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Mission: Global Giving Drive Nominations 

Here is your chance to make a real difference at Sun!  As in past years, Sun will offer a Global Giving Drive to be launchined November and run through the end of the year.  We are inviting the entire community to nominate their favorite charities to be one of the beneficiaries of Sun's Global Giving Drive.  Ten nonprofit organizations from around the world will benefit from the online drive that last year raised over US$70,000 (not including the Sun match!)   

Task: To nominate a Charity, please post the organization's name as well as up to a 200 word description of it on the Friends of the Foundation community on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=5154086445&topic=3397.  You may consider including the Organization's website, its mission, its client base, etc.

Deadline: Nominations will be accepted until October 24, then Sun Foundation Ambassadors will choose the final 10 organizations, with at least 4 organizations to have an international reach.

Past Participants From Around the World

Big time congrats to the Sun Labs team for mobilizing an amazing turn-out from organizations across the company in support of Silicon Valley Heart Walk 2007 yesterday.

Sun walkers, donors and supporters were about 200 all together. They turned out (in comfortable walking shoes and/or in spirit) to participate in the Silicon Valley Heart Walk 2007 by the American Heart Association. The Heart Walk was held yesterday held this Sunday morning, 16 September at De Anza in Cupertino

CTO Greg Papadopoulos was a key leader in making this happen as was Sun Labs hot-shot Katy Dickinson. I found out about it from my Facebook friend (and Sun colleague) Geetha Vallabhaneni.

The Sun team raised $9,957.  This total does not include Sun's matching funds.

Every gift made by a Sun employee is eligible to receive a dollar-for-dollar matching grant from the Sun Foundation up to $1,000 per employee per year.

Great job team! You make me proud to work here.

Mary

Images Copyright 2007 by Sheri Kaneshiro and John Plocher