Thank you to all that have participated in Sun's disaster relief drive. Over $61,000 has been raised to help Myanmar and China. And this does not include the match from Sun, which has the potential to double this amount. Outreach like this is at the heart and soul of Sun. The people at this company make me proud.
Tuesday Jun 17, 2008
Monday May 19, 2008
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.
Monday May 12, 2008
Asia is getting hit with natural disasters. First the Myanmar cyclone which is estimated to have affected 1.5 million people. MILLION. On Monday, China was hit with a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, killing an estimated 9,000 people. Eighty percent of the buildings in Beichuan county collapsed.
China and Myanmar need our help. How do we help? Financial contributions are the best way. This insures that the right supplies get to the right places. And charities that buy these supplies typically get wholesale prices.
The Sun online drive benefits organizations that help disaster victims, and makes giving so easy. Try it.
Tuesday May 06, 2008
It's now several days after the devastating cyclone hit Myanmar. It is estimated that over 22,000 lives have been lost and possibly one million people left homeless. And these numbers are most likely going to increase in the coming days. Continued flooding and outbreak of disease will contribute to already incredible suffering.
The Sun community rallies in times of crisis. This is the reason we have a partnership with the nonprofit organization Aidmatrix. Through Aidmatrix, Sun has a year-round, online disaster relief drive where employees can easily make financial donations to worthy nonprofit organizations. Charities working to aid the people of Myanmar have just been added. This drive is open to everyone, not just Sun employees. But employees are eligible for matching funds from the Sun Microsystems Foundation. Just check the box at the check out page of the drive.
Wednesday Oct 24, 2007
I just got a note from hot shot techno celeb and Sun employee volunteer extraordinaire Scott Mattoon. Scott has done a ton of work with Architecture for Humanity, an initative we have backed.
Architecture for Humanity is a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings design services to communities in need. The Open Architecture Network (which is Powered by Sun) is the online destination for architects and deisgners wishing to participate and contribute.
The news Scott just told me about is that Architecutre for Humanity's San Diego chapter is on the ground responding to the diaster we're seeing with the California fires this week.
It wasn't that long ago that Architecture for Humanity and the Open Architecture Network was but a glint in eyes of Cameron and Kate.
It's incredible to see how far we've come.
(And to hear the other news I heard this week that the number of architects and designers participating in the community has now surpassed 8,000!)
Architecture for Humanity was the first organization nominated to be a benficiary for Sun's Global Giving Drive this year. That nomination came in as open process that we're hosting in our Friends of the Sun Microsystems Foundation community in Facebook.
(Deadline for submitting nominations is today.)
Mary
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