structured debt.
Headquartered outside Boulder, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages a $10 billion core equipment portfolio with annual originations of approximately $5.6 billion. The company has major management and operations bases in Chicago, Illinois; Albany, New York; London, England; Hong Kong, China and Sydney, Australia. The company, which supports clients in 40 countries, employs 800 people worldwide and has been in the equipment financing business for over 35 years. Additional information regarding Key Equipment Finance, its products and services can be obtained online at www.kefonline.com.
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $101 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. For more information, visit www.key.com.
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