Oracle Mexico is doing a great job when it comes to community outreach and you never know where you might see it in action.
A few years ago, I was walking through the Centinela Forest north of Guadalajara. Somewhere up ahead, deep in the woods, I heard a noisy hubbub accompanied by loud hammering.
“Whatever they are, they’re not woodpeckers,” I said, and my companions agreed.
Rounding a bend, we came upon a group of people of all ages, armed with long wooden stakes, mallets, paintbrushes and cardboard stencils.
“Buenos días. What are you doing?” I asked, although I could already guess.
“We are signposting this trail so people won’t get lost,” they explained. “It’s a project of an organization called Senderos de México (Trails of Mexico) and we’re supporting it with the help of our company, Oracle.”
Somehow I had conceived of Oracle employees as geeks glued all day to computer screens. But here they were accompanied by spouses, children, cousins and grandparents (in true Mexican style), all having great fun while at the same time doing a good deed for the community.
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