Sustainability Report - Dell

affected state governments, as well as the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA), the American Red Cross, theUnited Way and others. This included the shipment of morethan 20,000 systems to aid in the recovery effort for locationsaffected by the disaster, including:• Red Cross and United Way evacuee service centers• Baton Rouge Emergency Business Center, part ofthe Louisiana Department of Administration (withtechnology for use in relief aid and administration ofthe command center)• Louisiana Department of Health (for immediatehealth needs)• FEMA (with notebooks at cost for evacuee management)• The State of Alabama Office of the Governor (to build theservealabama.gov database and match donors with needs)• State of Alabama (for relief aid and evacuee management)• Texas Health and Human Services (to enroll evacuees enteringTexas and into Texas benefits programs)• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (for immediatefield deployment to manage disease outbreak andhealth issues)• City of New Orleans (for emergency infrastructure support)• Texas National Guard (for ground support being deployed inNew Orleans)• State of Mississippi (for emergency command operation)• City of Dallas (for relief aid and evacuee management)• Louisiana Department of Public Safety (for an increasein police)• University of Louisiana at Lafayette (to build the Governor'sCommand Center)In addition to the areas mentioned, Dell also partnered withEMC Corporation to deliver servers and storage units to theLouisiana State University (LSU) Medical Center, making it possibleto restore IT services and applications critical to treatingthose affected by the hurricane.Safe CommunitiesThe Dell team dedicated our time and energy for fund-raisingand participation in the Austin SafePlace Walk for SafeFamilies and Safe Streets.Dell participated in a national campaign for Internet safety createdto help keep children safe online. Dell's association withthe Internet Keep Safe Coalition was part of the company'scontinuing commitment to providing all customers with a safeand secure Internet experience. The campaign featured theAs part of Dell's support for Katrina evacuees in Austin,Michael Dell, Chairman of the Board, and Kevin Rollins,President and Chief Executive Officer, serve ice cream at theAustin Convention Center.new "Faux Paw the Techno Cat" cultural icon that takes childrenthrough Internet adventures, teaching them the essentialrules of Internet safety. The Faux Paw materials were createdwith input from the National Council on Crime Prevention“McGruff the Crime Dog” program, the FBI Internet SafetyTaskforce, the National Center for Missing & ExploitedChildren, early childhood educators, and childhood psychologists.For more information about this campaign, seewww.ikeepsafe.org.In the United Kingdom, Dell is a supporter of the Get SafeOnline initiative, which launched in October of 2005. The campaignis designed to help consumers and small businesses protectthemselves online from Internet threats including spyware,viruses and online criminals. For more information about thisinitiative, see www.getsafeonline.org.Stronger Community OrganizationsDell executives help support community organizations byserving on not-for-profit boards. Nonprofit organizationswith Dell employee board members include: the CongressionalBlack Caucus Foundation, Huston Tillotson University, theAustin Area Urban League, the Middle Tennessee UrbanLeague, Queen's University School of Business (Ontario), Arcof the Capital Area, Women's Business Enterprise NationalCouncil, National Minority Business Council, GoodwillIndustries of Central Texas, Forsyth Technical CommunityCollege, and AIDS Services of Austin.Economic Development and RenewalDell's global growth and facility expansion fosterscommunity benefits that reach beyond employment,training and new buildings.70 D E L L S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y R E P O R T • F I S C A L Y E A R 2 0 0 6