Salesforce.com Foundation Helps Sanchez Elementary School Students Improve Reading Levels With New Computer Lab
January 08 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
San Francisco Unified School District honors the Salesforce.com
Foundation at the Lab's opening dedication SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8
/PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in
integrating philanthropy and business, today was honored by the San
Francisco Unified School District for its role in building a new
computer lab to address the digital divide at Sanchez College
Preparatory School based in San Francisco where 83% of students
live below the poverty line. Over 50 salesforce.com employees
dedicated their vision and time and secured funds on behalf of the
Salesforce.com Foundation to update the Sanchez computer lab. The
new computer lab is designed to support the differentiated
Waterford reading program to help students raise their reading
levels at least one grade level. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO) "The
unsung tech heroes at salesforce.com are helping to close the
digital divide at Sanchez," said Sara Shenkan, vice-principal,
Sanchez College Preparatory School. "Our 320 students use the lab
daily and reading levels are rising. We couldn't have done without
the Salesforce.com Foundation and are extremely grateful." What
started as a plan to refurbish 20 PCs from the 1990's turned into
an incredible project. The goal was the ability to run the
Waterford Reading Program, a program that has helped many schools
with few resources and low reading levels to bring their students
up to grade level. To do so, Sanchez needed a powerful server and
newer computers. Ultimately, many different pieces contributed to
the project's success. The Salesforce.com Foundation awarded the
project a Community Action Team Grant and salesforce.com employees
provided matching funds and donated time to set-up the lab. With
the money raised and the expertise of salesforce.com employees,
Sanchez now has a 21st century computer lab with 22 new computers.
About Salesforce.com Foundation The Salesforce.com Foundation is
the leader in pioneering, evangelizing and implementing the 1/1/1
Model, and using this Model as a means to improve the lives of
people around the world. The 1/1/1 Model harnesses the power of
people and technology through 1% Time, 1% Equity, 1% Product, and
being "one" with the earth, to build deep relationships with
communities around the world and increase the effectiveness of
nonprofit organizations in achieving their goals. The Foundation
concentrates on the use of technology, specifically as it relates
to organizations with youth development programs. It has supported
technology projects around the world that help kids in bereft urban
and rural areas access technology to create better futures for
themselves. The 1/1/1 Model has had a profound effect on
salesforce.com and its communities: Since July of 2000,
salesforce.com employees have given over 70,000 hours of their time
and expertise back to the community. Over 2,800 nonprofits in 56
countries around the world are using donated licenses to run their
businesses more efficiently; and numerous organizations are
benefiting from technology related grants from the Foundation. For
more information on the 1/1/1 Model, please visit
http://www.sharethemodel.org/. For more information on the
Salesforce.com Foundation, please visit
http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/.
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