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Laptops and Salesforce training for at-risk youth
Thanks for stopping by and considering supporting this project.
I want to use my birthday to support the amazing work of Montrose Grace Place but I need your help!
Some Background:
2010 was a difficult year for me - I lost my job and spent 7 months looking for one. During my unemployment I lost faith in myself and what I had to offer. I was almost evicted, and was close to either becoming homeless or moving home at a huge cost to my family.
Before moving home I was given an opportunity to work for a tech company providing phone support. This job gave me hope, and it was there that I experienced Salesforce.com for the first time. I was later offered a job with Fiberlink Communications and during my time there I had the amazing opportunity to deploy Saleforce.com to our support teams. This experience set me on the path that became my career, and since then I’ve become successful supporting Salesforce.com at different companies.
Montrose Grace Place
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have people who can support them if they become jobless or homeless, and some youth are rejected by their loved ones because of their identity. Some experience housing insecurity because of many factors beyond their control, and have few resources to deal with it.
Recently, I was able to begin participating in the community created by Montrose Grace Place – an amazing resource that opens its doors to homeless youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities who are between the ages of 13 and 21 years old.
A few years ago Salesforce created Trailhead – a fun and engaging tool for people to learn how to use the platform, and to introduce new users to the awesome power of what you can do with your career and Salesforce. At a Dreamforce (the annual Salesforce conference) event a project was born - #Trialhead4all – a concerted effort among users to make the Salesforce platform accessible to all!
Montrose Grace Place opens its doors to homeless youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities who are between the ages of 13 and 21 years old. Youth night is an evening of food, mentorship, and skills building. The youth and volunteers share a seated, family-style meal followed by an interactive lesson, craft, or other activity.
Salesforce has captured my heart because of the Ohana - a Hawaiian word for family. In the family of Salesforce all are welcome. When I think of that inclusivity I think of the mission of Montrose Grace Place. I want to bring Trailhead and Salesforce to the youth of Montrose Grace Place during their Thursday night drop in.
The donations from this project will provide laptops to Montrose Grace Place. We will use the laptops to train the youth on Salesforce. The laptops will remain a resource for Montrose Grace Place so that the youth can use them for resume writing, job application information, or other computer based needs
We met the initial goal of 1620.00 which would provide 8 computers at 170.00. I have increased the goal to 3240.00. With this increase we can get a few more computers. We will cap out at 15 computers. Any money above and beyond the computers will be given to Montrose Grace Place to fund the program.
Thanks for stopping by and considering supporting this project.
I want to use my birthday to support the amazing work of Montrose Grace Place but I need your help!
Some Background:
2010 was a difficult year for me - I lost my job and spent 7 months looking for one. During my unemployment I lost faith in myself and what I had to offer. I was almost evicted, and was close to either becoming homeless or moving home at a huge cost to my family.
Before moving home I was given an opportunity to work for a tech company providing phone support. This job gave me hope, and it was there that I experienced Salesforce.com for the first time. I was later offered a job with Fiberlink Communications and during my time there I had the amazing opportunity to deploy Saleforce.com to our support teams. This experience set me on the path that became my career, and since then I’ve become successful supporting Salesforce.com at different companies.
Montrose Grace Place
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have people who can support them if they become jobless or homeless, and some youth are rejected by their loved ones because of their identity. Some experience housing insecurity because of many factors beyond their control, and have few resources to deal with it.
Recently, I was able to begin participating in the community created by Montrose Grace Place – an amazing resource that opens its doors to homeless youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities who are between the ages of 13 and 21 years old.
A few years ago Salesforce created Trailhead – a fun and engaging tool for people to learn how to use the platform, and to introduce new users to the awesome power of what you can do with your career and Salesforce. At a Dreamforce (the annual Salesforce conference) event a project was born - #Trialhead4all – a concerted effort among users to make the Salesforce platform accessible to all!
Montrose Grace Place opens its doors to homeless youth of all sexual orientations and gender identities who are between the ages of 13 and 21 years old. Youth night is an evening of food, mentorship, and skills building. The youth and volunteers share a seated, family-style meal followed by an interactive lesson, craft, or other activity.
Salesforce has captured my heart because of the Ohana - a Hawaiian word for family. In the family of Salesforce all are welcome. When I think of that inclusivity I think of the mission of Montrose Grace Place. I want to bring Trailhead and Salesforce to the youth of Montrose Grace Place during their Thursday night drop in.
The donations from this project will provide laptops to Montrose Grace Place. We will use the laptops to train the youth on Salesforce. The laptops will remain a resource for Montrose Grace Place so that the youth can use them for resume writing, job application information, or other computer based needs
We met the initial goal of 1620.00 which would provide 8 computers at 170.00. I have increased the goal to 3240.00. With this increase we can get a few more computers. We will cap out at 15 computers. Any money above and beyond the computers will be given to Montrose Grace Place to fund the program.