Building on a few other volunteer projects, John Arnold brought together a team of volunteers, educators and administrators to build a robotics program scheduled to launch in mid-January 2020 at a school in Detroit.

Indonesia is susceptible to natural disasters in the so-called ring of fire. IBM volunteer Izzat Farahidy brought together experts to assess how technology can mitigate the impact of disasters there; he received an IBM Volunteer Excellence Award.

For the second year in a row, IBM early professional hires and others joined together in Make a Difference Day—a coordinated and sustained 24-hour period of volunteer service across global time zones to make a difference in their communities.

The path for women to tech careers is not as direct as it could be. A team of IBM volunteers in Brazil created and led a multi-month mentoring program to help other women on the journey. The team received a 2018 IBM Volunteer Excellence Award.

For over ten years, IBM volunteers have been on a mission with American Corporate Partners to help veterans and their spouses transition from military to civilian careers. Three IBM volunteers share their experiences working with veteran proteges.

IBM volunteers provide career guidance to university-aged youth volunteers bringing about education reform in rural Taiwan, while also giving them the methods to recruit their proteges. The IBM team received the Volunteer Excellence Award.