May 2023 Branch Stories

Story from Kevin Li - Bellarmine Branch

The most significant contributing factors to this month's success were our two partners SuperMicro and ServiceNow. SuperMicro is a computer server manufacturing company in the Bay Area and they have contributed over 3000 batteries since last year. Another partner is ServiceNow, a software company my dad works at. We reached out to their VP in charge of workspace last year to discuss the possible partnership through emails. But after the initial enthusiasm, we haven't got any response since then. This year my dad moved to a new building, and he happens to sit next to its facility manager. As expected, person-to-person communication is far more effective than emails. When my dad brought up the topic of the possible partnership, she happily agreed. We then collected 770 batteries from this newly established partner. 

Story from David Chiang - Cerritos High Branch

The Emerald Isle Senior Apartments manager Shanon told us that some residents were eager to help donate batteries to help the environment. They told us that they appreciated what we did and wanted to help by donating even more.