Tag Archives: volunteering

The Intel Education Service Corps (IESC) is a short-term service and career development opportunity for Intel employees to support the deployment of Intel classmate PCs in developing countries. In this blog, Joe Welsh, a pre-sales engineer at Intel, recaps his … Continue reading →

At the recent Net Impact conference in Portland, we hosted a volunteer bike build event for attendees (see Suzanne’s post on how many MBAs it takes to build a bike). The University of Washington chapter of Net Impact brought the … Continue reading →

Sometimes mistakes turn out for the better, even if at first they make us feel ashamed. Last October we organized an Intel Involved activity in Argentina, which consisted in picking up trash from the riverbed of the Ecological Reserve, the … Continue reading →

In 2008, the Intel Involved program was expanded to Brazil with the mission of accomplishing 10 hours of volunteer of each employee. As a sales and marketing office, the steering committee was faced with the challenge of the heavy traffic … Continue reading →

After our week in Quang Tri, it was time to return to Ho Chi Minh City, which most people still call Saigon. The Mercedes passenger van that took us from Hue to the little village was ready to take us … Continue reading →

Quang Tri Province, Thursday September 10 I awoke to a warm sunrise at 5:45 AM on Thursday, and soon after, the sound of truck horns blasting on the main highway through town permeated the air. A quick breakfast of Pho, … Continue reading →

Things have been busy since my last blog, where you will recall, I had just arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. It was late, and I was ready for sleeping off some jet lag. The plan was to meet for … Continue reading →

After a long day spent traveling, I am writing this from my hotel room in Saigon, before trying to get some sleep. I took the Super Shuttle from my home in San Jose to SFO around 9AM Monday, with one … Continue reading →

San Jose, California This is the first of several blogs on an adventure I am about to take with several of my Intel colleagues, as part of the Intel Educational Services Corps. (See the Introduction blog of the IESC from … Continue reading →

One of the things that I love about working at Intel is the support and encouragement provided for employees to volunteer at local schools and non-profits. Truth be told, I would probably volunteer regardless of the support I get from … Continue reading →