Microsoft offers employees many ways to make a difference – and then doubles their impact
It’s noon on a Friday, but a group of Microsoft employees are focused on something more important than lunch. They’ll spend the next hour helping a local nonprofit that’s working to give impoverished children with a common birth defect the ability to walk for the first time. (more…)
Allan La Grenade-Finch remembers the moment an 8th grader, a “great kid” who often sat in the back of class and struggled with science, “lit up” during last year’s Hour of Code at Cardozo Education Campus in Washington, D.C. (more…)
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 16, 2010 — On Saturday, Sept. 18, some of the nation’s most accomplished and awe-inspiring kids will be descending on the Microsoft campus. The roster includes a 14-year-old mountaineer who has climbed some of the tallest summits in the world including Mt. Everest, Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kosciuszko; three girls who started a nonprofit after a friend died of a rare form of cancer and have to date raised $250,000; and a 12-year-old environmental activist who has worked closely with Al Gore to raise awareness about global warming. (more…)
