Global Citizenship Larry Nelson

In the twelve days since we first blogged about the Myanmar and China disasters, Sun employees and others have raised more than $34,000 (USD) in contributions through our Disaster Relief Drive online tool administered by Aidmatrix.

Contributions really took off after Bill MacGowan, Sun's Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President People & Places, sent an email to all Sun employees around the globe about the Disaster Relief Drive.

If you would like to help keep the momentum of support going, you can make a donation directly through Sun's Disaster Relief Drive to one of three nonprofit organizations (Red Cross, World Vision, Save the Children)---you will see these choices when you get to the “check out” page of the Aidmatrix tool.

The tool is open and available to anyone---Sun employees, friends, family members---anyone.

If you have a different charity you would like to support---and there are many others---by all means please do so with Godspeed.   The help is needed.    

Thank you for your contributions in this time of need.    If you have any questions about Sun's Disaster Relief Drive, please contact volunteersupport@sun.com.  

Note to Sun Employees:    Sun will match your contribution through the Aidmatrix tool---select this option at the "check out" page.    If you wish to contribute to a different nonprofit of your choice, Sun will also match your contribution to qualified nonprofits per the guidelines of Sun's Matching Gift Program.   Program guidelines apply to either of these scenarios.    Send any questions to volunteersupport@sun.com.

...and it seems like so often the people who are at the greatest disadvantage to help themselves are the ones who take the brunt of nature's fury.
 
During the Katrina Hurricane disaster, Sun's Global Citizenship Team established a year-round disaster relief program with its partner, Aidmatrix.  

Through the Aidmatrix web-based service, Sun employees, friends, family, partners---anyone---can make contributions to agencies that are generally the most capable of delivering resources directly to the need....not-withstanding military road-blocks.  Ugh.  :-(

If you're looking for a way to help people in the aftermath of a disaster---like the recent earthquake in China and the cyclone in Myanmar---our disater relief program through Aidmatrix provides an excellent option.   Pick the amount you want to donate, then proceed to the check out page, where you can designate to which charity you want your donation to go from the pull-down menu.

Update:   it was a great success!   Many thanks to NetSquared and all the nonprofits and developers that joined us during this Sunday afternoon event.

Approximately 35 people attended, representing nonprofits and developers interested in contributing their time, talent and technology.   A few of the groups completed a mashup and many more developed implementation plans to move their technology projects forward.

Pics to share:

 

A lot of great work was started and a few mashups completed.   Excellent feedback was also provided regarding how to carry this forward.

Stay tuned.  :-)