Salesforce.com Foundation Receives 2007 Partnership of the Year Award for its Dedication to Improving San Francisco Public Schoo
October 26 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Salesforce.com's 1/1/1 integrated corporate philanthropy model
enables employees to make a local impact SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com Foundation, the global
leader in integrating philanthropy and business, today announced
that San Francisco School Volunteers, an organization dedicated to
creating, establishing and sustaining communities of volunteers in
support of public schools, has recognized the Salesforce.com
Foundation for its long-term partnership with San Francisco's Jean
Parker Elementary School. The 2007 Partnership of the Year Award
acknowledges the more than 300 salesforce.com employees who have
donated over 1,500 hours working with students at Jean Parker
Elementary School to enrich their learning experience and serve as
positive role models. (Logo:
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"Salesforce.com is a great example of the positive impact that
businesses can have by partnering with local schools," said Lisa
Spinali, executive director, San Francisco School Volunteers. "Its
employees' contributions over the past six years at Jean Parker
Elementary School in supporting the efforts of teachers to foster
the academic and social growth of the students has had a lasting
impact." Salesforce.com employees began working with students at
Jean Parker Elementary in San Francisco's Chinatown district in
2001 through San Francisco School Volunteers. Since then, the
company has had a consistent presence at Jean Parker Elementary
through a wide variety of special programs that aim to help the
students develop their English language skills. For example,
salesforce.com employees actively listen to third, fourth and fifth
grade students read their favorite books as part of the weekly "I'm
All Ears Club." The students also come to salesforce.com's offices
on a regular basis to gain a better understanding of the work world
and how to better prepare for it. Salesforce.com executives serve
as honorary "Principals for a Day" each year, and students are
invited to participate in BizWorld, the Salesforce.com Foundation's
program for developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. The
company also donates computers, technology and classroom supplies
for special projects. "In the beginning, the salesforce.com
volunteers were strangers to me, but after working together and
visiting them in their office, they are now friends," said 5th
grader Kiki Wu. "Salesforce.com is really a good example of
volunteers who share and care. They share their time and care for
others. They deserve an A+!" "We're honored to be recognized for
the dedication of our employees to the local community, and to see
the lasting impact of our integrated corporate philanthropy model
where one percent of paid employee time is given back to the
community through volunteerism," said Suzanne DiBianca, executive
director of the Salesforce.com Foundation. About Salesforce.com
Foundation The Salesforce.com Foundation is the leader in
pioneering, evangelizing and implementing the 1% Model, and using
this model as a means to improve the lives of people around the
world. The Salesforce.com Foundation harnesses the power of product
and people to improve the lives of those in need. Using the unique
1/1/1 Model -- 1% Time, 1% Equity, 1% Product, and "one" with the
earth -- the Foundation reaches out to the community and increases
the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations so they can better
achieve their goals, which the Salesforce.com Foundation calls the
Power of Us. The Salesforce.com Foundation concentrates on the use
of technology, specifically as it relates to organizations with
youth development programs. The Salesforce.com Foundation has
supported technology projects around the world that help kids in
technology -- bereft urban and rural areas create a better future
for themselves. Since July of 2000, salesforce.com employees have
given over 60,000 hours of their time and expertise, feeding the
homeless, tutoring kids, improving nonprofit spaces, and offering
hundreds of helping hands when the world is faced with devastating
natural disasters. For more information on the Salesforce.com
Foundation and its product donation program, please visit
http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/.
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