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About Sponsored by LifeConnections Fitness Center, the 11th Annual LifeConnections Turkey Trot 5k Fun Run/Walk will take place on the Coyote Creek Trail near Cisco Building 7 Parking Lot. Employees and contractors are invited to harness the Cisco spirit by participating in the 5K and support the greater community. This year we will be raising funds for the Movember Foundation for Mens Health Awareness and Second Harvest Food Bank. Funds raised will be matched (employees only) by the Cisco Foundation. Please take a moment to read about the charities selected. Thank you for your participation in making this great event a success. Fees/Donation: $10 Your donation supports Movember Foundation The Movember Foundation is the global charity raising funds and awareness for men's health. Every Movember we challenge men to grow and women to support a moustache, commit to move, or host an event, all of which raise vital funds and awareness for men's health. We want to help men live longer, healthier and happier lives through investing in these key areas: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. Since 2003, we've empowered over 5 million men and women to join the global men's health movement. Through the moustaches grown, the connections created and the conversations generated, we've raised over $911 million and helped fund over 1,250 vital men's health programs in more than 20 countries.

Temple Street Foundation

The fundraising goal will enable the Intuitive Iranian team to sponsor the establishment of a Day Care Center in a remote Iranian village.

Rogers Bay St. Jude Charity

Join us in supporting charities that save wildlife & wild places worldwide, shelter and adopt homeless animals, educate people to make a better world for animals and people, and strengthen disaster response in America by rescuing and recruiting dogs and partnering them with first responders to save people during disasters.

LEAF Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont Founded in 2009, LEAF brings people together to grow healthy, pesticide-free food and to learn about environmentally sustainable gardening and urban farming practices. Leaf manages three properties in the East Bay Area - a community garden, one where volunteers grow veggies for donation to a food bank and our newest, a one-acre site, soon to become a micro-farm in the heart of Fremont.

Each year, over 40,000 women will die of breast cancer in the United States. Although prevention, research, and treatment have made tremendous strides over the past two decades, breast cancer remains a major threat to women worldwide. It is the most common cancer in women, regardless of race or ethnicity. While white women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer than are African American women, African American women are more likely to die of the disease. Asian, Latina, and Native American women have a lower risk than of developing breast cancer, but stigma within Hispanic and Latino groups prevents them from seeking care and enrolling in clinical research. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join Braze in providing support to organizations doing critical work in the fight against breast cancer.

Mental Health Awareness for Asians

Donate to several organizations that help promote Women's health & support through difficult times.

The internal statistics of the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria (CRWB) shows around 300 persons (adults and children) residing in Sofia city with a refugee or humanitarian status. Another 350 asylum seekers (as of the end of April 2019, according to statistics of the State Agency for Refugees (SAR) are accommodated in the SAR reception centers in Sofia and Harmanli. After the previous phases of the project, as well as during the awareness raising sessions among refugees and asylum seekers, individual needs were communicated with the project team deriving from various vulnerabilities among the beneficiaries, including GBV, womens health and children – related issues. The Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria is developing a colaboration, aimed at responding to the need of implementing a comprehensive approach, specific to GBV cases among refugees and asylum seekers in Bulgaria. The need derives from cultural differences and enhanced vulnerability of refugees because of language and cultural barriers, low level of social adaptation, lack of enough information, good civic orientation in the hosting society and poverty as a contributing factor to domestic violence. The approach involves working with both parents and children –to improve parental capacity through the provision of social services or to signal for urgent protection measures in cases of violence against children and GBV, including domestic violence and sexual violence. The focus of the initiative is to target cases regarding gender-based violence (GBV) and other types of violence via direct programs (individual support and group awareness raising and GBV prevention activities) for survivors or persons at risk; multidisciplinary work with professionals in the area, as well as internal organizational development of policies and procedures to position the organization among the licensed social services providers. Specialized support will continue to be provided via an external psychotherapist to provide assessment in cases of violence/risk of violence for survivor or person/child at risk. The external professional assessment will help navigate the case and better prioritize a clients needs of support and subsequent referrals. In addition, individual support will be provided via a vulnerability fund, on the basis of vulnerability assessment, to cover individual urgent needs which are identified or occur in the process of social assessment/case work.

EDUCATION FOR 100 KIDS IN UGANDA SUMMARY Today, education remains an inaccessible right for millions of children around the world. When a child doesn’t have access to a school it impacts every part of their life - from worldviews to life expectancy to likelihood of violence and prevalence of disease. A school is a spark which begins to shape it all. CHALLENGE "Smile for Africa foundation" has the courage to realize the dream of buying land and build a school and orphanage for around 100 kids in rural Uganda. Today the kids are living and studying in constructions, which can hardly be called “house” and “school”. In conditions of misery and constant morbidity the kids could not receive good education, which they deserve. You can see from the video how the kids are living today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2POd-YOsgRo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2zSdqckyZt_RPl-D8lwMi3VZn-pgeUucpqWUcss24K5CizIn0lxtt1Iq4 SOLUTION With the donations made to this project "Smile for Africa foundation" will buy land and will build nursery and primary school, where every day 100 kids will have access to education. On the other hand, the foundation will build an orphanage house, which will improve the living conditions and will give hope for a better life. LONG-TERM IMPACT Giving children the opportunity to explore and study is an important first step to their independence. Education is fundamental to sustainable development, it is a powerful driver for reducing poverty and improving health. Giving kids knowledge is giving them a better FUTURE.

Overcomers on the Move is a peer-led 501c3 nonprofit organization. Our mission is to combat human trafficking, addiction, and homelessness through peer-led supportive services. What sets us apart is that we stand in the gap, we specialize in peer support, and we meet people where they are. Presently our board consists of peers and professionals who advocate for vulnerable populations being affected by human trafficking, addiction, and homelessness. We empower Overcomers through a local stop gap, peer support, community linkage, and our bi-weekly Grace Giveaway street outreach. https://www.facebook.com/OvercomersOnTheMove https://www.overcomersonthemove.org/about

The Mary B. Westbrook Legacy Scholarship will provide academic scholarships to graduating high school seniors from the Washington, DC Metropolitan area who have demonstrated a financial need and have maintained high academic performance.

Box is once again partnering with Team4Tech and CARE Cambodia to send 11 Boxers on a project to Ratanak Kiri, a rural region of Cambodia, to provide access to quality learning to marginalized ethnic minority students. The goal is to motivate and empower local teachers and students in coding and robotics and to share the work with government officials to inspire the integration of technology across even more rural schools of Cambodia!

Acuity Scheduling Nonprofits

You can help meet real needs, in real life circumstances. Join me in supporting Royal Promise, a nonprofit organization that is helping the Asikuma community in Ghana, Africa with orphan care, HIV/AIDS care, and educational, medical, and small business sponsorships! This organization and these children have had a special place in my heart after I was invited to volunteer at their mission center in 2017. My partner and I have continued our involvement with @royalpromiseorg and look forward to furthering their education and fulfilling their needs. Please check out the link below to learn more! https://www.royalpromise.org #GivingTuesday https://www.givingtuesday.org/

Homelessness is a rapidly growing global crisis. Climate change, systemic racism and economic inequality are just a few factors exacerbating this displacement around the world. While this issue is daunting, great work is being done to house those affected and end the damage of this humanitarian crisis. This fund is supporting six organizations whose aim is to provide supportive and permanent housing for those affected by this pervasive issue. All contributions of $1 or more will be matched by the Cisco Foundation as part of your annual $25,000 employee match.

Join us for a holiday event at Marbles Kids Museum to support four of our local nonprofit partners! There will be a band, photo booth, food and beverage, and you’ll have a chance to hear directly from the nonprofits about the incredible impact they’re making in our community. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with Cisco colleagues and executives, support the community, and start the holiday season off right. Suggested Donation: $50/person (Blue Badge + one guest)

Creating a world where women and girls can live free of violence.

Health & Sport Fund Top 5 Reasons why you should consider helping the Austin Angelfish meet our fundraising goal: The Austin Angelfish is the only competitive synchronized #swimming team in Central Texas. We have swimmers that travel to #Austin from Dripping Springs, Cedar Park, Onion Creek and as far as Salado! If you are not familiar with #Austin, this is a huge geographic spread or one team! 2. Not only is #SynchronizedSwimming one of the toughest Olympic sports (imagine working out and competing at 100% while holding your breath), it builds tough, STRONG people who will go on to do great things! Synchronized Swimming is considered to be the ULTIMATE team sport! 3. We compete at the National and Junior Olympic level and we are beyond committed! 4. We are a very diverse group of girls age 8 to 18 and have 44 swimmers who speak at least 7 different languages and more than half speak at least 2 languages. 5. Our coaches are VOLUNTEERS! Our head coach, Cheryl Cook has been volunteering more than 20 hours per week for 26+ years! Legit commitment to the sport coming from ALL of our coaches! We are doing a 21 Day Fitness Challenge and Synchro-A-Thon to raise $12,000. 1. To offset cost for swimmer's who need financial assistance. We want to make synchronized swimming available to all athletes in Central Texas. 2. To help offset the expenses our monthly dues do not cover (ex: rental time at four 25 yard, deep water pools year round, insurance, underwater sound equipment etc.)

Hope for Youth provides Christian focused programs to Houston's urban youth via mentoring relationships, twice per month Friday Night Live youth worship, college and career prep, and 3 Christian camps to challenge and enable the youth to reach their full potential spiritually, academically, and socially. (VMware 100% matched employee donations over $32.00) Learn more at www.HopeForYouth.org

The East Bay Area Cat Rescue Fund features organizations throughout the SF Bay Area that support various cat rescue and advocacy initiatives. Through their advocacy and on the ground efforts, these East Bay organizations promote cat advocacy and rescue, TNR (Trap Neuter Release) efforts for feral cats, public outreach and education, and more!

Thousands of fires burning across the Amazon rainforest have captured international attention over the past week. Experts point to deforestation as the cause, which is often carried out illegally and which removed over three times as much forest last month as in July 2018. Fires have been reported in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Rondonia, Para and Mato Grosso. At least 305 indigenous groups live in the Amazon that depend on the forest and rivers for food and shelter. But the effects of damage to the Amazon go far beyond Brazil and its neighbors. The area's rainforest generates more than 20% of the world's oxygen and is home to 10% of the world's known biodiversity. The Amazon is referred to as the "lungs of the planet" and plays a major role in regulating the climate. Greenpeace has stated that as the number of fires increase, greenhouse emissions do, too. The world would drastically change if the rainforest were to disappear, with impacts on everything from farms to drinking water. The organizations included in the Fund address immediate measures to combat the current crisis and harm to indigenous communities, as well as long term initiatives to combat climate change and to advocate against pro-development policies that have relaxed the enforcement of laws against deforestation and have encouraged mining and farming across biological reserves and indigenous territories.

Join GitHub in supporting various regional partners for the upcoming Global Climate Strikes on Sept 20 and 27. For more information about the Climate Strikes, please see: https://globalclimatestrike.net/

Team4Tech Cambodia