Sharing Talent, Technology, Time

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
 

On Thursday, August 16th a BBQ celebration was thrown in honor of the employees on Sun's Broomfield campus.  Not only did employees watch their colleagues show off their hidden talents in a competition, but in addition to the entertainment, Sun employees were invited to enjoy a free barbecue lunch, and the opportunity to share their success with the community. 

Sun, on a company level as well as on an individual level, understands and recognizes the importance of investing in the health and education of our future generations.  This is why Sun's Broomfield employees donated over $650, and Sun will match their employee's contributions and donate over $1,300 to the Community Food Share organization.

Sun's donation is supporting the Feed the Future program which provides groceries (each week) to 400 elementary school children that attend Columbine Elementary School in Longmont, CO.  Every Friday students who have had perfect attendance or an excused absence for that week recieve a 5-6 pound bag of groceries to take home.  Feedback from both students and parents have been very enthusiastic and supportive.  Students feel they are contributing to their family's well-being, and are encouraged to stay in school and invest in their own future.

Since the implementation of the program, Community Food Share reports that attendance has been near-perfect- 99%.  This means the children are in the classroom more, better able to learn, and are eating regularly.  With the high attendance each week, school staff know that the students are being fed at home through the feed the future program, as well as at school since 80-90% of students are also qualified to eat breakfast and lunch at school through Colorado's free and reduced lunch program.

Way to go Broomfield!