Impact at Work Employee Volunteer Spotlight: May Chen

This holiday season, we’re spotlighting May Chen, one of our inspiring employee volunteers from Fidelity Investments. May has now volunteered on two skills-based volunteering projects, where she helped develop a Salesforce community application for Citizen Schools and an IT assessment and strategic roadmap with Metrocrest Services. Throughout both projects, May has been an incredible team player and is extremely dedicated to developing the most effective deliverable for her nonprofit partners.

Volunteer Program Connects Underserved Students with Practical Science

A memory popped up on my Facebook feed this morning of an event five years ago today at Neal Middle School in Durham.

Students gathered in the gym to make contact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Astronaut Nancy Currie was there to share her experiences living in space, and students asked questions of Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the station.

Media CoverageWhitney BuckleyApril 26, 2017tony rice, emc, cisco, biogen, Fidelity Investments, NASA

Congratulations to the Presidential Volunteer Service Award Winners!

Elissa SpinnerJune 21, 2016apprenticeships, Bank of America, Biogen Idec, Cisco, Citizen Teacher, Cognizant, Fidelity Investments, Google, Microsoft, Volunteer

Congratulations to the Presidential Volunteer Service Award Winners!

Alfredo PadillaAugust 11, 2015apprenticeships, Bank of America, Biogen Idec, Cisco, Citizen Teacher, Cognizant, Fidelity Investments, Google, Microsoft, Volunteer

Thanks to Our 20 Extraordinary Citizens!

Alfredo PadillaMay 12, 2015Biogen Idec, Cisco, Cognizant, Fidelity Investments

Announcing 20 Extraordinary Citizens

Alfredo PadillaMarch 9, 2015Biogen Idec, Cisco, Cognizant, Fidelity Investments

Citizen Teachers Making an Impact

New YorkAlfredo PadillaFebruary 4, 2015citizen t, Fidelity Investments, New Jersey

Congratulations to the 2014 Presidential Volunteer Service Award Winners!

Massachusetts, New York, CaliforniaAlfredo PadillaAugust 18, 2014apprenticeship, Bank of America, Cisco, Citizen Teacher, Cognizant, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Deloitte, EMC, Fidelity Investments, Google, Massachusetts Youth Rugby, Microsoft, Prudential Investments, WilmerHale, Volunteer

Forbes - Breaking Good: Transcending The Good For Others/Good For Me Tradeoff

Happiness is good. Actually it’s found in the pursuit of three goods: good for others, good at it, good for me. Even better, a study by the University of Vermont on Citizen Schools‘ impact has shown that this is not an either/or situation. You can pursue what is good for others, what you’re good at, and what is good for you all at the same time

Citizen Teachers Build Skills While Teaching Skills

Dr. David Jones is a professor of management in the School of Business at the University of Vermont. My first exposure to Citizen Schools was in Spring 2012 when I agreed to conduct an independent assessment of how serving as a volunteer Citizen Teacher might affect employee volunteers in ways that benefit both them and their employer. Through my work with Citizen Schools, I’ve seen first-hand the dramatic impact that Citizen Teachers can have on young minds, exposing middle school students across the country to new experiences and opportunities in a variety of careers.