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Qwest Foundations teams with employees to donate $10.5
million
The Daily Tell
January -
6 – 2010
More than half of Qwest’s
employees participated in this year’s employee-giving campaign,
which is conducted in partnership with Helping make each employee’s
dollar go a bit further in helping local community
organizations, The Qwest Foundation provided a 75 percent match
to employees’ contributions, resulting in a total gift of $5.1
million to communities across the country. It is the largest
gift the foundation and Qwest employees have made through the
campaign in the past decade. "Qwest is able to deepen its
partnerships with local education and community programs thanks
to the remarkable generosity of its employees and the Qwest
Foundation," said Rich Baer, executive vice president, general
counsel, chief administrative officer and Qwest Foundation
president. "In an especially challenging year, Qwest employees
continue to answer the call to service, through donations of
time and money, and are making a true difference in their
communities." The time commitment by Qwest
employees also went a long way toward helping Current and former Qwest employees
volunteered more than 1 million hours in the community, the
equivalent of more than $20 million of in-kind resources to
nonprofits. In addition to the employee-giving
campaign match, the Qwest Foundation donated nearly $4 million
to pre-K through 12th grade education and other community
programs this year. Among the donations were $900,000 through
the foundation’s Qwest Teachers and Technology Grants program,
as well as Internet Safety Helpdesk operated by the
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Despite
the tough times faced by many in 2009 due to the continued
economic downturn, Qwest Communications, its employees and the
Qwest Foundation increased their commitment to community service
by collectively donating more than $10.5 million.