Salesforce.com Lowers Carbon Footprint, And Donates $10,000

Now, this is the type of thing companies should do more often: combining ecological matters with support for kids. After months of riding their bikes to work as part of an employee-led initiative to help reduce their carbon footprint, salesforce.com employees raised $10,000 and chose Trips for Kids (TFK) as their charity of choice.

Salesforce.com, one of the Bay Area's leading high-tech firms specializing in Software-as-a-Service, found a way to benefit youth, boost employee fitness and make an environmental impact. Forty employees worldwide participated in the community initiative. Utilizing salesforce.com technology to log the miles employees rode, the Salesforce.com Foundation contributed one dollar for each mile. Salesforce.com has been a long-time supporter of Trips for Kids.

Syndicom, the company I work for also participated in this type of things, except no donations for now. The company joined several other Durango-based companies in a commuter challenge. That is, for one day all the company employees (even those out in the boondocks) rode their bikes to work. We tied for 1st place (as did nine other companies). You can see our trophy here: http://syndicom.com/blog/syndicom-team-wins-commuter-challenge/.

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