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Join me in supporting refugees and immigrants find employment! YCore is a forum for groups of professionals to partner with a non-profit and do an extended project with them (usually 3-4 months). My project is with Upwardly Global , an organization seeking to help refugees and immigrants find employment. We are gathering stories from job applicants and employers to help them find both people to apply to jobs, and opportunities for those applicants. I'll be working on this project with 4 other people from October 2018 until February 2019. The funding will go towards YCore to allow them to continue keeping up this program.

Children's home, transitional living, vocational programs, medical clinic, families united and a school! Casa Bernabe Overview https://youtu.be/xH5qfG8Nqgc THE REALITY In 2015, Guatemala had the second-highest rate of child murders in the world. Of the crimes against children that get reported—including murder, rape, kidnapping—most go unpunished (88%). It is estimated that 4 out of 10 children experience sexual abuse. An estimated 2 in 5 children are malnourished. Among indigenous children, that rises to 4 in 5. UNICEF estimates that there are more than 370,000 orphans in Guatemala and at least 5,000 children live on the streets of the capital, abandoned by mothers who are too poor to keep them. Five out of 10 students who enter primary school in urban areas complete primary school, as opposed to only two out of 10 in rural areas. These are not just numbers, these are lives and this is the load that the children at Casa Bernabé are carrying with them. THE GOOD NEWS Casa Bernabé Ministries exists to provide hope for vulnerable children in Guatemala, both within the walls of its campus and also within the surrounding community. The ministry seeks to provide the framework needed for each child to step out from the past trauma of their lives by providing physical needs, medical and psychological care, and spiritual guidance. Children are ministered to in church and youth group and educated in the Christian school on campus. Lives are transformed as the ties of generational poverty and abuse are broken. By working with the Guatemalan court systems and biological families Casa Bernabé Ministries is leading the way in Guatemalan Global Orphan Care.

On Wednesday October 10th, 2018 Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida’s Panhandle or Big Bend area. Hurricane Michael was a catastrophic category 4 hurricane bringing significant storm surges, high winds and flooding. Bright Funds has established the Hurricane Michael Disaster Response and Recovery Fund. This fund is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits providing disaster response in the region. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations’ initiatives to provide short-term and long-term response and recovery. Our Fund approach is informed by expert and local recommendations from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. We have initially selected organizations that are on the ground assisting with immediate relief needs, including evacuation and post-landfall sheltering, feeding, medical assistance, search and rescue operations.

Make-A-Wish Campaign Fund

**Blue Badge employees should login to cisco.brightfunds.org to make their race donation.** LifeConnections Fitness Center presents the 2nd annual 5K Race. This event was started to provide an activity for employees to get moving while also working to raise funds for local charities. This fun event includes a 5K Rivalry Fun Run or walk, music and activities. The Rivalry Run 5K offers runners, walkers, and sports fans a chance to step up and represent their favorite teams! The entire event is about fitness, fun, sportsmanship, and celebration of fans and sports team rivalries. Employees, contractors, friends and family are invited to harness the Cisco spirit and celebrate rivalry traditions by participating in the 5K – by supporting the community through the Be the Bridge Campaign. This year we have chosen to raise funds for the YMCA of the North Shore, Boston Self Help Center, Special Olympics Massachusetts, and Greater Boston 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 each year. Fees/Donation: • Employee Only: $35 • Employee +1: $70 • Employee +2: $105 • Employee +3: $140

Wooden Spoon - The children's charity of rugby

Initiatives to take action on Climate Change, to protect the Environment and transform our economy to a Sustainable foundation

On Friday September 28, 2018, a devastating earthquake struck Indonesia's central island of Sulawesi followed by a tsunami. Since then, more than 200 aftershocks have been felt following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Bright Funds has established the Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Recovery Fund to support the communities impacted by this disaster. This Fund is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits providing disaster response in the region. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations’ initiatives to provide short-term and long-term response and recovery. Our Fund approach is informed by expert and local recommendations from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. We have initially selected organizations that are on the ground assisting with immediate relief needs, including rescue efforts and medical assistance. The composition of nonprofits in this Fund is subject to change as we learn more about the needs on the ground.

Goal: $5,000 Proyecto Guajira. Fondo WaterAid. In WaterAid queremos que todos los niños y niñas tengan las mismas posibilidades de comenzar una vida con buena salud. Nuestra Campaña de Inicios Saludables busca mejorar la salud y la nutrición de mas de 750 niños y niñas a través de agua limpia, saneamiento seguro y buena higiene. ¡Por esto el apoyo del equipo de Cisco es muy importante en ayudarnos a recaudar los fondos necesarios y llegar a nuestra meta! Nuestro apoyo y esfuerzo ayudara a la escuela de la comunidad de Kurrillamana con mas de 35 estudiantes y 2 maestras en el departamento de la Guajira. Actualmente la escuela no cuenta con servicio de agua ni saneamiento. Las maestras y estudiantes deben traer agua en baldes desde los puntos de suministro y hacer sus necesidades en los alrededores de la comunidad. El costo total de la intervención es de USD$10,000 (COP$30.000.000). El reto es recaudar USD$5,000 (COP$15.000.000) entre Octubre y Diciembre del 2018, y con el apoyo de Cisco podremos juntar el monto total. El proceso de recaudación será́ acompañado permanentemente por WaterAid y concluirá́, para aquellos que lo deseen, con una visita a la comunidad y escuela de Kurrillamana, en el municipio de Manaure, La Guajira. De parte de los niños y niñas de Kurrillamana y el equipo de WaterAid Colombia, agradecemos su interés y valioso apoyo. ¡Gracias! WaterAid Proyecto Guajira Fund WaterAid is determined to make clean water, reliable toilets and good hygiene available to boys and girls. Our Healthy Beginnings Campaign seeks to improve health and nutrition for over 750 boys and girls with the availability of clean safe water and proper hygiene. We need all the support from the Cisco team to help us reach our goal! With your help we will be supporting the school located in the community of Kurrillamana, which serves over 35 students and 2 teachers, located in de Department of La Guajira (Colombia’s most northerly region: a vast and wild desert on the Caribbean coast bordering Venezuela). Today there is no water directly being supplied to the school. The students and teachers have to carry water in buckets from a central location and they relieve themselves in the areas surrounding the community. This tough situation creates a health hazard while being a huge burden as well. The total cost of this project is $10,000 USD. The challenge for this campaign is to raise $5,000 USD between October and December 2018, while taking advantage of the Cisco match to achieve the ultimate goal of $10,000 USD. WaterAid will be supporting this project all along and this venture will conclude with an actual visit to the project in Kurrillamana, in La Guajira, where we will engage with the community who is benefiting from this campaign. The kids in Kurrillamana and WaterAid thank you in advanced for your support! ¡Gracias!

Join the San Jose 5K Turkey Trot, and benefit Second Harvest Food Bank!

Groceries and Hygiene packs at Hospital Civil

**Blue Badges should login to cisco.brightfunds.org to make race donations.** Sponsored by LifeConnections Fitness Center, Human Resources, Executive Leadership, and Community Relations, the annual 5K Race is in its 18th year. This fun event provides employees with an activity to get moving while also working to raise funds for local charities. It includes a 5K Rivalry Fun Run/Walk, music, and activities. The Rivalry Run 5K offers runners, walkers, and college fans a chance to step up and represent their favorite schools! The entire event is about fitness, fun, sportsmanship, and celebration of fans and college rivalries. Employees, contractors, friends and family are invited to harness the Cisco spirit and celebrate rivalry traditions by participating in the 5K – by supporting the community through the Be the Bridge Campaign. This year we have chosen to raise funds for the YMCA of the Triangle, The Healing Place of Wake County, Special Olympics North Carolina, and Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC. 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 each year. Fees/Donation: • Employee Only: $35 • Employee +1: $70 • Employee +2: $105 • Employee +3: $140

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Do you love the outdoors? Do you want to help protect it? This fund includes three flagship non-profit organizations working to protect the natural areas you love. All organizations have a minimum of a 3-star rating by Charity Navigator or a Gold rating by GuideStar. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Sierra Club Foundation The Nature Conservancy

Before advancing to strike China, Typhoon Mangkhut, a powerful storm 550 miles wide, pummeled the Philippines, leaving destruction in its path. If you want to help those affected by the typhoon, this fund consists of the organizations the New York Times offered as a few of the organizations involved in recovery efforts.

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In support of those in the path of Hurricane Florence, which is projected to be the most devastating hurricane to hit the region in decades, Bright Funds has established the Hurricane Florence Disaster Response and Recovery Fund. This Fund is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits providing disaster response in the region. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations’ initiatives to provide short-term and long-term response and recovery. Our Fund approach is informed by expert and local recommendations from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. We have initially selected organizations that are on the ground assisting with immediate relief needs, including rescue efforts and medical assistance. The composition of nonprofits in this Fund is subject to change as we learn more about the needs on the ground.

Be the Bridge - Annual Giving and Service Campaign- Japan

Non-profits in this fund are dedicated to serving the needs of wounded or disabled veterans and their families, ending homelessness and combating the high rate of suicide within the active, retired and veteran community. They promised to defend, we promise to support.

The Plan of Chicago fund supports nonprofits that focus on enriching the lives of our regional residents and the livability of our great city.

Food is a basic human need and yet in one of the richest locations in the world some folks go without a meal a day. Your contribution helps fund food banks in the SF Bay Area.

This monsoon, rains lashed the southern state of Kerala in India. Three days of torrential and relentless rains have caused unprecendented damage killing 186 people and destroying over 10,000 homes. Also called "God's own country", the state of Kerala is now facing the worst floods since 1972, bringing 10 of its 14 districts under water. Over 60,000 people are lodged in various relief camps across the 14 districts.

Kerala, India has experienced one of the worst monsoon seasons in nearly a century. The torrential rains have killed hundreds of people and led to landslides that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. To support recovery efforts in the region, Bright Funds has established the Kerala Flood Disaster Response and Recovery Fund. This Fund is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits partnering with organizations on the ground to provide disaster relief in the region. Through a single tax deductible 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 on the ground assisting with immediate relief needs, including rescue efforts and medical assistance. The composition of nonprofits in this fund is subject to change as we learn more about the needs on the ground.

The devastating floods in Kerala, the southern state in India, during this monsoon has resulted in more than 400 lives lost, more than 20,000 homes destroyed with over 1.5 million people displaced and in camps waiting for the water to subside. Rescue operations are still underway. The people of Kerala have lost their families, homes, livelihood and much more. This has been the worst floods in the state in over a century. Please donate to help this community reeling from this devastating natural disaster, to aid the rescue and relief operations underway now and then to help rebuild the roads, dams, bridges, schools and buildings destroyed in the floods.