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Yahoo! Richardson office employees and their families donated hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to area families in need on Aug. 23.
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On Saturday, Aug. 23, employees from the Richardson, Texas
office of Yahoo! made a measurable difference in the community by providing
backpacks filled with school supplies to almost 400 Dallas/Fort Worth-area
families in need. The “Back to School Event 2014,” hosted at the Yahoo! office Richardson,
offered hundreds of families an opportunity to pick up critical supplies for
their children as they prepare to return to school.
community service initiative, Yahoo! employees and their families collected and
donated items such as backpacks, pens, pencils, notebooks and more. Dallas-area
school districts and non-profit organizations who serve underprivileged
families helped spread the word about the event.
| Richardson Mayor Laura Maczka and Yahoo! Executive Assistant Vicki Been |
“We salute Yahoo! and its employees for their steadfast
commitment to serving the most vital needs of our community,” said Richardson
Mayor Laura Maczka. “I know that our local school districts and service
organizations, as well as the beneficiary families and schoolchildren, are also
deeply appreciative of these efforts.
Yahoo!’s Richardson office houses 144 employees in Network
Engineering and Operations, Global IT, Homepage & Verticals, Infrastructure
Engineering, Data Center Operations, Global Operations, Sales, Advertising and
Data Platforms and other miscellaneous departments. The Richardson campus
supports 35 satellites for executing video streaming to all Yahoo! properties
globally. 99.5% of all Yahoo! live video streaming is executed from this
office.
the North Texas educational system and create new opportunities for our future
workforce,” said Vicki Been, spokesperson for Yahoo! and coordinator of the
event.