Intel CommunITy Chest set to break records

"Our intention with this year's Intel CommunITy Chest charity drive is to break our previous records and bring a lot of joy to those in need," says Delia Griggs, country marketing manager for Intel South Africa.

Held every year, Intel CommunITy Chest collects the unused promotional items such as clothing and stationery from companies and individuals in the IT industry and distributes them to charities.

Says Griggs: "Last year the charity drive collected almost 4 000 items, three times more than in 2005, and distributed them to The Salvation Army and the Bosele Dawn Drop-in Centre in Bela Bela.

"However, we would like to set the bar even higher this year and encourage our channel partners and everyone within the IT industry to look deep into the backs of cupboards, drawers, storerooms and closets for those promotional goodies that are piling up unused, and to drop them off at the various collection points that have been established."

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Few people realise that goods such as clothing, stationery, printers and such are desperately needed by charities. Rather than letting them go to waste, donating them to the people who can really make use of them makes complete sense.

This year's CommunITy Chest will run from Monday 17 September until the end of November with an increased number of collection points situated at the offices of Annex, Axiz, Corex, Esquire, Intel, Lightedge, Mustek, Pinnacle Micro, Rectron and Sahara in Johannesburg. There will also be a collection chest on the Intel stand at rAge over the weekend of 28 to 30 September at the Coca-Cola Dome.

Adds Griggs: "Such donations do make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate and provide all of us with an opportunity to do a bit of good."