Born in the east African country of South Sudan, retired NBA player and two-time All-Star, Luol Deng, moved with his family to Egypt when he was just a child. It was there he picked up his first basketball and played his first game. The rest, as they say, is history. Knowing first-hand the power of […]
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Hospital & Clinic Update Launching life-saving healthcare projects in some of the most difficult places on earth come with many challenges. Our team is currently contending with a global shipping container shortage and other logistical issues. Despite these challenges, we recently sent a shipment of equipment and supplies to Cuba in response to an oil
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Thousands of people gathered this week in San Diego for the 13th annual Jamf Nation User Conference, known as JNUC. The largest gathering of Apple system administrators in the world, this year’s conference marked the first in-person conference since 2019. With thousands from around the world also live streaming the conference, Jamf CEO Dean Hager
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This is the fourth episode in our continuing series, You Matter Stories. On a seemingly ordinary day more than thirty years ago, 16-year-old Dean Hager found himself sitting in detention. Again. School wasn’t high on his list of priorities, so he got in trouble. A lot. For Dean, school didn’t matter all that much. Growing
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A new school year has begun. For us here at MATTER, this means more opportunities to come alongside our amazing corporate partners to help them provide healthy food for school children and their families through our MATTERbox packing events, engaging employees for good in their communities. This week, three of these partners, Cigna, Discover and
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This story shared by Jacob Ross, Vice President of MATTER Pro. Sport harnesses the power of opportunity, opening doors and breaking down barriers for athletes, regardless of who you are or where you’re from. MATTER Pro focuses on utilizing this unique opportunity by partnering with professional athletes on philanthropic projects. Our recent MATTER Insight trip
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MATTERBOX UPDATE As we head into the fall, we are feeling the excitement “on the board.” We have a whiteboard in our office where we track all confirmed employee engagement MATTERbox packing events. As I watch it filling up, I feel proud of all the companies that are focused on and prioritizing engaging with their
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Something pretty amazing happened at the MATTER Innovation Hub in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Last spring, a group of students collaborated together to create a song using the music app, Garage Band. The song was good. More than good. It was so good, in fact, it was brought to the attention of Zimbabwe’s top musical artist,
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When good people come together to do good, amazing things happen! Last Sunday was MATTER’s third and final Rock the Lake benefit concert on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Undeterred by the threatening skies, MATTER’s donors, partners, and friends showed up eager to rock out to an amazing band, enjoy fabulous food and show their
Final Rock the Lake Benefit Concert: More than $343K Raised! Read More »
While many of us know about athletes as a result of their superb performance or records set in their sport, what we often overlook is the charitable work that many do throughout the world. Professional athletes have a unique platform to influence others, whether they play basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, rugby or any other
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