The NetScout Heart of Giving Community Program Awards Grant of $10K
to Help Organic Farm Gaining Ground Supply Fresh Produce for Local
Hunger Relief Efforts
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2015--
NetScout
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a market leader of service assurance
solutions, today announced that its Heart
of Giving community program became the first partner of the Greater
Lowell Community Foundation, Center for Business Philanthropy, for
the purpose of building relationships with nonprofits and engaging
employees in learning about issues and opportunities in their own
community of Greater Lowell and Lawrence.
“Since the mission of Greater Lowell Community Foundation is to connect
businesses and individuals to the needs of their communities, we worked
on an innovative grant process where NetScout employees would identify,
listen to, and select a nonprofit partner,” said Susan Winship,
executive director, Greater Lowell Community Foundation. “We encourage
businesses and their employees to initiate projects and build volunteer
teams to create positive change in their own communities, and Gaining
Ground, an organic farm in Concord MA that supplies local food
pantries and soup kitchens with fresh produce, is the first grant
recipient of NetScout’s entry into this process with us.”
“Through Heart of Giving we have been able to support and encourage our
employees to build strong relationships with organizations in our
community,” said Michael Szabados, chief operating officer of NetScout.
“With corporate philanthropy at the heart of the culture at NetScout, we
strive to grow our local community presence, leverage our technology
resources and encourage our talented employees to join new programs to
serve and maintain our communities.”
The Grant Process
The grant process was a learning experience for employees; from reading
a grant proposal to learning about the organizations in the community
and filtering through the worthy applications in order to select the
finalists. Three finalists were selected and invited to NetScout to
share how their organizations would best serve the community, how they
would use the grant funds, and their ideas for employee community
service projects. The grant of $10K awarded by NetScout attracted 16
grant proposals, and the partner organization was selected from a vote
made by over 100 employees. Award recipient Gaining Ground will put
those funds to good use making some much needed greenhouse repairs as
well as partnering with NetScout employees on other projects during the
year.
The NetScout Heart of Giving efforts include disaster relief, community
service projects, non-profit board service, employee matching gifts and
corporate charitable contributions.
About Greater Lowell Community Foundation
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation fosters community growth and
development through funding, leadership, and collaboration to transform
the lives of the individuals and organizations we serve. We fulfill this
mission in the following ways: grant giving to nonprofit organizations,
high-school scholarships, and special funding initiatives; working in
partnership with our donors and other funders to achieve high impact
philanthropy; and serving as a convener and center of information where
ideas are shared, to leverage common agendas and resources in the future.
The Foundation leverages the philanthropic spirit of citizens, families,
corporations and nonprofits to best meet the challenges of changing
times. The generosity of our donors has enabled the Community Foundation
to award more than $7.5 million to the Greater Lowell Community since
1999.
About Gaining Ground
Gaining Ground grows organic produce for hunger relief with help from
volunteers of all ages and abilities. By giving all of the food away –
for free – Gaining Ground can focus on meeting the needs of volunteers
and the emergency food programs supported. In 2014, 3 farmers on 7 acres
worked with 2200 volunteers to grow over 57,000 pounds of organic
produce distributed to 10 hunger relief partner organizations within 20
miles of the farm.
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT) is the market leader in service
assurance solutions that enable enterprise and service provider
organizations to assure the quality of the user experience for business
and mobile services. NetScout technology helps these organizations
proactively manage service delivery and identify emerging performance
problems, helping to quickly resolve issues that cause business
disruptions or negatively impact users of information technology.
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