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Through Sun's volunteer program, employees contribute their time and talents to improving the health and vitality of their local communities. The program is year-round, but employees focus their efforts during Worldwide Volunteer Week, a global effort to encourage volunteering by creating opportunities for large groups of Sun employees to collaborate in their communities.
Worldwide Volunteer Week
Sun's Worldwide Volunteer Week began in 1990. The theme in fiscal 2008 was Share IT³ – Time, Talent, and Technology. This was inspired by our mission to help eliminate the digital divide. The week usually consists of projects that last no more than a day. However, in 2008, many volunteer team managers arranged multiday events and continuing commitments.
This year's Worldwide Volunteer Week was a huge success. The number of participants increased 84%, from 1,300 volunteers in 2007 to more than 2,400 in 2008. We believe the increase is due in large part to a concerted effort to grow participation and in part to employees more consistently recording their volunteer hours.
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In 2008, we set up a friendly competition among employees around the world, and we recognized three volunteer projects as being outstanding:
- Sun's Buenos Aires, Argentina, volunteers organized computer classes for the community, using a lab they installed at Hogar en Patas. The team was recognized as being the largest project aimed at eliminating the digital divide.
- Sun volunteers in Bangalore, India, participated in seven different projects during Worldwide Volunteer Week. They chronicled their week of activities through a Web site they designed and built, a video, and photographs. For this effort, they were awarded Best in Show.
- Sun volunteers in Santiago, Chile, built a computer lab and provided technology expertise to Fundacion Hogar Esperanza, a local orphanage. This group won for the highest participation for a location.
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