Marshall & Ilsley Corporation Employees Give Back to Their Local Communities as Part of M&I Community Day

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Throughout September and October, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) (M&I) employees across M&I's nine-state network participated in the annual M&I Community Day, a corporate initiative that encourages employees from every city or location served by M&I to recognize the needs of their communities, establish a service project, and form volunteer teams.

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In 2009, over 365 M&I locations and more than 2,500 employees helped make M&I Community Day 2009 a resounding success. M&I employees participated in a variety of events, including hosting financial literacy training seminars; building Habitat for Humanity homes; holding food drives; building new playgrounds; volunteering at local fundraisers; and participating in community clean-ups.

"Although many M&I employees have other volunteer commitments throughout the year, we have found that M&I Community Day provides a unique experience that enables thousands of our employees to give back to their local communities," said Mark Furlong, president and CEO of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. "M&I Community Day provides our employees an opportunity to be part of a corporate-wide effort that underscores our commitment to nonprofit organizations throughout the entire M&I system."

M&I Community Day was launched in 2001, and since its inception, thousands of people have benefited from the efforts of M&I employees corporate wide. Individual M&I locations choose the organizations their project(s) will benefit based on the needs of their local communities.

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) is a diversified financial services corporation headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., with $58.5 billion in assets. Founded in 1847, M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank is the largest Wisconsin-based bank, with 192 offices throughout the state. In addition, M&I has 53 locations throughout Arizona; 33 offices in Indianapolis and nearby communities; 36 offices along Florida's west coast and in central Florida; 16 offices in Kansas City and nearby communities; 26 offices in metropolitan Minneapolis/St. Paul, and one in Duluth, Minn.; and one office in Las Vegas, Nev. M&I's Southwest Bank subsidiary has 17 offices in the greater St. Louis area. M&I also provides trust and investment management, equipment leasing, mortgage banking, asset-based lending, financial planning, investments, and insurance services from offices throughout the country and on the Internet (http://www.mibank.com/ or http://www.micorp.com/). M&I's customer-based approach, internal growth, and strategic acquisitions have made M&I a nationally recognized leader in the financial services industry. 

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