NVIDIA Project Inspire 2008 at Overfelt High School in San Jose

Photo by Chris Pedersen

On Saturday, I had the privilege of doing the photography for NVIDIA's annual winter community service event -- Project Inspire 2008. I was fortunate enough to secure the help of two other talented photographers -- Doug Quist, and Spencer Huang.

Photo by Spencer Huang

As in years past, I was impressed by the generosity and hard-working attitude of the NVIDIA employees. For one very long Saturday during their holiday season, they painted, shoveled, scraped, assembled, raked, hammered, grappled, prodded, poked, and sweated in the cold December air -- all so the students of San Jose's Overfelt High School students would have a better environment for learning when they were done. This year, they worked side-by-side with many student volunteers that were also impressive because of their willingness to work hard to improve their school. Many of the students also participated in a cultural show to entertain the NVIDIA volunteers. In all, more than 1,000 volunteers participated in this years event -- a nice reminder that in spite of all the bad news in the world, the amount of good still outweighs the bad by a huge margin.

Photo by Doug Quist

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I hope you'll agree with me that the images capture the hard-work and joy of the volunteers.

Photo by Doug Quist

Photo by Spencer Huang

Photo by Chris Pedersen