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June 10, AmCham Shanghai, in collaboration with Netspring Social Enterprise, coordinated a second annual Donation Drive event for used electronics.
All the equipment refurbished will be used in “Green IT Classroom” project, helping poverty rural schools to build IT classroom. All the equipment without renewable value will be hand over to qualified environmental manufacturers for disposal.The manufacturers will issue disposal write-off vouchers of waste electronic products designated recycling and environmental protection.
Up to now, we have received used equipment from about 26 companies and individuals via AmCham Donation Drive event. Special thanks to individual contributors: Gary Mi, James T. AREDDY, Jowyn Goh, John T. Touchton, Miles Davison, Manuela Tournier, they brought the equipment directly to our company or sent to us by Express.
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June 8th, Social volunteering in Xingguang Migrant School
On June 8th, Netspring together with Charity Ride organized one fatastic volunteering in Xingguang Migrant School. The charity ride is a ride where the team bring as many sidecars as possible, and try to have them filled up with toys, food, drinks… from sponsors.
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Green IT Classroom Open day in Wujiang!
On the June 5(Thursday, World Environment Day), Netspring held one open day of Green IT Classroom for all the people who are interested in our program and would support social enterprise. The IT classroom is in one migrant school in Wujiang city and was set up in 2013 with the support from Maverlinn Strategic Finance--Maverlinn Green IT Classroom.
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June: Netspring won Rotary Leadership Awards
Netspring has been successfully nominated by the Rotary Club of Shanghai to represent the corporate category at its fourth annual 2014 Rotary Leadership Awards and finally won the awards in June 7. Rotary Awards were created to recognize outstanding individuals and companies as well as nonprofit programs and students that are making significant socially responsible contributions in mainland China. They recognise achievements in the areas of philanthropy, community outreach, volunteer programs, employee initiatives, environmental educational efforts and sustainable community development.
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May-Netspring presented at the Harvard Business School Campaign
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On the June 5(Thursday, World Environment Day), Netspring will hold one open day of Green IT Classroom for all the people who are interested in our program and would support social enterprise. The IT classroom is in one migrant school in Wujiang city and was set up in 2013 with the support from Maverlinn Strategic Finance--Maverlinn Green IT Classroom. Anyone who is interested in the open day can contact Ally(yiqin@netspringworld.com) directly, the deadline will be May 30. Here is the agenda of the open day:
Departure Shanghai about 8:30 and arrive the School at about 9:30.1st part: a simple ceremony(about 30minute). 9:30-10:00
-The principal’s welcome and thanks speech.
-Maverlinn’s speech to present the story of this IT classroom
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Let’s fight against pollution while helping underprivileged Children with Netspring!
---Report for AmCham Donation Drive (2013)
Thanks to AmCham Shanghai, Netspring has received nearly 500 used computers on last year’s Donation Drive event.We successfully refurbish 136 sets of computers, we have supported 8 schools to setup Green IT Classrooms for the underprivileged kids! In total, 3000kg e-waste has been eco-recycled.
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From “NU SKIN Green IT Classroom” to “NU SKIN volunteering platform”
On April 2nd, 2014, NU SKIN China joined hands with Netspring to build the first "NU SKIN Green IT Classroom” in Xingguang Migrant School, located in Fengxian, Shanghai. NU SKIN provided 30 green recycled computers to the school, realizing the children’s dream of using computers in school. This is the another act of love and dedication to education from NU SKIN.
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Netspring is almost two years old! Established in February 2012, our social enterprise has been able to fulfill its promise of protecting the environment and promoting education through the Green IT Classroom project. This project has helped over 20,000 Chinese children and teachers gain access to environmentally-friendly computers, paving the way for them to have a brighter future. Such success could not be achieved without a dedicated and talented staff and volunteers. In any enterprise, its team is its most valued component. At Netspring, we are very lucky.