Community Service

We believe it's important to be good corporate citizens and help to make our community a better place to live. Employees have the opportunity to volunteer in two company-sponsored initiatives: Math and Science Volunteers 1n 1997 we pledged to General Colin Powell (then Chair of America's Promise, The Alliance for Youth) that by the year 2000 we would interest 1,000 students in grades 3-12 in science and math—a goal we surpassed in 1998. Through this program, company volunteers have engaged more than 12,000 students in math and science activities, including tutoring inner city school district students, leading lab tours, speaking at career days, giving science magic shows and "What in the World?" presentations, and mentoring school children on site. Community Heroes Since 2000, our senior management has challenged each department in the company to perform one volunteer activity a year as a team to help our community. So far our Community Heroes project has involved hundreds of employees who have chosen to clean streams, build a house for Habitat for Humanity, beautify a day-care center, donate computers and provide computer training for staff and children at a transitional housing organization, hold bake sales to raise money for people in crisis situations, sponsor a holiday party for children in a children's home, collect children's books for distribution in the community, wash cars to make money for Hospice, and collect household goods for several organizations.