Softchoice Cares Board Travels to Uganda to Support Orphan Children
Softchoice Corporation (TSX: SO), a leading North American provider of technology solutions and services, is delighted to announce their upcoming humanitarian mission to Uganda next month.
Toronto, Canada, July 03, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Softchoice Care’s Board, the Company’s employee-inspired and employee-driven philanthropic outreach program will be traveling to Kampala, Uganda and volunteering at the OCA Computer IT center, a grassroots initiative providing free computer training skills to local orphans, disadvantaged youth and adults in the community. In addition to providing donations to establish a new computer lab, the Board will provide computer training classes as part of the centers on-going initiative to increase computer learning within the community.
The Softchoice Care board is volunteering through A Broader View Volunteers Corp, a US based non-profit organization and leader in operating international volunteer programs. A Broader View Volunteer Corp makes volunteering abroad possible for people with limited time by providing the opportunity to experience another culture while making a real difference in people’s lives. Programs range from 1 to 24 weeks. A Broader View Volunteer programs are open to people of all ages and backgrounds. Volunteers are given customized placements based on their skills and interests, and work side-by-side with local people on community-led initiatives. Volunteers work with infants and disadvantaged children, teenagers, adults, the elderly, and people with special needs like HIV/AIDS or mental or physical disabilities, with environmental and conservation and animal welfare causes.
“Many people are searching for a way to really make a difference,” says Sarah Comitale, Executive Director of ABV. “We give people the change to discover that volunteering overseas is no longer just a dream, but something they can actually do.”
An A Broader View program includes orientation with in-country expert staff. Participants are provided room and board with a local host family and given project support and briefing which provides insight into the culture and community where they volunteer. Volunteers pay their own airfare and a U.S. tax-deductible program fee to A Broader View Volunteers to cover all in-country expenses.
For more information about A Broader View Volunteers contact:
ABV Volunteers, 1001 Dell Lane, Wyncote, PA 19095
Tel: (215) 780-1845 Fax: (215) 887-0915 Email: volunteers@abroaderview.org
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The Softchoice Care board is volunteering through A Broader View Volunteers Corp, a US based non-profit organization and leader in operating international volunteer programs. A Broader View Volunteer Corp makes volunteering abroad possible for people with limited time by providing the opportunity to experience another culture while making a real difference in people’s lives. Programs range from 1 to 24 weeks. A Broader View Volunteer programs are open to people of all ages and backgrounds. Volunteers are given customized placements based on their skills and interests, and work side-by-side with local people on community-led initiatives. Volunteers work with infants and disadvantaged children, teenagers, adults, the elderly, and people with special needs like HIV/AIDS or mental or physical disabilities, with environmental and conservation and animal welfare causes.
“Many people are searching for a way to really make a difference,” says Sarah Comitale, Executive Director of ABV. “We give people the change to discover that volunteering overseas is no longer just a dream, but something they can actually do.”
An A Broader View program includes orientation with in-country expert staff. Participants are provided room and board with a local host family and given project support and briefing which provides insight into the culture and community where they volunteer. Volunteers pay their own airfare and a U.S. tax-deductible program fee to A Broader View Volunteers to cover all in-country expenses.
For more information about A Broader View Volunteers contact:
ABV Volunteers, 1001 Dell Lane, Wyncote, PA 19095
Tel: (215) 780-1845 Fax: (215) 887-0915 Email: volunteers@abroaderview.org
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A Broader View Volunteer Corp
Oliver Ehlers
215-780-1845
www.abroaderview.org
Oliver Ehlers
215-780-1845
www.abroaderview.org
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