At Lone Wolf, one of our core values is ‘Together’. For us, ‘Together’ means working as a team to reach our goals. It means growing alongside our clients and becoming better together. But ‘Together’ also takes on a bigger meaning: it means doing whatever we can to help our neighbors and our community.
One way we try to help our community is by partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Waterloo Region (BBBSWR) is an organization that provides mentorship to children and youth that experience cultural and socioeconomic marginalization. In 2017, we were very honored to be nominated by BBBSWR for the David Borges Outstanding Community Involvement Award. BBBSWR shared:
Knowing that we have a dedicated corporate partner like Lone Wolf that we can count on allows us to plan for our programs... The company, along with all of their staff, are so community-minded and truly believe in supporting mentoring programs for youth in need.
We deeply care about growing together with our community and are thankful to BBBSWR for the nomination. More importantly, we are extremely grateful to BBBSWR for the opportunities they provide our local youth every day.
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Code.org is a non-profit that provides women and underrepresented minorities with access to computer science. With Code.org, there are opportunities to give teachers the resources and knowledge they need to teach computer science to K-12 students, particularly in regions with little to no opportunity to study computer science. We’ve recently donated $10,000 to Code.org in support of this mission, and have also committed to participate in the ‘Hour of Code’. This program brings children to leading technology offices around the world, giving them access to training and education that they would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience. Patrick Arkeveld, President and CEO of Lone Wolf explains:
We're thrilled to contribute to this great initiative. Code.org is a fantastic organization and their mission is especially relevant right now. The tech industry suffers from a gender gap and lack of diversity, and improving access to computers and sharing our own knowledge will go a long way to addressing this disparity.
We all have a role to play in shaping the world of tomorrow and I'm proud that we're doing our part to make it a better place for all.
We are grateful that organizations like Code.org are providing these opportunities to women and minority groups. Doing so gives more and more people the ability to choose a career in technology, and helps level the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) playing field.
