Community Support: Related News
- Komen North Texas Race, Other Fund-Raisers Feature EDSers’ Triumphs (26 Jun 2008)
- The 18th annual event on 7 June 2008 drew more than 12,000 runners and walkers to EDS' Plano, Texas headquarters, which provided much of the 5K's route and the venue for survivors' and awards ceremonies.
- EDS Extends Commitment to Remain Title Sponsor of EDS Byron Nelson Championship Through 2014 (23 Apr 2008)
- PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced it has extended its commitment as title sponsor of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship with the sponsorship now running through 2014. This is the second early extension agreed to between EDS and the Salesmanship Club of Dallas since EDS became title sponsor in 2003. Financial terms of the extension were not disclosed.
- EDS Volunteers Reach Out to the Community During Global Volunteer Day (11 Oct 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – During the month of October, thousands of EDS employees in 24 countries and 36 U.S. states are dedicating their time and talents to contribute to their communities through the company's annual Global Volunteer Day program. This year's theme is “Think outside the cube. Volunteer,” which reflects the initiative and energy employees give back to those in need.
- Community Champions: EDS Donates Used Equipment To Help Needy Children In Africa (24 Aug 2007)
- Underprivileged children in Africa can gain technical skills toward a better future, thanks to EDS and Digital Pipeline, a United Kingdom charity.
- EDSers Support Susan G. Komen for the Cure at North Texas, National Races (30 Jul 2007)
- The Susan G. Komen North Texas Race for the Cure has broken another record after thousands of walkers and runners converged on EDS’ global headquarters in Plano, Texas.
- EDS Online Auctions Raise More Than $100,000 For Charity (19 Jul 2007)
- PLANO, Texas – The online auctions of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship custom chopper, built by the world-renowned Orange County Choppers (OCC), and a one-of-a-kind OCC-themed pinball machine raised more than $85,000 for Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers (SCYFC), the children’s charity associated with the Championship.
- EDS Announces Enhancement of $100K Grant to Help Military Families With Further $90K Donation (28 Jun 2007)
- OTTAWA, Ontario – Recognizing the significant pressures that face Canadian military families, EDS has built on its $100K grant and brought in some of its key suppliers for an additional $90,000 donation to the Chief Of the Defence Staff Military Families Fund.
- EDS Celebrates 45 Years of Growth, Innovation (27 Jun 2007)
- In the 1960s, COBOL computer language was nascent, magnetic tapes and punch cards were mainstream technology, and it took 12 flat bed trucks to carry a computer with only 64 kilobytes of memory.
- Community Champions: Top Gun Volunteers Bring Technical Skills To Children's Miracle Network (21 Mar 2007)
- Some of the children are cancer patients. Some have pediatric AIDS. Others need heart or lung transplants. No matter the medical challenge, about 17 million youngsters are treated each year at Children's Miracle Network hospitals in the United States and Canada.
- EDS To Sponsor Nobel Prize Series (21 Mar 2007)
- PLANO, Texas and Stockholm, Sweden – EDS today announced that it has signed a sponsorship agreement with Nobel Media to become a Global Sponsor of the Nobel Prize Series, and with Nobel Web to become its Global Technology Services Partner. The three-year agreement will enable EDS to apply its technology expertise for the benefit of the Nobel Prize Series and the organization's Web technologies, including supporting the development of content on nobelprize.org, Nobel's award-winning website.
- EDS Recognized For Decade of Support of Hoop Dreams (12 Mar 2007)
- EDS received the inaugural Corporate Champion Award from the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund (HDSF) at the organization's 10th anniversary celebration, held Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C.
- EDS Helps BreastCare Program Fight Cancer (30 Nov 2006)
- EDS has helped the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health, with pioneering their BreastCare program since 1999. Since that time, the program, which manages more than 128,000 calls per year, has provided services to more than 39,000 women.
- EDS Kicks Off Global Volunteer Day (06 Oct 2006)
- PLANO, Texas – Thousands of EDS employees are getting ready to reach out to communities in 24 countries to improve the lives of others in need. The theme for the 2006 EDS Global Volunteer Day campaign, Hearts and Hands at Work,” captures the caring and dedicated attitude of EDS people.
- EDS To Continue Supporting Arkansas BreastCare Program (15 Aug 2006)
- EDS has been awarded a contract to continue providing information technology services for a vital Arkansas program that helps low-income women receive healthcare.