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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tech Citizenship
Local techs lending a hand
Homeland Security Sec. Napolitano speaks with universities
MHT's Julie Donnelly: Colleges see uptick in interdisciplinary programs
MHT's Doug Banks: Frugal startups get creative with office space
Comcast cleans up on Comcast Cares Day
Comcast Corp. held its ninth annual Comcast Cares Day on April 24. Comcast Cares Day is a single-day corporate day of service, and this year more than 50,000 employees nationwide participated. In New England, there were 5,000 employee volunteers at 50 sites, including 400 at five sites in Boston. Volunteers paint, landscape, and otherwise spruce up a variety of community organizations where our customers, employees and their families live and work. Comcast also gives many of these organizations financial support from the Comcast Foundation and partners with them throughout the year. According to Charisse Lillie, vice president, community investment and executive vice president of the Comcast Foundation, in the first eight years, more than 230,000 Comcast employees, their family members, their friends, national partners and elected officials have participated in Comcast Cares Day.
Cambridge Health wins $25K for web-based patient care study
Cambridge Health Alliance, which provides health care services in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities, has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Collaborative for Community Engagement and Research to improve patient communication using the Internet. The research will be conducted at Somerville Primary Care of Cambridge Health Alliance, one of four community health centers chosen statewide to develop new ways to help their patients make more informed health decisions and learn about the role of clinical research in advancing health care. SPC will work in partnership with Brazilian patients ages 18–30, CHA’s Portuguese Speakers Prevention Program, the Institute for Community Health, and CHA’s Community Affairs-HIV and Family Planning Community Services departments to assess use of the Internet for information about contraception, family planning, sexually transmitted infection, hepatitis, and HIV/AIDS.
CA gets dirty on Earth Day at Drumlin Farm
In celebration of Earth Day 2010, the Framingham office of CA Inc. took time out of their regular business day on April 22 to lend a hand at the Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, where they removed invasive plants and planted seed beds. CA is a major independent IT management software company. Drumlin farms contains 232 acres of fields, forests and wetlands, and includes a working farm and native wildlife exhibits. Drumlin recruits season long volunteers for such roles as crops field hands and garden workers. CA, is a global independent IT management software company.
Touch Ahead Software deals support for Children’s Hospital
Boston’s Touch Ahead Software LLC, creators of EquityTouch deal sourcing CRM software, recently participated in the 6th Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament for the Children’s Hospital Boston. Held in the Wharf Room of the Boston Harbor Hotel, the event drew businesspeople from Boston and New York, as well as World Series of Poker Champion and Celebrity Apprentice Star Annie Duke. In addition to purchasing tickets that allot a stack of chips and a seat at the table, the tournament also held an auction, which included prizes such as “Friends and Family” seats at a Red Sox game with VIP On-Field Access. The event, co-hosted by Tony DiNovi of Thomas H. Lee Partners and David Filkow of General Catalyst Partners has raised more than $2 million to date for the hospital.
Verizon launches fundraising program to assist nonprofits
A new service from Verizon Communications Inc. has been rolled out that will allow Massachusetts to earn money for their organizations when their members or supporters purchase certain Verizon products. Verizon’s new Velocity program offers nonprofits the ability to earn donations when their members or supporters use a special toll-free number to purchase FiOS TV, FiOS Internet, High Speed Internet, FiOS Digital Voice, Freedom Calling, Long Distance, and DIRECTV (through Verizon’s marketing relationship with the satellite-TV provider). For example, the company said nonprofits can earn up to $65 for a member’s single order of a FiOS Triple Play bundle that includes long-distance. As an added incentive, Verizon said it will double its donation, to as much as $130, for nonprofits whose members place orders before June 30.
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