CSX and City Year Send 150 Volunteers to Charleston for "Give a Day, Change the World"

CHARLESTON, SC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/06/09 --

What: CSX Corporation, (NYSE: CSX) in partnership with City Year and the North Charleston Recreation Department, has organized a group of over 150 employee and community volunteers to transform the Felix C. Davis Community Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. Key initiatives for the day will be landscaping the front of the center, installing cement pads for Frisbee golf tee boxes, putting in a swing set, building picnic tables and benches, creating a butterfly garden and marking a half mile walking track.

Who: CSX Corporation, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the nation's leading transportation companies, connecting customers to ports, distribution centers and markets across the eastern United States. Through grass-roots volunteerism and focused corporate giving, CSX is committed to supporting the communities where it operates.

When: 8:30 AM - 2:15 PM, Saturday, November 7, 2009

Where: Felix C. Davis Community Center
       4800 Park Circle
       North Charleston, South Carolina 29415

Why: The motto of each CSX-City Year Service Day is, "Give a Day, Change the World." Additional CSX-City Year Service Days will take place in other cities throughout the year. For more information, visit www.keeponliving.org.

How: CSX is proud to be a National Leadership Sponsor of City Year, an organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world, make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods throughout the United States.

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