During 2010 Summer Volunteer Weeks (August
2-31), Salesforce.com Tokyo and Osaka office dedicated more than 850
volunteering hours to the community, making a difference to the society.
Eleven members of the EMEA web marketing team spent the day at Coláiste Bríde -a secondary school in a disadvantaged area of West Dublin. It's a modern
school built in 2006 and caters to 850 girls from the local area. They spent the day working hard maintaining the school's organic vegetable garden.
Eleven members of the EMEA web marketing team spent the day at Coláiste Bríde -a secondary school in a disadvantaged area of West Dublin. It's a modern school built in 2006 and caters for 850 girls from the local area. They spent the day working hard maintaining the school's organic vegetable garden.
Sue Amar, Sustainability Manager and Michael Orr, Senior Program Manager IT Applications, championed a Community Action Team Grant for the GRID Alternatives Bay Area Solarthon where salesforce.com volunteers installed solar electric systems on low-income housing in West Oakland. In total over 200 community volunteers, corporate work teams and job trainees came out to install 9 solar electric systems in one day! A total of 18 kilowatts were installed, which will generate over $180,000 in clean energy for these families over the next 20-30 years, saving them over 75% on their electricity bills. Eager to take her job hands on, Jennie Pang, salesforce.com Sustainability Intern, volunteered with the team on the prep day and event day. She shares her story:
Earth Day - Local police here in Singapore have arrested a band of alleged eco warriors in connection with multiple acts of green they have commited at a local eco park. Thank goodness, no casualties are reported...
Over 30 members from the salesforce.com Marketing and Alliances team (and a few extra friends from R&D and IT) volunteered with A Living Library to plant over 50 trees at St. Mary's Park in San Francisco.
During Global Holiday Spirit Weeks, over 1,250 salesforce.com employees joined with family and friends to contribute over 3,500 hours to spread holiday cheer.
Salesforce.com Japan office (Tokyo/Osaka) has just finished the December, 2009 Global Holiday Spirit weeks. Almost all employees participated in the 26 volunteer events, donating over 1,000 hours to the local community.
Over 300 salesforce.com customers, employees, friends and partners were instrumental in the creation of southeast San Francisco’s first environmental education facility.
