Helping others – it comes naturally to people who write open source software. Now the Mozilla Foundation is trying to employ the power of the community in a more direct and hands-on way during Mozilla Service Week.
During this week, Mozilla (and SourceForge) encourage you to volunteer in your community. Tech savvy folks can apply their skills in a variety of ways. Some ideas from the foundation:
- Teach senior citizens how to use the Web.
- Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of supporters.
- Help install a wireless network at a school.
- Create Web how-to materials for a library’s computer cluster.
- Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
- Update a non-profit organization’s web site.
Organizations and projects that need assistance can register to get help by posting on a special page on Idealist.
As a company and as individuals, we at SourceForge will be participating in Mozilla Service Week. We encourage you to get out there in your own community and make a difference!