2016 end of year report

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RACKSPACE®

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

2016

YEAR IN REVIEW

2016: YEAR AT A GLANCE

28,340

VOLUNTEER HOURS LOGGED

539

24 HOUR CLUB MEMBERS

$660k +

CHARITABLE GRANTS

“The thing I want to highlight is that

Rack Gives Back - the mentality behind it - changes lives. ” -Ricky Banda, Rackspace Security Analyst

TEAM VOLUNTEER PROJECTS

LONDON

SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO

ZURICH

LONDON

LONDON

SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO

DFW

RGB SPOTLIGHT:

BLACKSBURG

Blacksburg Rackers are passionate about STEM education and community outreach. Over the past year, they have hosted countless community events with Letʼs Code Blacksburg, led hands-on coding and robotics workshops for local schools and universities, held ʻteach the teacherʼ days for local educators, and so much more. Thank you, Rackers, for all you do!

WEEK OF VOLUNTEERING SEPTEMBER 12 - 16

MEXICO COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR THE ELDERLY

AUSTIN CARNITAS SOUP KITCHEN

DFW

NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK

SAN ANTONIO MORGANʼS WONDERLAND, SA PETS ALIVE!, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

LONDON

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS

SYDNEY SYDNEY OZHARVEST

STEAM EVENTS:

BUILDING FUTURE RACKERS THROUGH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH

RAX.IO BOTS SAN ANTONIO: RACKER FAMILY PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP DURING RAX.IO

FIRST ROBOTICS

SAN ANTONIO: LEGO BUILD DAY

HOUR OF CODE SAN ANTONIO AUSTIN BLACKSBURG LONDON

JOB SHADOW DAY

SAN ANTONIO:

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPENT THE DAY IN TRAINING WITH OUR TECHNICAL RU INSTRUCTORS, AS PART OF A CITY-WIDE STUDENT JOB SHADOW PROGRAM.

CRISIS AT CHRISTMAS LONDON

MOVEMBER LONDON

ZURICH

BACK TO SCHOOL BACKPACK DRIVE SAN ANTONIO: 625 BACKPACKS FULL OF

SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE GIVEN TO STUDENTS IN THE CASTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SFO RACKERS RECOGNIZED RACKERS WERE NOMINATED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE ED FUND.

2,670

FAMILIES FED ACROSS THE U.S.

425

EVENT VOLUNTEERS

10TH

ANNIVERSARY

family would like to extend a very grateful and “ Our thankful message to him and the entire company...

I was in awe of what we saw the morning of the pick-up. I saw employees, young teenagers, families, children... It was overwhelming to see the happy responses and unity of your company. The whole fanfare was very vivid and quite remarkable. That was the first part that brought tears to my eyes. The next was when we arrived home and opened our box and bag to find all that we did! I want to say thank you on behalf of my family of six and to let you know that we were able to start our own family tradition of Thanksgiving together this year... now we intend to keep it.

”

RACKPARENTS SAN ANTONIO: RESPITE CARE

PRIDE SAN ANTONIO: FIESTA YOUTH

EAST

VIVA

SAN ANTONIO:

SAN ANTONIO: CORE4 STEM

LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES

RISE

RACKER RESOURCE GROUPS: SUPPORTING RACKERS AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES

SAN ANTONIO:

XY ZONE, MLK MARCH

POWER SAN ANTONIO:

GIRLS INC. SCIENCE FESTIVAL

RACKVET SHINE

SAN ANTONIO:

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE, WARRIOR & FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER

LONDON:

HOSTED INFO SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS FROM GREY COURT COLLEGE TO LEARN ABOUT THE TECH INUDSTRY

SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO

LONDON

BLACKSBURG

SAN FRANCISCO

NEW YORK

DFW

AUSTIN

2016: RACKSPACE FOUNDATION

$802,448 DONATED BY RACKERS

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

$16.36 AVG. RACKER DONATION PER PAYCHECK

2300

DONORS IN 2016

2016 PROGRAM OVERVIEW: Big Brothers Big Sisters – workplace mentoring for HS students Chess – before/afterschool chess clubs in each school CHESS

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS

Communities in Schools – social workers in each school Gemini Ink – creative writing afterschool club for elementary students Girlstart – afterschool STEM club and summer camp for 3rd-5th grade girls Good Samaritan Community Services – “The Kane Chronicles” summer camp for 6th-8th graders

GIRLSTART

SUMMER LITERACY

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS NATIONAL IMPACT GRANT Communities In Schools (national) selected our cluster of schools as an “Impact Community” to receive strategic investments for research, practice and growth. We were one of three national grants awarded. Our CIS partner was selected for being a model of excellence in how they serve students who may be at greater risk for dropping out. Our program will be used as a research center to help pilot new initiatives and conduct studies showing how wraparound services help students graduate. The partnership between Rackspace, North East ISD and Rackspace was a highly influential factor in the grant award decision.

Say Si – afterschool art club for elementary students Trinity University College Advising Corps – college advisors for high school students Southwest Key – social workers focused on families in crisis Youth Orchestras of San Antonio – strings lessons and instruments, strings summer camp for middle and high school

THANK YOU, RACKERS, FOR ALL THE WAYS YOU HAVE SHARED FANATICAL SUPPORT® WITH OUR COMMUNITIES THIS YEAR!