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MoringaCommunity.org
PTR Group Sponsors Construction of Trade School in Ghana, Africa
Moringa Community is committed to improving rural Ghanaians' quality of life by training them in sustainable, locally appropriate technologies. Currently, they are building a community center in the village of Baako, where they will teach woodworking and food preservation skills.
By creating this kind of educational environment these people will become self reliant a self sustaining for future generations. This school and the training programs will change the lives of countless Ghanaians in years to come.
In 2009 The PTR Group provided grant assistance to MoringaCommunity.org to aid in the construction of the school facilities in Ghana. PTR CEO/President T. S. Brackett serves as a board member and technical advisor to the charity organization.
Girls on the Run of NoVA
PTR Group Sponsors GOTR 5k Races
 PTR Group continues to be a proud race sponsor of the Girls on the Run of NoVA since 2007. Girls on the Run is a life-changing learning program for girls in elementary and middle schools to promote self-esteem and strong values and to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and physical development through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships and physical training. The program leads the girls to achieve a goal, the 5k run. PTR Group supports this encouragement and empowerment of these young girls with hope that they will become our next generation of engineers. Some employees' daughters participate in the program at school while other employees volunteer their time to the program as a buddy runner and/or coaching staff.
- Daisy Dash 5k May 19, 2007
- Reindeer Romp 5k December 8, 2007
- Daisy Dash 5k May 17, 2008
- Reindeer Romp 5k December 6, 2008
- Daisy Dash 5k May 16, 2009
- Reindeer Romp 5k December 5, 2009
- Girls on the Run 5k May 23, 2010
Food Drives
Take a Byte Out of Hunger 2008-2009
PTR Group makes annual donations to provide over 100 needy families with the opportunity to enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. In addition to the financial donation, employees are asked to participate in collecting non-perishable items that are needed. PTR Group works with Loudoun Interfaith Reflief, as they expect record numbers of families requesting food due to various hardships that they are encountering.
Boy Scouts
PTR Group Helps Support Local Scout Troops
 The PTR Group has provided some financial support to Boy Scout Troop 424 of Savage, Maryland, and Boy Scout Troop 1995 of Centreville, Virginia.
The funds are used by the troops to provide support for scout training, troop equipment, summer camp scholarships and other troop activities.
Troop 424 currently consists of about 30 boys and has a very active program that includes camping, public service projects and high adventure programs for boys ages 11-17 living in the Laurel-Savage area. PTR Group Company President Todd Brackett (Recovering Scoutmaster) is currently serving as Assistant Scoutmaster of the Troop, and Employee Jim Beaulieu also serves as an Assistant Scoutmaster for High Adventure programs in the Troop.
Troop 1995 consists of 20-25 boys, including two sons of another PTR employee.
Hiddenbrook Swim Team
PTR Group Helps Hiddenbrook Hurricanes
A new sponsor to the Hiddenbrook Hurricanes Swim Team, The PTR Group is helping to promote advanced aquatic skills, teamwork, and the principals of good sportsmanship in these young swimmers. The Hiddenbrook Hurricanes (HB) Swim Team of Herndon is an organization that fosters enjoyment of swimming and strives for the growth and excellence in children's swim within our community. The team serves approximately one hundred swimmers from ages four to eighteen.
PTR CTO/Chief Scientist Mike Anderson volunteers for the team.
Dulles Little League
PTR Group Sponsors The Pirates
The PTR Group has been a proud sponsor of the Dulles Little League since 2005. The program focuses on the development of baseball skills, sportsmanship, and a love for the game of baseball, all in a fun, family-oriented community.
PTR COO Dean Thompson has served as the spring season team manager since 2004.
Computers In Schools
PTR Staff Supports School Computer Lab and Website
The PTR Group has supported the St. Matthias School, in Lanham, Maryland, over the last 5 years. First providing them a needed website, email server and high-speed internet connectivity and more recently supporting the rollout of a state-of-the-art 30 station computer lab. PTR provided software, configuration and installation support for the lab which was dedicated by Washington Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop Martin Holley on January 30th, 2006.
PTR President/CEO Todd Brackett served as technical advisor and webmaster for the school.
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