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An important part of the fabric of MATRIX Resources is giving our time, talents, energy, and resources to worthwhile causes in our communities and society.
MATRIX supports community-based programs and organizations that address educational, cultural, and social issues affecting the quality of life where we work and live. Our commitment is aligned with the same spirit that drives our dedication to helping others.
Our employees are a key element in our outreach. Our heritage of service is encouraged throughout our company as it enhances our employees' morale and strengthens their skills, as well as serves vital needs in our communities.
Our philanthropic endeavors span a range of important causes and issues.
MATRIX 2008 College Scholarships
The people of MATRIX know that great companies do not become great existing in a vacuum. Our success and our future are based on more than performance and financial achievement. They are dependent upon our character as an organization. Character which compels us to become active participants in the communities in which we operate. And it inspires us to invest in the future. The MATRIX College Scholarship program reflects our investment in the young people who will become tomorrow's leaders.
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 MATRIX and Habitat for Humanity
In April 2008, 40 people from the MATRIX Atlanta Staffing Division took on two shifts at a Habitat for Humanity house in downtown Atlanta to help get a home back on schedule. The work involved outside painting, carpentry and landscaping. The day was filled with a combination of solid teamwork and a strong sense of accomplishment in giving back to our Atlanta community.
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MATRIX Helps Race for the Cure
  Kudos to all the 2007 MATRIX Atlanta runners and walkers who got up very early Saturday morning to participate in the KomenŽ Race for the Cure in Midtown Atlanta. Komen Race for the Cure is the most successful fundraising and education event for breast cancer ever created. We all had a terrific time and were part of a crowd of 15,000 who participated in this event. Whether we came alone or with friends and family -- our employees all joined us in making this event a tremendous success.
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Packing Backpacks For Kids
In an effort to provide assistance to local families in need, the MATRIX RTP office traveled to Eastway Elementary School on May 3rd where we packed backpacks with food given by the local foodbank for approximately 70 students and delivered them to classrooms.
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Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
 On October 27th, 2006, members of the MATRIX RTP office joined with others from the North Carolina Technology Association to volunteer at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
The morning was spent sorting and boxing dozens of pallets of canned good items donated through the Food Lion Hunger Relief Day at the NC State Fair days earlier. The Food Bank then delivered these items to local families in need to provide for their Thanksgiving holiday meals.
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MATRIX Donates Computers to Boys and Girls Club in Florida
 MATRIX recently donated computer equipment to the Boys and Girls Club (BGC) of Nassau County in northeast Florida in support of that organization's mission of "Building a Better Future for Our Children." MATRIX is helping the BGC expand that effort with 38 PCs -- refurbished by our IT team. MATRIX Partner, Bill Gower provided additional support by driving the loaded truck for the long, 7-hour trip from Atlanta to Fernandina Beach and helping to unload the PCs with other volunteers. The PCs will be a key addition to the Computer Center in the Club's new, permanent facility – the Miller Freedom Center – which is opening in August.
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MATRIX Sponsors Job Shadow Event
 Recently MATRIX Atlanta hosted 20 Junior Achievement Job Shadow students from Dekalb County’s Cedar Grove High School who very eager for an up-close view of the “real world” of work. MATRIX Mentors from across the company volunteered their time to show them the ropes. Instructor Daarina Abdul-Mateen said, “The students were greatly moved in all aspects....it’s a first for many of them, not just job shadowing but actually seeing a company from the inside. Your employees really made a great difference in the lives of these students through their interactions, caring attitude and willingness to share their lives with them.”
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Special Olympics
 MATRIX Atlanta was there to lend support to the Special Olympics Georgia Summer Games when over 2,000 Special Olympians from around the state converged at Emory University to compete in Aquatics, Athletics, Soccer, Gymnastics, and Tennis. Many of our Atlanta Associates aided the swimmers as Athlete Escorts and others joined the fun as Fans in the Stands during the track and field competition. Inspired by the skill and willpower of these special athletes, one MATRIX Associate remarked, "The love and appreciation of the athletes was overwhelming. I felt like I really did something that made a difference."
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 Operation Uplink is a unique program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones by providing them with a free phone card. Using contributions from supporters like you, Operation Uplink purchases phone cards and distributes them to servicemen and women who are separated from those they care about. Thanks to the generous contributions and the matching contribution made by MATRIX to Operation Uplink, our servicemen and women overseas will receive phone cards worth a total of 3,924 minutes.
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Atlanta Community Food Bank
 Hunger never takes a holiday, so during the Holiday Season MATRIX contributes to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Founded in 1979, the Atlanta Community Food Bank provides food and other donated products to more than 750 nonprofit partner agencies serving 38 counties across North Georgia centered on the Metro Atlanta area. Distributing these donations to low-income Georgians, partner agencies provide dynamic links between the local community, the Food Bank and Food Bank supporters.
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TECH CORPS of Georgia
 TECH CORPS GEORGIA (TCGA) is bridging the digital divide by helping students, teachers, and parents in disadvantaged schools and communities develop the skills they need to compete in a technology driven workforce. Since it was originally founded in 1993 as Computers for Classrooms, TCGA has refurbished and distributed more than 4,000 computers, as well as thousands of hours of training, to over 650 metro Atlanta K-12 teachers and 625 low-income families with school age children.
MATRIX has participated in this worthy program by donating dozens of refurbished computers and computer monitors to TCGA. In addition we are enabling TCGA users free access to more than 1,400 technical and project management e-Learning courses.
By partnering with schools, volunteers, and businesses, TCGA and MATRIX are truly expanding and redefining options for students who would otherwise not have opportunities to use or own computers.
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My Turn Now, Inc.
 Every year at Christmastime, the MATRIX family comes together to donate toys to My Turn Now, Inc., a not-for-profit advocacy organization that facilitates the adoption of children with special needs. These children are either members of a minority race, handicapped, over the age of eight, or members of a sibling group that needs to be adopted together – in other words, those traditionally considered to be unadoptable. Such children often linger in foster homes, waiting for "forever families," while many potential adoptive families are prevented from opening their hearts and homes to them by misconceptions and lack of information.
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Star 94 "Cares For Kids" Radiothon
November 2004’s second annual Star 94 "Cares For Kids" Radiothon was a record-setting success. In just three short days, Atlantans’ generosity helped raise over $1.1 million dollars for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta!
Star 94's Steve & Vikki and Cindy & Ray hosted a three-day marathon broadcast to benefit Atlanta's premiere non-profit children's hospitals (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite and Egleston).
 Nineteen MATRIX Atlanta employees showed their dedication to the cause by manning the phone bank and taking pledges. Working the shifts proved to be a very rewarding experience for all who participated. Business Assistant Tracy Munroe expressed the same profound thoughts that many had:
“I am so thankful that I volunteered to help out with the Star94 "Cares for Kids" Radiothon. It's very easy, with our busy lifestyles, to forget about all those children and families out there that don't have the luxury of going to school everyday or going to work everyday - but instead they spend morning, noon, and night inside the walls of the children's hospital. It was a humbling experience and one that I will never forget.”
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Adopt A Family
During December 2004, The MATRIX Dallas office joined together to participate in the Head Start of Greater Dallas Adopt-A-Family Program to help one needy family enjoy a wonderful holiday season. MATRIX Dallas employees either donated money or brought in wrapped gifts for the family, including clothing, toys, and items for the home. “By the time all of the gifts were wrapped, my cube was jam packed,” said MATRIX Dallas program coordinator Katie Leonard. “Everyone in the office was very generous and excited about making the holiday season memorable for the family. The Lopez family was extremely grateful when we dropped the gifts off. Alexandra even sang for us!”
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NC Children's Promise Radiothon
On November 15th 2007, members of the MATRIX RTP office participated in the NC Children's Promise Radiothon in an effort to help raise money for the NC Children's Hospital which specializes in rare diseases and will not turn away any patient for lack of ability to pay. Nearly $800,000 was raised that day,and we had the privilege of serving in various capacities.
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