IBMers Mentor at Danbury High School

When 40 IBMers visited Danbury High School Wednesday, they were celebrating the computer company’s 100th birthday by mentoring students about the working world outside the school’s walls.

The team that visited Danbury, the software products group, were among 200,000 IBMers who volunteered in 170 countries around the world on Wednesday. IBM called it a “Celebration of Service.” Company workers have given more than 2 million hours of mentoring service since January.

“IBM is sharing the best skills of our talented employees, to make a real impact in the communities where we work and live,” said Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, IBM, in a prepared release.  “Working together with our partners, retirees and families, we believe we can solve critical problems and help build a smarter planet.”

The students were interested in what they should study in school, in how the senior executives worked their way to the top and in how to learn to balance work scheduled with life, said Trink Guarino, director of Communications with IBM. She said that when the IBM group had finished its mentoring for the day, Principal Bob Rossi said, "Come back any time. We're here all year."