Employees "Think Pink" in Fourth Year of Fundraising; Company Matches Employee Donations With a Corporate SponsorshipENGLEWOOD, CO, Oct 01, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), one of the largest and most
geographically diverse global providers of business process
outsourcing (BPO) solutions, today announced its premier sponsorship
of the Susan G. Komen Denver Race for the Cure(R). TeleTech and its
employees have consistently earned recognition as one of Denver's top
corporate donors. More than 200 TeleTech team members are expected to
participate in Sunday's race.
TeleTech is one of just five local premier sponsors. The premier
sponsorship is a direct result of TeleTech employees' tremendous
passion for the cause. In addition to the corporate sponsorship,
TeleTech employees have raised more than $100,000 for the Denver
Metropolitan Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the past
four years, including race registration fees.
"We are very proud of our employees' remarkable efforts to support
such an important cause," said Kenneth Tuchman, TeleTech chairman and
chief executive officer. "In four years, we have more than doubled
the number of TeleTech team registrants and significantly increased
the amount of donations."
New this year, Jennifer Alverson and Kelsey Pachak, two TeleTech
employees, along with TeleTech's chief financial officer John Troka,
will cheer on thousands of runners and walkers as the official
starters of the 2009 Komen Denver Race for the Cure.
Alverson and Pachak spearheaded TeleTech's fundraising efforts for
the Denver race. "The first year we had three weeks to get the word
out about the race. We managed to get more than 100 people on our
team and raised nearly $20,000. After that, we certainly started
getting attention," said Ms. Alverson, whose mother was diagnosed
with breast cancer five years ago, and is a healthy survivor today
who supports Komen's efforts.
The TeleTech Community Foundation has developed creative ways to
raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure beyond encouraging
employees to register for the Komen Denver Race for the Cure. During
the company's annual 'Pink Week,' TeleTech employees raise money
through:
-- Selling casual days to employees
-- Selling pink food in the company cafeteria
-- Selling items at a silent auction
-- Accepting donations in the form of paid time off, which is converted
into monetary donations to Komen
ABOUT TELETECH
TeleTech is one of the largest and most geographically diverse global
providers of business process outsourcing solutions. TeleTech and its
subsidiaries have a 27-year history of designing, implementing, and
managing critical business processes for Global 1000 companies to
help them improve their customers' experience, expand their strategic
capabilities, and increase their operating efficiencies. By delivering
a high-quality customer experience through the effective integration
of customer-facing front-office processes with internal back-office
processes, we enable our clients to better serve, grow, and retain
their customer base. We use Six Sigma-based quality methods
continually to design, implement, and enhance the business processes
we deliver to our clients and we also apply this methodology to our
own internal operations. TeleTech and its subsidiaries have developed
deep domain expertise and support more than 250 business process
outsourcing programs serving approximately 100 global clients in the
automotive, communications and media, financial services, government,
healthcare, retail, technology and travel and leisure industries. Our
integrated global solutions are provided by approximately 48,000
employees utilizing 37,000 workstations across 77 delivery centers in
17 countries. For additional information, visit www.teletech.com.
ABOUT THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AFFILIATE OF SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE
CURE:
The Denver Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- along with
those who generously support us with their talent, time and resources
-- is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in
the community. Since 1993, through events like the Komen Denver Race
for the Cure and A Pink Tie Affair(TM), we have invested $23 million
in local breast health and breast cancer awareness projects in 12
counties. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Komen
Denver Affiliate stay in the 12-county service area. This year, the
Affiliate is funding 35 grants in its 12-county service area,
totaling $2.83 million and invested nearly $1 million into breast
cancer research. The Affiliate has also contributed nearly $9 million
to scientific research through Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Grants
Program over the past 15 years. For more information, visit
www.komendenver.org or call 303-744-2088.
ABOUT SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE:
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would
do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, the
promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global
breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's
largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists
fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all
and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the
Komen Race for the Cure(R), we have invested nearly $1 billion to
fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds
dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more
information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or
breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
Investor Contact:
Karen Breen
303-397-8592
Media Contact:
Maria Miller
SSA PR
303-707-1776
