The NETSCOUT Heart of Giving Community Program Awards $10K Grant to
Help Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program Implement “Growing
for Life” Initiative
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 21, 2016--
NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:NTCT), a market leader in service assurance
and cybersecurity solutions, today announced its Heart of Giving
community program awarded its second grant through the Greater
Lowell Community Foundation Center for Business Philanthropy. The
grant program builds relationships with nonprofit organizations, and
engages employees in learning about service opportunities in their own
communities of Greater Lowell and Lawrence. The grant was awarded to
Megan’s House, a Lowell residential substance abuse treatment and
recovery home for young women.
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From Left to Right: Karen McCloskey, NETSCOUT, Linda Mirasolo, NETSCOUT, Kim Hampson, NETSCOUT, Beth Foley, NETSCOUT, Tim Grover, Founder of Megan's House, June Nugent, Jay Linnehan, Executive Director of Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Stephen Swidrak, NETSCOUT. (Photo: Business Wire)
“The mission of Greater Lowell Community Foundation is to connect
businesses and individuals to the needs of their communities, and we are
pleased to partner with NETSCOUT on an innovative grant process where
NETSCOUT brings philanthropy into the workplace, and encourages
employees to learn about – and participate in – the nonprofit network,”
said Jay Linnehan, executive director of Greater Lowell Community
Foundation.
“Through NETSCOUT’s Heart of Giving program, we have been able to
support and encourage our employees to build strong relationships with
nonprofits in our community,” said Michael Szabados, chief operating
officer and president enterprise business unit 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. One such example of this is Megan’s
House. The mission of Megan’s House resonated with our employees as they
recognized the impact this organization can have in the community. We
are pleased to work with them over the coming year.”
Megan's House Founder Tim Grover said, "Along with the various services
Megan's House offers to combat addiction, we also work to teach the
residents life skills that will help them grow to become strong,
independent women when they eventually graduate our program and move on
to the next step in their journey. The garden project is an important
part of that process. Through the generosity of NETSCOUT and the Greater
Lowell Community Foundation, this project can now become reality."
The Grant Process
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, the grant process was a learning experience for
employees. Three finalists were selected and invited to NETSCOUT
corporate headquarters 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 presentations were live
streamed to employees in NETSCOUT’s local offices in Westford and
Burlington. The grant of $10,000 awarded by NETSCOUT attracted 35 grant
proposals, more than double the amount from the first year. Award
recipient Megan’s House will put those funds to good use creating a
community garden and sitting area, as well as partnering with NETSCOUT
employees on other projects during the year.
The NETSCOUT Heart of Giving corporate social responsibility program is
comprehensive and includes 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 resource 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 Megan’s House
The Megan House Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated
with the intention to help the Merrimack Valley community and
surrounding areas establish a comprehensive plan to provide and
facilitate substance abuse treatment services for people in need. The
first home, Megan’s House, was opened to the community in October 2015.
Megan’s House is a long-term residential substance abuse treatment and
recovery home for women between the ages of 18 and 26.
About NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:NTCT) is a market leader in real-time
service assurance and cybersecurity solutions for today’s most demanding
service provider, enterprise and government networks. NETSCOUT’s
Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) technology continuously monitors the
service delivery environment to identify performance issues and provides
insight into network-based security threats, helping teams to quickly
resolve issues that can cause business disruptions or impact user
experience. NETSCOUT delivers unmatched service visibility and protects
the digital infrastructure that supports our connected world. To learn
more, visit http://www.netscout.com.
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