Peggie sent us to Softchoice – a huge international software and solutions-oriented company. Head office in Toronto was our destination and Nick Foster (VP of Mergers and Acquisitions) was our focus. Nick was the connection between Peggie and his company and staff. He’d brought her in to hear her ideas on Corporate Karma and finding them to reflect quite perfectly his own, decided to open the idea up company-wide. The result: a special board of employees who have chosen to use their skills and sweat and the basic components of Softchoice to mount several trips to Uganda to bring computer labs and equipment and training to the children in the surrounding villages. This is an important part of Corporate Karma – not just doing good, but applying what it is your company does to problems outside oneself.
I already knew what they did – and what they were going to do (they were leaving for Uganda the very next day and were putting together packages of clothes and toys and medical and hygiene supplies to take with them to distribute along with the computery stuff; one of the staff going – Melissa – is a Frisbee champ in real life… she plans to bring the competitive sport to the children of Uganda!) but I had no idea how much they would all be loving it! Their enthusiasm and excitement were infectious – and their commitment to doing the best possible job they could was inspiring. Nick himself was going too and bringing his teenage daughter, who herself had raised thousands of dollars to bring to the children.
That’s the thing about infections… you just can’t keep them bottled up!
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