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This fund is to raise $10,000 for Nalanda 2.0 to enable it to launch Ekagrid, a first-of-its-kind world-class multidisciplinary research university in India, in 2022. Ekagrid (previously University of the Future in India) has reached an agreement with the Karnataka Government to establish Ekagrid in Bengaluru and have signed MOUs. Why does this matter? In the knowledge economy, nations with great universities will thrive. The great universities of the world - be it Stanford, UC Berkeley or MIT of today, or Nalanda of ancient India - are multidisciplinary in nature; serve as engines for research, education, and innovation; drive economic growth; solve the problems of society and humanity; and make lives better for people. However, even after over 70 years of independence, India does not have even one such world-class multidisciplinary research university. What is the current status? Nalanda 2.0 launched this university initiative in 2018. Thanks to the support of over 1075 donors to Nalanda 2.0, which includes Cisco employees and matching company contributions, and dedicated efforts of many, significant progress has been made: assembled an exceptional team, developed an actionable plan, established a Section 8 non-profit company in India with a stellar Board of Directors, announced the founding Chancellor and the founding COO, finalized branding, registered trademarks, and received approvals for 12A and 80G exemptions. Most recently, reached an agreement with the Karnataka Government to establish Ekagrid in Bengaluru and signed two MOUs. More details can be found at https://www.ekagrid.org/. What is the planned impact? When established, Ekagrid will spur the development of high technology industries in India and more broadly, solve problems that matter to society, create new knowledge, spur innovation and entrepreneurship, and prepare the next generation of innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and leaders. Thus, a gift to launch Ekagrid is a gift that will keep giving back, forever! How will funds be used? With your support, Nalanda 2.0 can complete the key next steps necessary for launching Ekagrid in 2022, including raising Phase 1 funds for the university, purchasing land, receiving regulatory approvals, selecting the founding VC and the founding team, and establishing additional partnerships with premier research universities.

Cisco Building 1 UCS Family Giving Tree Wish Drive: Family Giving Tree and Donors have been standing in the gap granting specific holiday wishes to children, seniors, and adults experiencing homelessness for over 30 years and would otherwise not be able to experience the Joy of the season. Last Holiday Season Cisco Building 1 UCS Community has stepped up to support giving to others to make Holidays, Back to School Drives a Success. More than ever this year the need is even greater with the impact of Corona Virus but the Goal is the same to provide Holiday Cheer to 40K wished for gifts. Please join us in bringing smiles to the faces of those who need it most; into those neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic. Through the 2020 Holiday Wish Drive, you can make an impact in your Bay Area backyard, in your own community. Your Drive Leader Paulene West

Welcome to Chinatown offers pro bono services to Manhattan Chinatown’s small businesses. We're elated to welcome the founders, Victoria and Jennifer to the Diverse Voices series.

This year, AACI will be collecting gift cards and funds through December 11, 2020, in order to provide gift cards (typically Target or Amazon) to children of our most under-served clients, including children of domestic violence survivors and refugees. Every $25 will provide a child with a gift card to buy the gift of their choice this holiday season! Donate to bring holiday cheer to low-income families in our community during this difficult time.

Please join your VMware, DELL and Comcast colleagues for a Virtual 5K for Kids event, proceeds will go towards NoKidHungry (NKH).

The COVID-19 crisis has brought about so many challenges to our world. One that is extremely important to address is hungry children. For many, schools remain closed, parents are out of work and millions of children have lost their access to the only food they may receive on a daily basis. The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that at least 310 million children are fed at school. That is a staggering amount of children who are hungry and are in dire need of support. As we enter a new phase of the virus and head into the winter months, this crisis will only get worse. No kid should ever go hungry. So, how do we help? Act Now! A contribution to this fund is evenly distributed between the following non profit organizations & matched by Cisco.

Alone we can do little, but together we can do so much! Time after time, our S&TO, CISCONIANS and their community of supporters rises to the occasion. Millions of vulnerable children are losing the school meals they depend on. For some, it’s the only food they’ll receive in a given day. Globally we are asking for your support as we stand toe-to-toe with COVID-19, we are counting on you more than ever to help overcome this challenge. and have included Charities and Organizations which our colleagues in each region have shared to build this fund. Every gift, no matter the size, makes an impact!

The US Enterprise End User Compute team invites you to join us in our efforts to make a positive difference in the lives of our youth, or local communities and in underserved areas of the world

VMware Women Allies in Sales Mentorship Committee and Veterans at VMware are partnering to support 12 US Food banks leading up to the Holiday period. Food insecurity affects so many Americans and by donating to this fund which is matched by the VMware Foundation you will make a difference to many people.

Did you know that 37 million people in the U.S. struggle with hunger? Due to the pandemic, high unemployment and other factors, this number is estimated to reach 54 million people, that is 1 in 6 people and possibly 18 million children. You can help with your donation! Feeding America® delivers more than 4 billion meals each year to people facing hunger in communities across the country and they are continuing to meet the increased need brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. $1 helps provide 10 meals to those who struggle with hunger in the U.S. AND VMware WILL MATCH, MAKING YOUR DONATION HAVE DOUBLE THE IMPACT! You can also volunteer at a Feeding America food bank or pantry in your community. Find your nearest location here: https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

This is a fund that will go to help the elementary kids for Clopton a small rural school. Due to education foundational changes and the lack of internet throughout the schools district remote learning is very hard to accomplish if not impossible for most of the families. This fund it to help raise money to support the needs of the changes needed. The over all goal would be raise enough money to cover chrome books for all kids along with management of them but that would require upwards to 15k dollars and I feel the school will need the money on other educational items first before then.

Within VMware Benelux we started a fundraising for 113 by walking 2.500.000 steps to support the families affected and those who need help. Please join us in supporting 113 by donating money #forceforgood #SurvivorDay

In the knowledge economy, nations with great universities will thrive. The great universities of the world - be it Stanford, UC Berkeley or MIT of today, or Nalanda of ancient India - are multidisciplinary in nature; serve as engines for research, education, and innovation; drive economic growth; solve the problems of society and humanity; and make lives better for people. Even after over 70 years of independence, India does not have even one world-class multidisciplinary research university. This fund is to help accelerate the creation of a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary research university in India.

For the past 8 years, Bridge II Sports has hosted August Madness, a wheelchair basketball tournament fundraiser. Hundreds of people from corporations, community organizations, and universities have been introduced to the life-changing power of adapted sport and the abilities of people with physical disabilities. This year would have been the 9th anniversary of our outstanding event, but COVID-19 has pushed us in an exciting new direction. Virtual Madness still embodies our mission of the event—spread awareness of the competitiveness of adapted sports, break down stereotypes about disability, and support an incredible organization—while keeping all players safe. Instead of a wheelchair basketball tournament, we’re challenging players of ALL skill levels to shoot as many free-throws as possible in 1 minute … while seated in a chair. Same court, same chair, right? We hope you’ll join in the fun from your own chair! COVID has impacted everyone, and funds were given where need was greatest—as it should be. Unfortunately, Bridge II Sports did not receive the funding this year that we have in the past. Our future is at risk as an organization, and we need your help. Why? Every child born with a disability and every Veteran who incurs a disability need and deserve to have physical activity and recreation. Disability creates its own isolation, and adapted sports create community. Adapted sports develop independence and strong mental and emotional health. Our goal is to raise $100,000 so that we can continue to provide the programs and events that are so vital to our community. Thank you for your support! https://www.bridge2sports.org/virtualmadness/#tab-id-1

Hurricane Eta, the 28th storm this season, made landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday afternoon. As a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, the storm has already ravaged Honduras, Nicaragua, and surrounding regions. The storm will continue to hover over Central America through the weekend, bringing along life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides. Reports of Eta's catastrophic damage from rains, winds and flooding in Nicaragua and Honduras have begun to roll in, but it could be days until residents there are able to survey the totality of the impact. It is estimated that 1.2 million people have been affected by the storm, which could move to the Caribbean and southern Florida in the days to come. Bright Funds has established The Hurricane Eta Relief & Recovery Fund to support the communities impacted by the storms. This Fund includes pre-vetted nonprofits providing emergency response in the region. Through a single donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations' initiatives to provide short-term and long-term response and recovery. We have initially selected organizations that are working to provide immediate relief; the composition of the nonprofits in this Fund are subject to change as we learn more about the needs on the ground.

Hurricane Eta, the 28th storm this season, made landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday afternoon. As a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, the storm has already ravaged Honduras, Nicaragua, and surrounding regions. The storm will continue to hover over Central America through the weekend, bringing along life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides. Reports of Eta's catastrophic damage from rains, winds and flooding in Nicaragua and Honduras have begun to roll in, but it could be days until residents there are able to survey the totality of the impact. It is estimated that 1.2 million people have been affected by the storm, which could move to the Caribbean and southern Florida in the days to come. Bright Funds has established The Hurricane Eta Relief & Recovery Fund to support the communities impacted by the storms. This Fund includes pre-vetted nonprofits providing emergency response in the region. Through a single donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations' initiatives to provide short-term and long-term response and recovery. We have initially selected organizations that are working to provide immediate relief; the composition of the nonprofits in this Fund are subject to change as we learn more about the needs on the ground.

Spark Program, a Bay Area non-profit mentoring program that connects students from Title I middle schools in San Francisco, Menlo Park, and East Palo Alto with mentors at companies like Facebook, Zendesk, and LinkedIn. This year, because school contributions to Spark’s programs have declined 90% due to COVID-19, Spark is raising money through a Fall Gratitude Drive to cover the operating fees that public schools are no longer able to contribute, in this challenging time.

Fellow Colleagues, CISCONIANS, We need your help because millions of families are struggling to survive, without enough food, especially during this season. By providing even a small donation, you can be part of an effort to provide food and shelter, and help families rebuild their lives and communities. #WeAreCISCO #ComingTogether

Because we believe that every woman and girl has the right to manage her menstruation with confidence and dignity : we created Kilipads in 2013. KiliPads is a women-run social business, producing and selling reusable sanitary pads. We designed an ecofriendly and affordable product, coupled with menstrual health workshops in an attempt to break the taboo around menstruation and dispel the misinformation spread about this natural process. A KiliPads pack costs 5$ and most girls in school cannot afford it. Help us to buy and to distribute 2000 free packs for this academic year and to fund school workshops conducted by the KiliPad devoted team. #Health #Education #Environment #Girls #Schools #Tanzania

We know this year has been hard, and pretty relentless at times. As we move in to the festive season, the Social Committee and PB Cares U.K. have partnered to create an event to get you in the Christmas spirit, while collaborating with AGE UK in their mission to help and support vulnerable older people across the U.K. Get in the spirit for Christmas 2020 by attending our Christmas wreath making workshop on 4th December 2020 at 3:00 PM! We ask that attendees make a minimum donation of £20 to Age UK, as the Christmas wreath kit and workshop is valued at £50. The Christmas wreath kit will be posted to your home (UK addresses only), and the workshop will be conducted virtually via Zoom. The kit includes the wire wreath ring, floristry ring and sustainable decorations (think pine cones, dried fruit, cinnamon sticks etc to give your home that lovely Christmas smell). Date: Friday, 4th December 2020 at 3:00 PM RSVP: Fill up the form here (deadline Friday, 13th November 2020) Donation: Minimum £20. We encourage you to use our giving platform, Bright Funds, as PitchBook matches your donation up to $500 a year – so you can double your contributions! Please let us know once you have made the donation to confirm your attendance and you will receive the Christmas wreath kit. If you have any questions, please feel free to give either Lyanna or Phoebe a shout!

As part of the EMEAR-Wide mapathon we would like to ask you to donate to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team to help them continue in their mission of mapping the forgotten parts of the world. Any and all donations matter, thank you in advance.

This year has been tough on most of us. Auckland City Mission has seen a vast increase in the number of people reaching out for help. Join me in helping them take care of those in need over the upcoming holiday period.

I am raising money for Enrique Escalera. Enrique is in charge of an animal shelter in Puebla, Mexico. He has been helping animals in need for more than 14 years. He started this personal and social mission with his own savings. On June of 2020 Enrique was evicted from two apartments he used to rent to keep more than 50 animals because he lost his job. He currently takes care of more than 61 animals and doesn't have enough funds to continue this wonderful task.   I am helping him raising funds in the US because Mexico's institutions don't provide enough support for non profit organizations. Enrique needs any donation as soon as possible to be able to keep providing for the dogs, cats, and birds he cares about. You can follow his profile in Instagram : Enrique_ayuda_animales TikTok @ enrique_ayuda_animales Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnriAyudaAnimal Here is an article in a local newspaper https://eldeforma.com/2020/09/03/enrique-ayuda-animales-tiktok/ We would be truly grateful for your donation. Any amount will help :) We love animals, animals only have us to take care of and protect them. Thank you very much!!

Hi CPS APJC! Are you ready for a some friendly competition? Interested in also making an impact? This year, Customer and Partner Services is coming together globally to give back to our people, communities and planet through our CARE Initiative, CPS for Action and Relief Everywhere (CARE). This quarter, everyone will be asked to donate in a race to have the highest participation rate among AMER, EMEAR and APJC. Locate your regional CARE fund with BrightFunds nonprofits to have your contribution matched by Cisco, by December 21st. The most "CARE-ing" region will be announced in the next calendar year! Eager to do more? By sending a screenshot of your contribution to your regional CARE fund, you can physically race as well! We're hosting a Walk or Run competition to encourage each other to stay active. You will be added to the WxT so you can connect with and encourage your competitors. Happy racing! Persons of contact: Jordan Smith (jordsmit), Annie O'Brien (anniobri)