Sharing Talent, Technology, Time

Boston Area Sun Women supported Women's History month with a toiletry drive.  Over 1000 donated items went to Bridges, a nonprofit organization supporting victims of domestic and sexual violence.  Kudos to all participants.  Read more here.

 

I have the best job ever!  And I have the diary to prove it.

Last week, as a participant in Sun's Open Work program, I was asked to keep a diary of what I do in a day.  The magazine Marie Claire was doing a piece on  women that work from home.  At the end of the day keeping my journal, even I was impressed with the work I do.  My day was filled with ways to help our employees give back to the community in meaningful ways. 

 Marie Claire must have thought my job is super cool too since they chose to profile me.  So on Tuesday, I had a photo shoot at home and at Sun's NYC drop in office.  I have the best of both worlds - I can work at home or at a 'real' office with people.  Look for the article in the May magazine.  More people need to know what a cool place Sun is to work!

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
 

Technology Camp Nurtures Girls' Interests in the Field

Sun Business Development Executive and President of the Women's Technology Foundation Rosemary Bayer supports Camp Infinity, which takes place in mid-July for girls to learn about different forms of technology.  Bayer says the camp has two objectives.  "The first is, you can do it and it's fun" and the second objective is to encourage girls to pursue careers in the technology industry, where women are underrepresented.  She adds, "The Michigan Council of Women in Technology started because there are very few women in the field. We realized we needed to get more girls motivated and inspired about math and computer science."

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