The Sun-Women Boston employee
network concluded it's 2007 Holiday Gift Drives in Burlington and
Nashua.
The enthusiasm and support of the entire local Sun community provided
gifts valued ~$10,000 across the region!
Burlington Results - This was Sun's first drive for the Lowell Wish Project and
was successfully managed by Michele Walker and Tricia Teixeira.
Sun employees shopped for and donated over 100 gifts for 30 families
across the Merrimack Valley. Thanks to everyone
who helped out with the sorting and packing so that the delivery could
take place before the big snowstorm last Thursday!
Special thanks to Brenda Wells & Amanda
Young
& the LABBS students for helping to pack up & store the gifts
on a daily basis. We are estimating that the value of the gifts donated
to be ~$5000!
Nashua Results - This was Sun's 7th consecutive year of
providing gifts for all of the residents of Nashua's Children's Home
and was successfully managed by Sandy Belknap and Terri McClellan.
Gift bags with clothes, shoes and presents were provided to every one
of the 44 residents of the NCH. We also delivered bags filled with
great games, videos, etc. for all of the kids to share! Thanks to
everyone who pitched in to pack, sort, deliver and make sure that gifts
from BUR found their way to NH last week. Special thanks to Cindy
Tello for her tireless efforts to help distribute tags and to store
gifts throughout the drive. We are estimating the value of the gifts
donated to be over $5000!
VOLUNTEERS: Please Log
your hours in the new Sun Volunteer tool. You can log in the
time you took to shop for your gifts, as well as the time you donated
to help sort, pack and deliver. Both drives are registered in the
online tool. Your volunteer hours are tracked for Sun's
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report.
Both drives are still accepting monetary
donations and qualify for Sun
Gift Match Funds.
Donate
to the Lowell Wish Project.(Paypal)
Donate
to Nashua's
Children's Home. (select 'Donate Now' from the left Navbar)
Submit
an Gift Match from the the Sun Foundation. (Link Goes Directly to
Online Form)
Reminder: Sun Microsystems
Global Giving Drive is open thru the end of the month.
Thanks for your support and generosity & Happy Holidays!
-The Women@Sun-Boston Network
Pictures from Delivery Days Last Week:
Michele Walker and Queida Davis in Burlington
Santa Larry Grant, Terri McClellan
& Cindy Tello in Nashua
