digitalKnowledge was founded on a principle of giving more than we receive and leaving more that we take. As a company, we are committed to being good corporate citizens and are proud to be involved with local and national philanthropic organizations focused on making our communities better places to live and work.

In late May, Curt Sellke had the opportunity to go on his first mission trip to Soldotna, Alaska, where he and his oldest daughter worked with other volunteers at the Alaska Christian College (AKCC). AKCC, located on the outskirts of the City of Soldotna on the Kenai Peninsula, is 3 hours by car or 20 minutes by plane from Anchorage. Their vision is to prepare young people for whole life discipleship by encouraging the growth of the whole person — body, soul, mind, and spirit.

This year's efforts focused on constructing a new cafeteria building for their school. In addition to volunteering time for this construction project, digitalKnowledge also donated a new Dell™ server to run their library management system and 25 copies of Trend Micro™ anti-virus software.

Below are pictures from the mission trip construction project.

This trip was a tremendously moving and fulfilling experience for Curt and encouraged him to reflect on the many different ways that each of us can make a positive impact within our local and global communities.

After this trip, Curt developed and instituted the Community Outreach program for all digitalKnowledge employees which allows each person to use up to four paid days of time off each year, outside of personal vacation time, to contribute time and talents to charitable organizations.

To find out more about the Alaska Christian College, visit their website at www.akcc.org.