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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tech Citizenship
ITA Software hands out turkeys for Thanksgiving
By Mass High Tech staff
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ITA Software talks turkey at Greater Boston Food Bank
A team from Boston’s ITA Software Inc. raised $10,800 as one of nearly a dozen teams that helped The Greater Boston Food Bank distribute a record 40,215 turkeys to needy families before Thanksgiving. The food bank saw the number of donors to the Turkey Drive almost double, from 450 in 2009 to 838 in 2010. The money they contributed increased from $59,173 to more than $110,000. Stop & Shop Supermarkets donated 7,200 turkeys alone, to help the food bank reach the new record. The turkeys along with all the fixings for a traditional Thanksgiving meal were distributed to The Food Bank’s network of approximately 550 hunger-relief agencies throughout eastern Massachusetts, where as many as 545,000 people a year visit a food pantry, soup kitchen or shelter. The ITA Software group formed an online fundraising “turkey team” to gather donations from family, friends, and colleagues. They and other financial donors to The Food Bank’s online drive provided more than 6,000 turkeys.
Staples Foundation for Learning gives $350,000 in grants
The Staples Foundation for Learning, a private foundation created by Framingham-based Staples Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), has awarded 25 grants totaling more than $350,000 to nonprofit organizations serving at-risk youth throughout the country. These organizations were selected for their commitment to providing educational programs that provide youth with the skills and resources needed to become responsible and caring citizens. Included in the donations were $25,000 to Technology for All, an after-school program that teaches technology skills to youth at the Framingham, Marlborough and Hudson Boys & Girls Clubs. Everybody Wins MetroBoston got $10,000 for its Power Lunch, which promotes literacy skills by enabling volunteers to read aloud, share favorite stories and talk about books with students. Jewish Family Services of MetroWest in Framingham received $10,000 for Reducing Achievement Gaps, which provides at-risk youth with positive adult mentors who help improve their academic and personal success.
Hypertronics and employees help Hudson Food Pantry
Hypertronics Corp. of Hudson has donated $500 to the Hudson Food Pantry, marking the third consecutive year that the company has made a donation. The food pantry has identified 120 families who need a Thanksgiving dinner. Initially, Hypertronics had mounted an in-house fund-raising and food purchase campaign with a goal of sponsoring 10 of these families. To date, the employees of Hypertronics have surpassed that goal by coming together to raise $1,315, a figure that translates to the sponsorship of 26 families. Added together, the employee fundraising and the corporate contribution total $1,815 to the Food Pantry. Hypertronics is a business unit of Smiths Interconnect, and makes specialty connectors for the electronics industry.
EMD Millipore helps tackle breast cancer
Billerica-based EMD Millipore has partnered with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, allocating a portion of product sales and a $20,000 grant to fund the organization’s research efforts. The company will also feature the BCRF “pink” logo on select products and packaging to promote breast cancer awareness. Through Sept. 30, 2011, EMD Millipore will donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of Guava Flow Cytometry EasyCyte systems to BCRF. The company will donate $300 or $800 for each instrument sold. This donation, combined with the $20,000 grant, will support more than 170 global BCRF researchers. Flow cytometry is a technique used by scientists to measure physical and/or chemical changes within individual cells.
Tech Collective gives full-boat scholarship at GRRL Tech event
Tech Collective’s 10th annual GRRL Tech event, held last month, brought more than 525 female high school students as well as over 90 educators and business professionals to the Roger Williams University Bristol, R.I., campus. At the event, GRRL Tech presented the full-tuition Roger Williams University GRRL Tech Scholarship award, valued at $111,000, to Kate Farinha, a junior at Seekonk High School. Farinha was selected by the GRRL Tech Committee for her enthusiastic scholarship essay addressing the topic of using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to “Go Green.” Combining her passion for nature, technology, mathematics, and design, Farinha aims to pursue a career in Sustainable Architecture to “create sustainable ‘green’ homes, offices, and other buildings… by using renewable resources, still while conserving them for the future.”
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