In its first year, the program received the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus 1999 Pioneers of Public-Private Technology Partnership Award. Award Intel's Prize Patrol surprised a team of five teachers at Foothill High School in April 2000 with it's finale of the Intel Innovation in Teaching Award. The teaching team created an integrated science program focused on robotics at their continuation high school in San Jose's East Side Union High School District. Intel employees participated in such volunteer activities as in-class presentations, developing curriculum, tutoring and mentoring. The Intel Foundation has increased the amount of matching dollars for the VMGP program.
Employees can combine their hours to earn money for a school.
Intel volunteers visited an estimated 6,000 students in Bay Area schools, interacting with some students at a kick-off event at San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation. The objective of the Matching Gift to Education program is to encourage employees, employee spouses, and directors of Intel Corporation to make personal contributions to support education. Both publicly funded and private nonprofit independent schools are eligible. Santa Clara Site Sponsored Programs Local resources support a variety of educational programs and activities. This program teaches students hands-on methods on how to build computers.