During this week I participated in Lilly Day of Service. In my case with members of my team we cleaned the parkland area near a river,. This involved weeding, cutting branches and removing items dumped in these areas.
From my recollection this was the first time in nearly ten years (really) since I last did any gardening. It was clearly 'physical' work but in the simplicity was a great day to work as a 'team' as there are no hierarchy or management levels in these exercises. Indeed you can observe the team members with natural leadership skills as well as see the drive & energy of individual's.
But was what the intention of Lilly Day of Service? I'm sure there are multiple reasons....but I found a great quote that sums up my feelings:
“Hands that give also receive”
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David,
We also recently had a second day of service at Serena where we gave back to the children. In total we have over 300 employees participate in (at least!) seven countries around the world. At the Serena TAG Conference in September, there will be a day of Master Mashups that will be developed and hosted by Serena for Non Profit organizations. As a customer, your team is invited to come to TAG.
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