Category: Volunteers

April 14, 2023 – Today’s Dell group of 8 volunteers processed 20 boxes for us. Thank you DELL-GECS for all your hard work! Pictured, left to right, are Rari, Linda, Stacey, Roman, Lupe, Maria, Michelle and Chris.

March 23, 2023 – Chris Kleiman’s team from Dell volunteered today. This group of 7 completed all 17 of the boxes that we had to work on. The hard working team is pictured, left to right, Jo Scribner, Mita Patel, Ksenia Erig, Bryan Goodwin, Rez Dzneladze, Wallace Ferguson and Bert Hays.

March 3, 2023 – Many thanks to the TSB Finance group at Dell who completed 15 boxes for us today. What a great group of workers! Left to right are Payne, Faith, Kristy, Chi, Landon and Will.

February 17, 2023 – Two Dell groups volunteered today, completing 15 boxes. Volunteers were from two different groups at Dell: AGPP and GCP. Left to right are Val, Shyrla, Amanda, Sam and Janeth.

September 23, 2022 – This new Dell group from Telecom Finance did a great job processing books for us, completing 15 boxes. Thank you once again to Dell and to Faith for organizing the event. Pictured, left to right, are Kristy Bias, Chi Ngo, Payne Ou, Faith Dreibrodt, and Landon Vanadore.

August 12, 2022 – We were grateful for the Dell volunteer group from EUC 2T Delivery for their hard work today. They completed 13 boxes for us. Thanks to Randy for organizing this session. Pictured, left to right, are Christina R., Shawn D., Danny G., Randy M., Deb H. and Sabra L. 

July 29, 2022 – The Dell volunteer group on Friday finished all 13 of the boxes we had to work on. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces from pre-pandemic times. Thank you Dell volunteers for once again helping us out. Pictured back row, left to right, are Maggie, Val, Amanda, Alisa and Patricia. Seated are Shyrla and Wendy.

July 22, 2022 – So wonderful to have this group from Dell preparing books today. They typed labels to put on the pockets and cards that go inside the books, so students can borrow. They finished 17 boxes with approximately 50 books in a box! Way to go Dell volunteers! Pictured, left to righ, are Michael Shroyer, Payton Shroyer, Melissa Jandreski, India Appeleton, Cris Villaneuva, Olivia Villaneuva, Jennifer Lee, and Robbie Curtis.

July 15, 2022 – We are back in business! We had 4 volunteers today – 3 from Dell and a high school student who was the son of one of the workers. We appreciate volunteers Uri, Adam, Reda and Jacquelyn.

Dell volunteers on May 13, 2022
Because of the pandemic, today we had our first Dell group in 28 months.  We are so happy to have their help again. Led by Felicia White they completed 12 boxes for us. Volunteering were Felicia, Patrick, Jim, Mario, Kyle, and Scott.

On Jan. 10, 2020, this group of Dell volunteers finished the last 14 boxes for the 2020 shipment. Thanks to all the Dell groups who have so faithfully helped us this year and each year. Their work is invaluable to us. Pictured, left to right, are Alex, Julia, Pei-Ling, Missy, Sasi, Chris, Sherry, and Naveen.

On Dec. 13, we hosted our final group of Dell volunteers for 2019. Thanks to the volunteers from SDS Finance who completed 15 boxes of books. We really appreciate their help at this busy time of year. Pictured, left to right, are Blake, Nadia, Jo, Dillon, and Uri.

On Nov. 15, we welcomed a new group from Dell P &O Talent Program Mgmt. They completed 13 boxes for us. We are happy to have them join our growing list of Dell volunteers. Pictured left to right are Camila Beltran, Leah Spence, Andress Stanley, Michelle Gonzalez, Pam Osborne, and Lauren Turner

On Nov. 1, these 6 Dell volunteers finished 17 boxes for the 2020 shipment. This is a faithful group of volunteers who work in different business units at Dell. They are so dedicated to Libraries of Love, and we can aways depend on them. Left to right are Cindy, Byron, Shyrla, Amanda, Thang, and Wendy.

A big thanks to Dell RR CCO team for their work on October 18th. They completed 14 boxes. Volunteers, from left, are Rocco Pape, Kristen O’Neal, Ruth Veliz, and Lana Acola. We appreciate their continued support!

On October 4, Team Diaz from Dell returned for another very productive afternoon completing 17 boxes for us. We are grateful for their enthusiastic help! Pictured left to right are Scott, Tony, Julie, Monica, Caitlin, Lisa, Christina, Janna, Darald, and Earl.

On September 27, Dell volunteers from ESI Services completed 13 boxes for our 2020 shipment. We appreciate the group for their hard work. Pictured are, from left, Cyun Gan, Sarah Olow, Stephen Cockrell, Edna Moscheo, Sandra Robinson, and Benoy James.

On August 23, three volunteers from Dell Services End User Computing came to help us prepare books for the 2020 shipment. Thanks to Cathy Bradley, Laura McGovern, and Betty Harris for their wonderful help.

On July 12, this group of volunteers prepared spine labels for books. We appreciate their help. The group was led by Chad Rode. Pictured, left to right, are Shawn Salisbury, Emma Anderson, Yin He, Cale Hawkins, Rhonda Fariss and Chad Rode.

On June 14, this hardworking DFS group from Dell completed 18 boxes. Left to right are Nadia, Kaitlin,Scott, Vickie and Alyssa. We appreciate our Dell volunteers so much. Thank you!

On June 7, The Dell/ EMC AGPP group once again volunteered, completing all 20 boxes we had ready. Thanks to Sean, Jamie, Kelly, Thang, Valerie, Shyrla, Amanda, Cindy, Wendy, and Patricia for being such dependable volunteers. We couldn’t do it without you.

On May 17, these 9 volunteers from Dell Technologies Services Finance, led by Jo Scribner, completed 19 boxes. Thanks to this great group for their hard work. Pictured from left to right are Reda Herbzi, Charles Yeager, Jim Pizzitola, Anthony Barrett, Uri Neiman, Jo Scribner, Campbell Ross, Joey Lazarus, and Aditya Bhattacharya.

On May 3, these  4 volunteers from Dell’s GOFX group completed 12 more boxes for our 2020 shipment. We appreciate your hard work. Pictured are Vijay Raj Yarijarla, Naz Shai, Shawna Blake, and Dave Considine.

On April 26, this Dell GSP group completed 20 boxes, putting us well on our way for the 2020 shipment. Pictured are front: Lance Saunders; middle: BinBin Meng, Julia Hamilton, Bridget Montemayor, Kris D’Amico, Maribel Cisneros, and Michelle Johnson; back: Tom Maher and Travis Flunder. Many thanks to this group of Dell volunteers.

On March 29, Dell’s Team Diaz volunteered. They processed 21 boxes to get us started for the 2020 shipment. Pictured are Monica, Scott, George, Chelsea, Christina, Yvonne, Lisa, Julie, Gracie, Danny, and Janna. We are so appreciative of their hard work and enthusiasm.

On January 25, our faithful volunteers from Dell GPP completed 19 boxes, helping us get very close to finishing the shipment for 2019. Pictured, standing in front of all those completed boxes, are Shyrla, Isela, Wendy, Natasha, Jamie and Patricia. We appreciate their dedication so much.

On January 11, these Dell volunteers completed 13 boxes. Thanks to Edna Moscheo for organizing this great group of volunteers. Pictured left to right are Cyun Gan, Edna Moscheo, Sarah Olow, Sandra Robinson and Cliff Jamison.

Pictured are CCO group volunteers Rocco, Kristen, Lana and Luisa.

Pictured are GPP group volunteers Shyrla, Thang, Diana and Amanda.

On December 14, two groups of Dell volunteers worked together to complete 23 boxes, a tremendous help which we appreciate. Thanks to Dell CCO and GPP groups for their hard work.

On December 7, six workers from Dell’s IT Global Ops completed 14 boxes. Organized by Vijay Raj, he brought 5 new volunteers. We appreciated their help so much! Left to right are Arman, Manish, Vijay Raj, Dave, Naz, and Shawna.

On November 9, a group of 12 volunteers from Dell Configurations Services prepared books for borrowing. They completed 20 boxes for us. We were so grateful to see that big stack of finished boxes! Volunteers were Richard Cooper, Robert Sosa, Raymond Daron, Randy Maynard, Jovan Nikolesko, Sabra Louton, Joel Tacorda, Christina Rattanavong, Amie Rodriquez, Brittany Kennedy, Tara Detweiler, and Harmonic Sullivan (not pictured).

On October 26, a dedicated group of volunteers from Dell’s Americas GPP team prepared books for checking out. The 12 volunteers from left to right are Diana, Grant, Pooja, Tahmira, Wendy, Thang, Sean, Shyrla, Amanda,  and Patricia. Not pictured were Kay and Maggie.  They completed  20 boxes for us!

On October 12, this Dell group organized by Christopher Dykes prepared 9 boxes of books. We were happy to welcome the 3 new volunteers he brought with him. Pictured left to right are Roberto Saeki, Christopher Dykes, Pei-Ling Hua, and Michael Nguyen. Thanks for your support.

On September 28, we welcomed a new group of Dell volunteers from Networking SPMs/Commodities. They completed 14 boxes. We appreciate their service and hope they will return again. Pictured are Tim, Christina, Gerardo, Rindy, Tyson, James, and Brian.

On September 14, the Global Production Planning (GPP) group of 6 completed 14 boxes. From left to right are Arun, Janeth, Amanda, Shyrla, Jamie and Alex. Thanks for your support. We appreciate your volunteerism.

May 18, we had a great group of 12 Dell volunteers from Global Production Planning complete all 23 boxes that we had ready to process. We were delighted to welcome some new volunteers as well as many faithful workers, all led by Shyrla Zapata.

April 27, a group of 9 wonderful volunteers from Dell GCSO led by Bridget Montemayor completed the first 19 boxes for our 2019 shipment. Thanks for all your hard work!

On February 2, Dell volunteers from America’s GPP group led by Shyrla Zapata completed the final 27 boxes for our 2018 shipment. They love to volunteer for us, and we are always so grateful for their help. Shipment to Uganda is tentatively scheduled for the week February 19.

Thanks to the 4 volunteers from the Dell IMO group led by Jo Scribner who worked with us on January 19. We are grateful for their help in completing 15 boxes. As always, we are so appreciative of our faithful Dell volunteers.

Many thanks to Dell CS team for their hard work on November 17. They completed the 18 boxes we had for them. Pictured are, front row: Kristi Cooper, Betty Harris, Harmonie Sullivan, and Sabra Luton. Back row are Bill Kelly, Raymond Duran, Randy Maynard, and Richard Cooper.

Thanks to the six volunteers from Dell IMO who prepared 20 boxes of books on November 3. Pictured, left to right, are Jo Scribner, Chris Kleiman, Victoria Reichman, Kristen Dolbeare, Mike Palmer, and Scott Hayter.

Thanks to the volunteers from Dell GDO Marketing who completed 11 boxes on October 20. Many thanks to Carl, Rebecca, Sofia, Felicia, Andre, and Scott for all their help.

Thanks to Dell volunteers from the Americas GPP group who prepared books on October 6. Led Shyrla Zapata, thet returned for another very productive afternoon,  completing all 21 boxes we had ready for processing. We are so thankful for the continued support from this group.

Thanks to Dell volunteers who prepared books on September 22. They are, from left to right, Kristen O’Neal, Lana Acola, and Rocco Pape.

We had another hard working group of volunteers from Dell this afternoon (September 8). Led by Shyrla Zapata, they completed 27 boxes. Pictured left to right are Wendy, Natasha, Patricia, Kathy, Amanda, Natalie, Zack , Shyrla (seated) and Analicia (not pictured). Thanks to all for a very productive afternoon!

Thanks to the volunteers from Dell Global Eval who prepared books on June 16. They were a hard working group who finished all 23 boxes that we had. Our thanks to Harleen, Meenu, Rhett, Ginger, Diana C, Katie, Stephanie, Brynna, Rohit, Hannah, Carmen, Tripti, and Diana G.

A large group of 12 Dell volunteers prepared books on April 21. They completed 19 boxes, all that we had ready to process. Many thanks to Rebecca Sanchez for organizing the group from Cloud Client Services + Solutions with Steve Lalla SVP+GM

On Friday, April 7, we had our first Dell group processing books for the 2018 shipment.  The volunteers were from Dell’s EUC Configuration  Services, and they completed 14 boxes. Pictured, left to right, are Anna Swanson, Raymond Duran, Olanda Sharp-Buckley, Bill Kelly, Amy Jackson, and Randy Maynard.

The Global Evaluation Programs Team volunteered on February 16. They finished all 15 boxes that we had which satisfied our goal for 2017! Shipping will occur in March. Pictured left to right are Ginger Garner, Stephanie Regas, Brynna Vogel, Diana Garcia, Katie Bennett, Jackie Vallejo, Rhett O’Hara, and Diana Clukey.

America’s GPP group from Dell (10 volunteers) finished 15 boxes on January 27, getting us so close to this year’s goal for 7 libraries in Kenya. Many thanks to this group led by Shyrla Zapata. They are faithful Libraries of Love volunteers.

A group led by Felicia White from Global Dell Outlet processed 15 boxes on January 20. We are getting close to making our goal for 2017’s libraries in Kenya.

These ladies from the Dell M&A group volunteered Nov 20.   From left, are Lydia, Kristen, Cymone, and Jo. Thanks for your enthusiastic support.

Dell Regional Ops Cell Global Materials team volunteered on Nov 13, 2015. We appreciate all the volunteers who keep coming back.

Volunteeers from Dell Corporate Development – the ‘Dream Team’ – stand in front of boxes ready to ship after preparing books on Aug. 28. We are always grateful for the volunteers who make our work in Uganda possible. Thanks, Dell friends.

Thanks to Dell volunteers Andrew Northcutt, Joshua Foo, and Jessica Lam for helping August 14.

Love to hear Dell community volunteers laugh and exclaim as they prepare books: “I read this when I was a kid!” “This was one of my favorite books!” There aren’t words to express our gratitude. Over many years, endless volunteers have typed labels used on pockets and cards so Ugandan students can borrow. Especially nice is that many return over and over.

Thanks to the 6 volunteers from the Dell Sales Ops group who came on January 16 to prepare books for the 2015 libraries. They completed 12 boxes. Yea! Pictured, from left to right, are Kristen Oneal, Rocco Pape, Jason Wenmoth, Sofy Tarud, Anna Montillet, and Vanessa Williams.

Thanks to the volunteer group from Dell Global Custom Solutions & Operations that came to prepare books for the 2015 libraries. We greatly appreciated the continued support of Dell employees and their generosity.

Thanks to the Dell group from the Enterprise SRS Team who volunteered on December 5. Pictured above are Greg Swinney, Joe Roth, Ana Terra, Adriana Hunt, Amanda Mills, and Theo Ulmer. Not pictured is volunteer Margarita Martinez. At left is Angeles Garza working at her station.

Thanks to the volunteers from Dell Financial who came on November 21 to prepare books.

Many thanks to our latest Dell group. Thanks to Lindsey (on the left) for arranging the volunteer time with Libraries of Love.

The Dell Regional Ops group volunteered October 24 and kept us laughing all afternoon as  entering data and typing labels for pockets and cards turned into a competition. A wonderful funny group. They managed to finish 19 boxes of books – now ready for shipping. Thanks for your hard work and good humor.

Thanks to the group from the Dell IT Business Operations Office that volunteered to prepare books on Oct. 10, 2014. Pictured are Jeni, Aileen, Tania, Jennifer, and Chris.

Thanks to the Dell Group of 13 who volunteered on Oct. 6, 2014. Headed by Veronique Phelan, team members were from various parts of the world, including Russia, Ireland, France, German, Slovakia, and America – of course! Hats off to the Dell Services Programs + Operations Team. Many thanks! Special thanks to the incredible Jim and Ellen Matthews, our volunteer coordinators, who work with our groups and keep things running smoothly. They are amazing.

Thanks to the Dell volunteers who prepared books on Oct. 3, 2014. Pictured are Linda, Kris, Bridget, Erik, Stacey, and team leader Randy Jacobs.

Thanks to the volunteers from Dell IT Business Operations who came to prepare books on Sept. 19, 2014. Pictured are Barb, Priyanka, Kimily, Seetha, Niki, Tim, and Bill.

Thanks to Dell volunteers who came to prepare books on Sept. 9, 2014. Pictured are Aravind Mohan, Christopher Dykes, Elisa Guidroz, Marie Alvarez, Kristin Clayton, and Hilari Westfahl.

We had a great Dell group work on May 15. They are returning volunteers who always accomplish so much.  This time they completed 19 boxes, which was all we had. Pictured are James Greren, Shyrla Zapata, Kathy Hicks, Pablo Harrsch, Thang Pham, Michael Bishop, Daniel Rounds, Kristina Phillips, Amanda Zapata,and Diana Watkins. Not pictured was Randy Maynard.

Many thanks to this group of  Dell volunteers who completed 12 boxes on April 10, the first books prepared for the 2016 libraries. Volunteering were Walter Carrion, Pascal Cohen-Hadria, Linda Lu, Bridget Montemayor, Lupe Guzman, Stacey Meyer, and Oralia Perez.