Social Awareness
Joysco is committed to social responsibility that are tightly integrated into our culture and business. Our business practices always seeking ways to better improve economic progress and social development to ensure a better quality of life for current and future generations.
We encourage actions on a variety of pro-social actions that improve productivity and financial stability to our partners, employees, audience, stakeholders and communities alike.
We demonstrate our commitment to social responsibility by providing products and services that improve value, in terms of productivity, innovation and creativity. On a smaller scale, we contribute to the economic and social well-being of our partners, stakeholders and the local communities in which we are involved. On a larger scale, we are involved in regional, national and international development. And we invite you to join us in this journey.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties has been providing services to the community for 35 years.Second Harvest Food Bank is the single largest nonprofit provider of food to low-income households in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and are the seventh largest food bank in the country. They provide food to an average of 176,000 individuals each month. Of those they serve, 67% are families with children and 12% are senior citizens.
Last year, they provided 34.6 million pounds of food to those in need through their network of 328 nonprofit agencies at 1,051 distribution sites. As a leader in the community, They go beyond food assistance and operate community nutrition programs and a multilingual toll free hotline where callers can learn how to access the food programs in their neighborhoods. They work with lawmakers to advocate for policy changes and strive to eliminate hunger and its root causes.
Website: http://www.secondharvestfood.org/
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Devil Pups is an non-profit organization designed to help boys and girls from all backgrounds gain self-confidence and learn to take responsibility for their actions. Devil Pups is not a Marine Corps sponsored program. The program is not a “mini boot camp” para-military or recruiting organization for the Marine Corps. Encampment Commanders are employees of Devil Pups, Inc.
About the Nonprofit Commons
Nonprofit Commons consists of three virtual locations (sims), with a fourth underway. Housing over 70 social benefit organizations, the Nonprofit Commons is managed by a community of volunteers, under the leadership of TechSoup Global: http://www.techsoup.org.Nonprofit Commons was designed to lower the barriers of access to Second Life, to create a community of practice for nonprofits to explore and learn about the virtual world, and to investigate the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize this unique environment.
Through this community, we provide free office space to qualifying groups, meet and network, create a cooperative learning environment and foster outreach, education, fund-raising, all in a virtual space. Our focus is on providing an accessible entry-point to Second Life and on creating a community of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) for effective collaboration and support. We believe that Second Life is a wonderful place not just to entertain, but also to educate, inspire, and work together to assist our fellow avatars (and the humans behind them). You do not have to be a resident of the Nonprofit Commons to get involved with our community. We welcome all who wish to join us as partners, collaborators or supporters.
Nonprofit Commons1 sim was donated by Anshe Chung Studios and Nonprofit Commons2 sim donated by TakingIT Global. The third Nonprofit Commons location, EcoCommons, was developed in partnership with OneWorld/OneClimate specifically for environmentally-oriented organizations. Our fourth sim will be focused on health-related nonprofits.
Members of Nonprofit Commons meet each Friday at 8:30 PST/SLT at Plush Nonprofit Commons Ampitheater. Visitors are always welcome to join us in making a difference one pixel at a time.
Nonprofit Commons logo designed by Joysco Studio.
*There are two SL groups - "TechSoup.org" and "Nonprofit Commons". Join the TechSoup.org group in Second Life. The nonprofit commons group is a residents-only group and will only accept residents of the nonprofit commons community.
*The in-world TechSoup group is an open group for nonprofits in SL. This was our initial group and it’s very large. If you want to send announcements to the larger nonprofit community in SL, or to broadcast messages about whatever activities you are having in SL, please feel free to use this TechSoup group for that purpose. You do not need to be a resident to post to this group.
* We have a community of nonprofits in Second Life and hold regular weekly meetings every Friday from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. PST. If you're curious about our Second Life, but are unsure about getting involved, our meetings are a great place to meet others in the community and get a sense of the work we do.
* For more information on what we are doing in Second Life, please visit our community blog: http://www.nonprofitcommons.org and wiki at http://npsl.wikispaces.com
* Join our discussion group at http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life. This Google group is also good for all announcements and discussions. It is more of a free-for-all about nonprofits in SL.
*There are many images of us at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/npsl/
*We save items on the web (blog articles, news, relevant links) under the tag NPSL. Use this for del.icio.us and technorati tagging. This tag is fed into our blog.
*Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/npsl
*Add Nonprofit Commons to your Second Life profile picks
*For more information on obtaining virtual office space in the Nonprofit Commons, please see: http://npsl.wikispaces.com/Tenant+Waiting+List
*If you have any questions, IM Glitteractica Cookie or Penguin Kuhn in-world.
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