The NETSCOUT Heart of Giving Community Program Awards $10K Grant to
Catie’s Closet
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 21, 2017--
NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of business
assurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity,
and business intelligence solutions, today announced its Heart of Giving
community program awarded its third grant through the Greater Lowell
Community Foundation Center for Business Philanthropy. The annual grant
program builds relationships with nonprofit organizations and engages
employees in learning about service opportunities in the communities of
Greater Lowell and Burlington, Massachusetts. This grant was awarded to
Catie’s Closet based in Dracut, MA, which provides clothing and
toiletries to children in need through “closets” located in 37 schools
in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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Left to right: George Duane, Karen McCloskey, Andy Sicard, Jay Linnehan executive director at Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Mickey Cockrell executive director at Catie’s Closet, Stephen Swidrak, Joanna Fleming, Mark Gosselin, George Nugent deputy executive director Greater Lowell Community Foundation. (Photo: Business Wire)
“The mission of Greater Lowell Community Foundation is to connect
philanthropic businesses and individuals to the needs of their
communities, and it’s a pleasure working with NETSCOUT to bring
philanthropy into the workplace with this innovative grant process,”
said Jay Linnehan, executive director, Greater Lowell Community
Foundation. “Giving back to the community in which it operates amplifies
a company’s greater purpose and NETSCOUT demonstrates a tangible
commitment to supporting important local causes.”
“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 actively serve our
communities through our Heart of Giving program,” said Michael Szabados,
chief operating officer at NETSCOUT. “Our employees selected Catie’s
Closet as this year’s grant recipient to further their mission to boost
students’ self-esteem and motivate them to attend school and focus on
their education. We look forward to participating in various service
opportunities over the coming year.”
Catie’s Closet executive director Mickey Cockrell said, “Positive change
happens in our communities when communities are invested in the change.
NETSCOUT is renowned for their outreach and we are so thrilled to be the
recipient of this year’s Heart of Giving grant award. Thousands of
children will see a new closet in their school this year and the best
part is that it supports all future students in need, year after year.”
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, and participating in onsite work sessions with the
Greater Lowell Community Foundation, employees have the opportunity to
learn how nonprofits are addressing important issues in the community.
From 25 grant submissions, 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 was awarded by NETSCOUT employees to
Catie’s Closet, which will put those funds to good use opening a new
school closet and partnering with NETSCOUT employees on other service
projects.
The NETSCOUT Heart of Giving corporate philanthropy program includes
disaster relief, community service projects, non-profit board service,
employee matching gifts and corporate charitable contributions.
About the Greater Lowell Community Foundation
The Greater
Lowell Community Foundation is a philanthropic organization
comprised of over 350 funds, currently totaling over $32 million, which
is dedicated to improving the quality of life in 20 neighboring cities
and towns.
The Community Foundation annually awards grants and scholarships to
hundreds of worthy nonprofits and students, and is powered by the
winning combination of donor-directed giving, personal attention from
its staff, and an in-depth understanding of local needs. The generosity
of our donors has enabled the Community Foundation to award more than
$11 million to the Greater Lowell Community since 1999.
About Catie’s Closet
Catie’s
Closet converts an unused room within a school into a safe space
where a student living in poverty can choose, free of charge, the
clothing and basic necessities that help them walk confidently back into
their classroom. The organization is dedicated to improving school
attendance and graduation rates by removing barriers that prevent
students from coming to school.
The organization currently supports 26,000 students with 37 closets in
Massachusetts and New Hampshire with a distribution center in Dracut,
Massachusetts.
About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a leading provider of business
assurance – a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity,
and business intelligence 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 www.netscout.com
or follow @NETSCOUT on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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