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Sun Rises to the Call for Volunteerism

Sun Rises to the Call for Volunteerism

Published 04-11-00

Submitted by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Last Saturday, April 8, 2000, thousands of Sun Microsystems' global employees picked up rakes, hammers, books and donated supplies launching Sun's sixth annual Worldwide Volunteer Week (April 8-15, 2000). Sun employees, their families and friends, business associates and customers alike formed volunteer teams, fanning out across the globe to give back to their communities.

Sun employees plan on helping their local communities by addressing key issues like the environment, literacy, homelessness and hunger in a very hands-on way.

"We see Worldwide Volunteer Week as another wonderful extension of Sun's ongoing efforts to assist the communities in which we live and work everyday," said Gary Serda, Sun's manager of worldwide corporate affairs. "Sun volunteers racked up more than 10,000 volunteer hours last year and the hope is to beat that number this year by a significant margin."

Leveraging Sun's global network in North America and Europe, employees plan to implement over 100 community service projects during Worldwide Volunteer Week. In 1999, more than 3,000 employees, located at 44 locations throughout the world, donated more than 10,000 hours of their free time working on 121 different projects.

Volunteer projects differ around the globe. For example, this year in the San Francisco Bay Area, employees will donate approximately 200 hours sorting and packaging donated food at Second Harvest Food Bank located in San Carlos and San Jose, California. The local food bank distributes foodstuffs to low-income families, senior citizens and local shelters. In Edinburgh, Scotland, Sun employees are collecting old clothes and toiletries for The Ark, a one-stop drop in center for the homeless. In Lowell, Massachusetts, employees will donate time and effort building a Habitat for Humanity house with a low-income family.
Sun Technology Key to Event Organization
To aid with the logistical challenge that a project of this scope presents, Sun's Corporate Affairs Department is using the networking capabilities of the Sun Wide Area Network (SWAN) and SunWeb, Sun's internal version of the World Wide Web. Through an internal home page and Sun's electronic mail network, event organizers have been communicating with employees to publicize, promote and recruit volunteers.

Ongoing Community Involvement Programs
Sun Worldwide Volunteer Week 2000 is the latest example of Sun's ongoing commitment to global community involvement. Through the company's Community Action Volunteer Program, which was launched in 1989, Sun volunteers gave more than 25,000 hours of their spare time last year to hundreds of organizations throughout the world.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems, since its inception in 1982, has had a singular vision: "The Network Is the Computer[tm]". This vision has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $13 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
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