In 2006, Accenture's Volunteer Service Awards honored 27 exemplary volunteers and volunteer teams—people who embodied the volunteer spirit in a wide variety of ways.
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Here are just a few examples of our outstanding volunteers:
Ryan O'Donoghue, a Denver-based manager, turned a personal tragedy into an opportunity to help others. When his brother Colin died of cancer at 28, O'Donoghue founded Rise Above It (RAI) with the help of family and friends. RAI provides monetary grants and personal |
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consultation to individuals and families needing immediate assistance in their fight against cancer. In honor of Colin O'Donoghue's positive attitude and belief in enjoying life to the fullest, RAI raises its funds through fun events, such as an annual Super Bowl party. O'Donoghue dedicates much of his free time to organizing and participating in fundraising events, managing the RAI Foundation and coordinating donations to its beneficiaries.
For the last 13 years, Barbara Miller, an employee in our Services workforce in Atlanta, has helped girls and women develop leadership skills through the Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia. She has mentored a troop of Girl Scouts through five different levels of scouting, from Daisy to Senior Scouts. As the girls in her troop matured, they assumed various leadership roles and responsibilities, planning and implementing programs for hundreds of younger Scouts under Miller's guidance. Miller has also mentored the girls in setting long- and short-term goals, writing resumes, investigating potential careers and challenging them to serve their communities—each year, her troop participates in Accenture's Hands On Atlanta Day project. In addition to leading her troop, Miller has also recruited and trained adult volunteers to become Girl Scout leaders for new troops.
When David Metnick, manager, Washington D.C., visited Rwanda on a medical mission, he learned that medical students in the country were often using outdated medical literature or simply didn't have the textbooks they needed. In response, he co-founded Books Without Borders (BWB), a nonprofit organization that provides medical textbooks and literature to medical students in developing countries. In 2006, BWB collected $20,000 worth of medical textbooks, reference materials and current, hardbound medical journals.
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