NetScout, the San Francisco 49ers and Other Bay Area Businesses Join
a Fundraising Event in Support of Fresh Lifelines for Youth
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 1, 2015--
NetScout
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a market leader in service assurance
solutions, today announced that we once again teamed up with Fresh
Lifelines for Youth (FLY) to support FLY’s mission of preventing
juvenile crime and incarceration through legal education, leadership
training, and one-on-one mentoring.
NetScout was a “Thrive” sponsor for the third year in a row at FLY’s
recent fundraising event, Taste of FLY. NetScout employees and customers
at the event found inspiration as FLY youth shared their personal and
inspiring journeys, and FLY Founder and Chief Executive Officer Christa
Gannon shared her vision, as well as recognized a few amazing
volunteers. The evening started with a cooking demonstration by a local
celebrity chef, featured participation from several former San Francisco
49ers, and ended with a live auction featuring original artwork created
by FLY youth, which created an opportunity to support critical FLY
needs. This tasty event celebrated FLY’s youth, their accomplishments,
their promise, and the bright future that awaits them.
“This is such an impactful program that pulls together our company, our
customers, and our community to all get involved and support FLY’s
vision that disadvantaged youth can transform from juvenile delinquents
into positive community leaders. FLY’s unique programs and
outcome-driven approach connect so well with not only our company’s
philanthropic philosophy and focus, but also our history of innovation,”
said Stuart Lee, director of sales at NetScout and FLY board member.
Azar Khansari Silver, also a FLY board member and corporate counsel at
NetScout, added, “For less than 1/10 the cost of confinement, FLY works
with youth to help prevent further juvenile crime and incarceration. FLY
believes that all youth deserve to be more than their past mistakes, and
their unique approach in working with at-risk youth has proven to be a
recipe for success.”
“NetScout’s support has helped enable FLY to grow and serve more youth
in the Bay Area. We are currently in the process of expanding our
programs into Alameda and San Francisco counties in the coming year, and
we are so grateful that NetScout is an important part of our FLY family
of supporters that is so critical in helping us get there,” stated
Christa Gannon, founder and chief executive officer of FLY.
About Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) is an award winning non-profit dedicated
to breaking the cycle of violence, crime and incarceration of teens.
Through FLY’s unique and powerful combination of programs — legal
education, leadership training, and one-on-one mentoring —youth get off
probation, engaged in school, and back on track with their lives. Each
year, FLY helps more than 2,000 youth who are part of the juvenile
justice system or are “at-risk” of entering the system to develop
important life skills like empathy, problem solving and anger management
in order to gain an understanding and respect for a legal system that
previously only seemed punitive. FLY youth are also connected with
positive adult role models whose support and guidance help them realize
their potential and set goals for their future. For more information
about FLY, visit www.flyprogram.org.
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. Visit www.netscout.com.
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Source: NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc.
Donna Candelori, +1-408-571-5226
Donna.Candelori@netscout.com
or
W2O
Group
Brooke Shenkin, +1-212.301-7202
bshenkin@w2ogroup.com
or
Fresh
Lifelines for Youth
Lisa Clark, + 408-263-2630
lisa@flyprogram.org