KeyBank employees provide service on Neighbors Make the Difference Day

For the 35th year in a row, KeyBank employees teamed up for a day of service in several communities. The project brought 100 bank staff members to work with local nonprofit partners on eight projects along the Wasatch Front.

Local Neighbors Make the Difference Day Project locations included the Bountiful Community Food Pantry, Neighborhood House, Tracy Aviary's Nature Center at Pia Okwai, Utah Community Action, and others.

In Utah, teammates joined thousands of colleagues across the country who receive paid time off to volunteer in the neighborhoods where they live and work. Neighbors Make the Difference Day honors KeyBank's more than 200 years of service and reflects its ongoing commitment to strengthening communities, supporting neighbors, and making a positive difference — together.

"Neighbors Make the Difference Day is one of the most meaningful days of the year for our teammates," said Drew Yergensen, KeyBank Utah market president, in a release. "It's an opportunity to give back to the communities we care so deeply about and to show up as neighbors — not just bankers. Communities thrive when volunteers unite and we're proud to invest our time, talent and heart into Utah and help brighten lives in ways that truly matter."

KeyBank teammates built playgrounds, painted homes, refreshed community gardens, cleaned up parks, and supported local organizations. At select sites, teammates also hosted financial education workshops to help neighbors build confidence and tools for their financial futures.

Neighbors Make the Difference Day began in 1991, when a small group of KeyBank teammates in Alaska came together to volunteer in their community. Just two years later, the program expanded across the company, becoming an official day of service. Today, it stands as one of the nation's leading corporate volunteer initiatives and a powerful example of how collective action can strengthen communities.