Created: Jul 04, 2025 02:02 PM (Updated: Jul 04, 2025 05:17 PM)
At Waterstart on Burt’s Island, Axa XL employees repainted a water catchment, counted oysters in the farm and prepared vegetable gardens and cedarberry seeds (Photograph supplied)
Bermudian-based employees of Axa XL joined more than 3,900 colleagues worldwide to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the company’s Global Day of Giving, part of Axa’s annual Week for Good.
At Meals on Wheels, Axa XL staff took turns cooking and serving up the food for more than 200 clients of the charity as well as cleaning up the kitchen after the meals were prepared (Photograph supplied)
Axa XL engaged in painting, sweeping, moving furniture, drawing murals and cleaning windows at Tomorrow’s Voices Warwick location (Photograph supplied)
Axa XL staff cleaning, dusting, organising clothes on the racks and checking and sorting donated items at Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda (The Barn) (Photograph supplied)
Clearing of invasive trees by Axa XL staff at Bermuda Zoological Society on Trunk Island (Photograph supplied)
At The Reading Clinic, Axa XL staff created videos of people reading picture books that could be posted on The Reading Clinic’s website and social media (Photograph supplied)
As part of the global effort, staff took part in local volunteer projects benefiting several island charities. These included clearing invasive trees with the Bermuda Zoological Society on Trunk Island, cooking meals for over 200 clients at Meals on Wheels, and sorting donations at the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda’s thrift store, The Barn.
Other teams helped repaint and garden with Waterstart on Burt’s Island, recorded storybook videos for The Reading Clinic’s website, and painted and cleaned Tomorrow’s Voices’ Warwick facility.
This year’s Global Day of Giving saw Axa XL volunteers participate in 242 projects around the world.
