On Wednesday, April 16,
2008, Paramount Pictures will celebrate its 13th Annual Viacommunity Day.
The employee volunteerism and community outreach effort, inaugurated by
Viacom in 1995, will benefit Los Angeles charities and schools. Paramount
is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B).
Over 500 Los Angeles-based employees from Paramount Pictures,
DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies
will spend part of their work day at on and off-lot project sites to
support 10 Los Angeles charities and schools.
In addition, Viacom's other divisions, including MTV Networks and BET
Networks, have volunteer activities planned in five other U.S. cities.
Throughout New York, Chicago, Detroit, Miami and Washington D.C., Viacom
employees will celebrate and continue the company's tradition of
volunteerism by serving meals to the hungry, improving public spaces,
mentoring kids and otherwise giving back to the communities in which they
work and live.
"On this special day of service the entire Paramount family takes a
moment from the business of making movies to get involved in creating a
better community," said Brad Grey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Paramount Pictures Corporation. "Viacommunity Day is an honored tradition
for our employees and reminds us that we each have the power to make a
difference."
2008 Viacommunity Day beneficiaries in Los Angeles include: AIDS
Project Los Angeles, Aviva Family and Children's Services, Bark Avenue
Foundation, Frances Blend School for the Visually Impaired, Jordan High
School/Media Aid Center, Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, PATH (People
Assisting the Homeless), Project Angel Food, Santa Monica Boulevard
Community Charter School, Van Ness Avenue School, and Anysoldier.com, an
online-based organizat
ion that distributes care packages to deployed United
States troops.
Off-lot Viacommunity Day activities in Los Angeles include structural
and grounds beautification projects including assembling and installing
furniture, supporting carpentry activities, gardening, packing groceries
and painting, as well as reading, petting zoo, face-painting, and creating
arts & crafts activities with elementary school students. On-lot projects
include sorting and packing items for various charities.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor
of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading
content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital
entertainment brands. The company's labels include Paramount Pictures,
Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, DreamWorks Pictures, MTV Films and
Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital
Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studio Group, and
Worldwide Television Distribution.
SOURCE Paramount Pictures Corporation
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