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FeatureTel Launches Program to Support DonorsChoose.org Giving ProgramSep 09, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- FeatureTel, offering hosted VoIP business telephone service over private networks, recently launched an employee engagement philanthropy program benefiting DonorsChoose.org, a non-profit organization that allows donors to support specific school classroom projects. According to a release, each month FeatureTel employees select a local school classroom project to be funded by FeatureTel. In August, FeatureTel Account Manager Susan Bowser selected the Moving Math Mathematicians project for a classroom at Adams Elementary School in Cary, N.C. Founder and CEO Paul Levering, said, "We were looking for a way to involve our employees in our philanthropy. Engaging them in the selection of DonorsChoose projects was a perfect fit. We also liked the idea of supporting a range of students and projects, and keeping it local at the same time. "We know when it comes to serving our customers, the small things we do can have a big impact," he added. "It's not unlike what the team at DonorsChoose.org does -- funding one project at a time can make a big difference to a classroom of kids and their learning potential." Public school teachers post project-funding requests on DonorsChoose.org the site. Donors search for projects to fund by specific state, city, county, district and school. Requests range from pencils for a poetry-writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class and more. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |