Thursday, January 19, 2006

IBM grant furnishes Council on Aging with computers

Thursday, January 19, 2006The Council on Aging will benefit from an IBM on Demand Community grant of two high-powered IBM personal computers. The grant was made at the request of Jim Meuse, who is an IBM retiree and active volunteer with the Council on Aging.
"We are proud to underscore the continuation of IBM's strong commitment to the Wakefield community through our On Demand Community program," said Sean Rush, IBM senior state executive. "We anticipate this gift will help our local community organizations such as the Council on Aging continue to provide excellent service to our citizens."
"The Council on Aging is delighted to be partnering with IBM to provide better technology to seniors using our computer center," said Judy Luciano, COA director. "Better technology means greater efficiency."

IBM launched On Demand Community in November 2003. Since then, over 61,000 employees worldwide have registered and are tracking their hours to be eligible for grants of technology or cash awards to the organizations where they volunteer. In June 2004, IBM announced the next step in its On Demand Community volunteer initiative by enabling its approximately 160,000 retirees worldwide to leverage new technology tools to increase the impact and value of volunteer efforts in schools and local agencies across the globe. Currently over 1,200 IBM employee and retirees in Massachusetts have registered at the On Demand Community Web site.

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