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Boston Googlers give back in 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
In the spirit of giving, we wanted to take a moment to reflect upon some of the
good deeds
our Boston Googlers have done over this past year.
Held a bone marrow registration drive with the
Gift of Life
Hosted a charity drive to benefit
Japan earthquake and tsunami relief efforts
Designated a week to
GoogleServe
where Boston Googlers joined 8,000 Googlers company-wide to do good in our local communities
Provided national grants to
MIT’s OEOP MITES program
, to the
Boston Museum of Science
and to
Citizen Schools
Collected non-perishables, and donated time and money to the
Greater Boston Food Bank
Worked with
Bikes not Bombs
to promote the use of bicycle technology as an alternative to war and environmental destruction
Worked with the
Charles River Conservancy
to help keep the Charles River clean
Fed our veterans at the
New England Center for Homeless Veterans
Educated kids on the math behind the Rubik’s Cube at the
Cambridge Science Festival
Sponsored the
MIT KBPS
, a music and engineering student organization that restores, documents and maintains the musical installation/sculpture at the Kendall T stop
Raised funds to help care for local Boston women and children at
Rosie’s Place
Delivered meals to the critically ill and homebound through the annual Thanksgiving
Pie in the Sky fundraising event
Donated time and talents to
Citizen Schools
Launched Age Engage where Boston Googlers trained Boston seniors on Internet search and email. Watch the
Age Engage Google Ireland video
to learn more about this program
While this represents only a small portion of the charitable efforts made by Googlers around the world, we wanted to acknowledge the kind hearts and minds of our Boston-based team! You can find out more about
Google giving in 2011
on the Official Google Blog.
Posted by Sarah McManus, HR Business Partner
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