Take Your Child to Work Day

Every year, Dimension Data participates in the national Take Your Child to Work Day. Last year, we focused on older children, as we found it challenging to come up with a full day of activities for younger ones. This year, the team did a great job at including the younger kids too! Camille was so excited to come with Mommy to work. She had her own name tag on my office cubicle, as well as a DD lanyard with her name badge as well. She felt very grown up!

Her full day started out with a scavenger hunt around our office. Camille was actually the youngest participant this year, so I wondered how she would do keeping up with the school aged kids. During the scavenger hunt, she not only wrote out all the things she found, but she was quick to raise her hand and share her answers with the group.

The day continued with video calls with our other offices that were participating in the day.... these locations included Chicago, Reston VA, Boston, and even Mexico. The kids thought it was cool to see the other kids on screen. The kids also had a coloring activity and got to learn about technology and networking. They even got a tour of our IT closet, though Camille thought that part was pretty boring. I guess she won't be following my footsteps into the technology industry.

For lunch, the kids had pizza, so you know that was a big hit with everyone!

Our company has a huge focus on giving back to the local community, so that was incorporated into the kid's day. The younger ones colored lunch bags with "happy" pictures and then filled them with donated toiletries. The bags were later distributed to a local women's shelter. We talked about what we were doing and why and it seemed to really "stick" with the kids.

All in all, it was a huge success and I am looking forward to bringing Camille back next year!