#FridayforGood: Get out and do

For those of us who pass by shelters, schools, senior centers and other community organizations daily without really understanding their reach or impact, a day devoted to working side by side is a wonderful way to build lasting relationships and deeper engagement with these worthy groups. That day for us is #FridayforGood.

Here’s how our most recent day of community service, which took place November 1, looked from a number of perspectives:

For this round, our employees around the U.S. engaged in a wide range of activities to connect with local communities.

@TwitterSF

• Donated 39 pints of blood to @RedCrossBayArea.
• Made 3,455 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for donation through Food Runners.
• Boxed 3,300 of pounds of food at @FoodBankSF.
• Paired 100 students from @VYDC, @BGCsf, @HOMEYsf and others with an employee to job-shadow for the day, giving the kids a firsthand idea of what it’s like to work at a tech company.
• Served hundreds of meals throughout the day at @Glidesf, @LarkinStreet @ProjectOpenHand and @StAnthonysf.
• Read aloud, assisted teachers and played with kids at two elementary schools and two youth organizations including @CityImpact and Tenderloin Community School.
• Helped third graders write and publish a book with the writing studio @826valencia.

@TwitterDC

• Cooked food and served 80 women through @NStreetVillage, a resource for homeless and low-income women in the Washington, D.C. area.

  Twitter DC’s first #fridayforgood @nstreetvillage! pic.twitter.com/ZcyvqimNIR

  — Twitter DC ( @TwitterDC) November 1, 2013

@TwitterNYC

• Helped run a pajama drive for children at Ronald McDonald House (@RMHnewyork).

@TwitterBoston

• Sorted a plethora of cradle donations at Cradles to Crayons (@C2Cboston), which supports homeless and low-income children with everyday essentials.

@TwitterSeattle

• Boxed 4,800 pounds of pasta at @NWHarvest, a hunger relief agency.