November 11, 2008  San Francisco, CA

On Saturday, November 1st, over a hundred salesforce.com customers, partners, and employees came out in the rain to volunteer at Daniel Webster Elementary school. Due to major budget cuts this school is in desperate need to brighten up the building to make for a more inviting and conducive place for learning. Volunteers picked up their paint brushes and transformed the classrooms, the cafeteria, and the school office into a bright and colorful learning environment.  Some volunteers including our sponsoring partner Astadia, along with other Power of Us partners including as VerticalResponse and Exponent Partners,ventured out in the rain to help remove some concrete, plant new trees, and some California native plants in front of the school. While other volunteers spent their time building over 20 planter boxes and benches for Daniel Webster and other local elementary schools. Even the youth had a special project creating colorful mosaic stepping stones for the local schools. Notable volunteers including Jim Steele, Chief Customer office and President of International Operations and former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos spent the entire day giving their skills and enthusiasm to improve the school and connect with others on the same mission.

Jim SteeleThis was an amazing collaboration community project between salesforce.com, Astaida, Rebuilding Together SF, the Potrero Residents Education Fund, Plant SF, Friends of the Urban Forest, and the Depart of Public Works, and many other community members. Thank you all for getting involved and making a significant impact on Daniel Webster Elementary!

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