Recent Volunteer Efforts
DONATIONS FOR THE WOMEN'S CENTER
Members of the SysLogic team came together to support our volunteer partner, The Women's Center of Waukesha. The team packed gift bags full of hair care products and accessories for the women who seek shelter at the center.
The mission of The Women's Center is to provide safety, shelter, and support to empower all impacted by domestic abuse, sexual violence, child abuse, and trafficking. As the only agency of its kind in Waukesha County (spanning 580 square miles), The Women's Center provides a range of life-saving and life-changing programs and services that heal and empower adults and children on their paths to build a future without violence.
HOLIDAY DONATIONS FOR PATHFINDERS
To help Pathfinders get ready for the holidays, SysLogic's team donated a carload gifts and spent the afternoon unloading and organizing an entire moving truck full of donations from local churches.
By the end of the day, the mountains of donations were transformed into orderly piles and moved into storage. The Pathfinders staff selected an assortment of items to present that afternoon to a group of middle schoolers in need. We were happy to be part of the process, and we were moved by the generosity of so many donors in the Milwaukee community.
MILWAUKEE'S HOUR OF CODE
60% of K-12 schools in the U.S. don't teach computer science, according to a recent study. Understanding how to build, use, and explain technology is important no matter what students do when they grow up.
Familiarity with technology can help build kids' confidence while giving them a competitive edge in their future careers.
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts.
SysLogic participated with Northwestern Mutual and organizations in the Milwaukee area to educate youth on computer science. Through Milwaukee's Hour of Code initiative, we worked together across the region with a goal to teach at least one hour of coding to over 1,000 students.
SysLogic partnered with Tonawanda Elementary School in Elm Grove, WI where Christy Pernitzke (Director of Delivery Services) taught a 3rd grade class fun coding activities, including a Dance Party where the students created some funky dance moves. The look on the children's faces was priceless as they learned how to put code blocks together to create a variety of characters, backgrounds, music, and all sorts of dance moves. The activity even enabled them to review the actual, behind-the-scenes code. With the holidays just around the corner, the students also had the opportunity to learn how to code through a festive Grinch activity.
Overall, the initiative was a huge success with the participating organizations teaching computer science to over 4,200 students in the Milwaukee region throughout the week. The SysLogic team looks forward to supporting this event in future years.
BACKPACK COALITION FOR UNITED WAY
The SysLogic team looks forward to supporting the Backpack Coalition each year by providing backpacks and school supplies for students with financial constraints, helping ensure they succeed in school.
Led by United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Counties since 2014, the coalition distributes almost 5,000 backpacks with supplies to students in grades K-12. SysLogic not only collected school supplies and backpacks, but also assisted in turning the Waukesha County Health and Human Services building into a well-aligned backpack distribution center. Furniture was moved and reorganized, and backpacks were moved and organized by grade to provide an easy way for parents and children to pick up backpacks the following morning.
MEALS FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
Members of SysLogic's Delivery Team volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) near Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa to make lunches and snacks for the families staying there.
After a tour of the facility, the team went right to work in the kitchen making sandwiches, salads, wraps, and fruit and vegetable snack bags. The refrigerator was soon filled with grab-and-go food for families of the patients at Children’s Hospital. The Ronald McDonald House is extremely grateful for the hundreds of volunteers who lend a helping hand throughout the year.
SNACK PACKS FOR UNITED WAY
One of the volunteer initiatives United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha Counties offers is packing snack bags for local children who don’t always know where their next meal will come from.
Members of the SysLogic team spent part of their evening packing snack bags for United Way. The team donated the supplies to fill the 75 snack bags with juice boxes, fruit packs, granola bars, crackers, and snack mix. United Way distributes the filled bags to one of their member agencies that is running low.
