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Had a dog? Have a dog? Have several dogs? Just love dogs? Well, I do! Few things upset me more than the mistreatment of animals so I am always looking for ways to get involved to save the dogs!

Fund for WXY staff to contribute relief to the COVID crisis in India. All donations by employees will be matched 100%.

Helping fight the humanitarian crisis in India. India, which hosts 1/6th of the global population, has seen a record number of daily cases and lives lost to Covid-19. It has been reporting 400k new cases every day with more than 3,500 deaths per day in this second wave, figures that are likely being under reported. With 2.4M+ active cases and 180K+ deaths reported as of late April, the COVID resurgence in India has stretched existing medical infrastructure to the breaking point with a shortage of health workers and hospital running out of beds, oxygen supplies, ventilators and anti-viral drugs. The employees of Rabobank and community can donate to the disaster response campaign to benefit responding nonprofits: UNICEF, CARE, Direct Relief, American India Foundation and Path. Rabobank will match eligible donations up to $500 per employee. Please note: donations will be counted toward employees' annual $500 match limit.

Food Drive for the Mountaineer Food Bank for May

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RICC has joined Team Feed to help end hunger in America. No one should go without a meal, yet Feeding America estimates over 50 million people in America will face hunger this year. We created this fundraiser to help provide these much needed meals to our neighbors through the Feeding America network of food banks and we're asking you to join us in our cause. Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It only takes a little to make a big difference. Will you help in my fight to end hunger? As a team i would like to challenge us to donate $2500 and the amazing part is CHC will match the donation amount per person!!!

Sending Oxygen Concentrators to remote places in India

India is currently battling one of the worst outbreaks of COVID with over 300,000 reported cases per day. Hospitals are currently overwhelmed and do not have enough oxygen, beds, and ventilators to treat all patients. While the pandemic is subsiding here in the US, experts expect that India's cases will increase to 500,000/day and will not peak until mid-May. Help support India during this critical, terrible time.

India is grappling with a second coronavirus surge where hundreds of thousands of people are infected each day. Sadly, many are unable to get the medical help they need. Donations to this fund will help organizations treating patients and helping slow the spread of COVID-19 in India.

Update: we have met the 5K in donations to this fund, and have matched. Additional donations will not count towards the Duo match, but are still eligible for Cisco's match. Duo will match up to $5K of donations TOTAL (from BU members and matrixed teams only) to the fund made through the end of this month, which may also be eligible for Cisco’s Bright Funds match to triple your gifts for a total of $15K.

Summary India is grappling with a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. More than 200,000 people have died due to a second coronavirus surge in India and hundreds of thousands of people are infected each day. Many are unable to get the medical help they need. Donations to this fund will help treat patients and slow the spread of COVID-19 in India. Challenge More resources are needed now to respond to the outbreak in India, which has stretched the country's healthcare system to its limit. There is not enough space in hospitals to help everyone in need, and life-saving supplies, such as oxygen and ventilators, are in short supply. Thousands of people are at risk of being left to die without help. Solution Your donation to this fund will help stop the virus's spread in India and give communities on the front lines of this crisis the resources they need to act quickly and protect the most vulnerable communities. How Your Donation Will Be Used When you donate to GlobalGiving’s India COVID-19 Relief Fund, your donation will be used to: 1. Send doctors, nurses, and other front line responders to communities in need 2. Get masks, oxygen, ventilators, and other lifesaving medical supplies to hospitals and clinics 3. Deliver essential items to struggling families and older individuals in lockdown 4. Provide mental and emotional support to frontline responders others affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in India 5. Support hygiene awareness efforts 6. Make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible and affordable And much, much more... Trusted and Reliable GlobalGiving is one of the most reliable and trustworthy charities in the world. We have a four-star rating and nearly perfect score from Charity Navigator due to our commitment to transparency and low-overhead. Our disaster relief funds have been recommended by the New York Times, the Associated Press, NPR, Washington Post, Oprah, ABC News, and the US State Department. GlobalGiving’s Track Record GlobalGiving has been responding to disasters and supporting emergency aid and long-term relief programs since 2004. We have facilitated more than $100M in disaster donations to funds just like this one! See how we’ve responded to similar disasters like this, including: Ebola Epidemic Australia Wildfire South Asia Floods Impact Reports and Transparency When you donate to the India COVID-19 Relief Fund, we’ll send you an email to let you know the impact that your donation has had. We commit to transparent reporting and will update you on how we’ve used donations to this fund. https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/india-covid-19-relief-fund/

My favorite charity is the Animal Care Society Cork, it will be yours too should you ever get around to visit, their love and dedication to the animals is second to none. Besides "just" running a lot of the daily operation, Albert Kleyn (Director of the ACS) has envisioned many other projects that he'd like to run to improve animal lives all across the county and country. One of those projects was to gift sets of different sized Pet Oxygen Masks to the Cork Fire Brigade so that animals that were exposed to smoke during fires could be adequately treated. As with most charity projects, the biggest issue was funding. Although this one could actually be kick-started with an affordable amount, so I did just that in late 2020 and some of those masks were delivered and handed over in February 2021 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40218257.html County Cork and Ireland are a lot bigger and Fire Brigades around the County need a lot more kits than what I alone (and the VMware matching) could possibly afford. If you think this is worthy and esp. if you are or have family belonging to the ~ 60% of Irish households with pets, please donate. Thank you! Valentin P.S. If you aren't from Ireland / Cork, here is how you can set up something similar for your community: There might already be a charity close to you! Originally, the ACS would have sourced the masks from https://www.smokeypaws.co.uk/ which operates in the UK, due to the back then imminent brexit we decided to opt for a more local option thought. 1. Identify the need for the local Fire Brigade Ring your local Fire Station (non emergency number!) and ask them, they will be happy to let you know whether there is need and for how many. You should calculate with 1 set per car and maybe one additional reserve per station. 2. Find a local / general animal charity to work with that is registered and eligible on vmware.brightfunds.org and of course interested This is important because you want your contribution to be matched and it also distributes some of the organizational effort. The charity would buy the masks with the ear marked, donated funds. Make sure to donate directly to the charity and then match on brightfunds so that the directly donated money is available immediately. 3. Find a re-seller for the masks There might be more than one model but we used the Smiths Medical SKU "V7148 Family". https://www.smiths-medical.com/products/veterinary/rescue-and-resuscitation/recovery-oxygen-masks To find a local distributor, ask their regional customer service: https://www.smiths-medical.com/customer-support/contact-us 4. Negotiate with the distributor It doesn't hurt to ask! Depending on how many kits you are buying (+ if the charity fronts the matched amount since it can take ~ half a year for that to be transferred), the re-seller might be willing to give a discount. Make sure to ask for the red carry bag as those are sometimes not included with the kit, you might also want to add a slip lead per pack. Also mention the purpose, that the masks will be procured by a charity and gifted to local fire stations. While most veterinarian resellers already operate on thin margins, they might not want to make (much) money on this. 4. Prepare the handover The charity might have some contacts here, maybe contact a local news paper and use that to generate additional funds to try to provide the wider County with mask sets :-).

This week has seen a devastating increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in India and our hearts go out to our colleagues there. We know that thoughts are good, but action is much better, so we’re launching a fundraiser to support relief efforts in India. Zip will match all employee donations to the fundraiser. We encourage you all to get behind it.

PEAK6 HELPS INDIA India’s second wave of COVID-19 has hit—claiming 1 death every 5 minutes. Hospitals are dreadfully full while oxygen and supplies are running extremely low. People are even dying in lines as they wait to see doctors. So far, less than 10% of its population have had the first dose of the vaccine and less than 2% are fully vaccinated. (Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56907007). Moreover, due to Covid restrictions and lockdowns, having access to food and water has also been a challenge for some. Your support is greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Sewa International has started ‘Help India Defeat COVID-19’ Campaign and is seeking your support.

Brazil is battling a devastating wave of COVID-19 infections as a result of both government mishandling of the crisis and the existence of a highly-infectious variant of the virus first detected in the country. The 2021 Brazil COVID-19 Recovery Fund is composed of pre-vetted nonprofits based in the United States providing emergency response in Brazil. Through a single 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 based on up to date information from disaster philanthropy and nongovernmental organization networks, such as the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. Given the ever-changing nature of this pandemic and widespread impact, the composition of the nonprofits in this Fund will evolve. Generally this fund will support healthcare, medical needs, vulnerable populations, and essential services. (Photo: Gilnature / Getty Images)

In recognition of celebrating a life milestone (turning 60!), I'm creating a giving fund to leverage Cisco's donation matching offer and raise money for Face-to-Face, for an organization where I focus my volunteer time and charitable giving.

On April 22nd, India recorded the highest daily rate of infections in the world. India is faced with a deadly second wave of COVID-19. We can help. The 2021 COVID-19 Phase2 - Aid India Fund is comprised of pre-vetted nonprofits based in the United States and India providing emergency response in India. Through a single donation to the Fund, you can support multiple organizations' initiatives to provide short-term and long-term response and recovery. Our fund is crafted in consultation with Intuitive's India team and our local PAN Asian Intuitive Community ERG with a focus on the desperate shortage of oxygen as well as support for acutely vulnerable populations and providing supplies for medical personnel. Given the ever-changing nature of this pandemic, and it's widespread impact, the composition of the nonprofits in this Fund will evolve as the needs change.

Working Dogs For Vets Mission is to provide service dogs and training to disabled heroes in need, empowering them as they return to civilian life with a new found independence; reducing suicide and overcrowding in animal shelters.

The current wave of COVID-19 cases in India is overwhelming an already strained healthcare system. This, compounded with a year of livelihood disruption is hitting poor, underprivileged communities very hard. Please donate to this fundraiser so we can empower our grassroots-level project partners to help save lives in underprivileged communities through vital healthcare and livelihood assistance. One such organization is Asha project partner Mukti (https://ashanet.org/project/?pid=671) which requires funding to purchase medicine and hygiene kits, pulse oximeter kits, and oxygen concentrators. To donate directly via the Asha website, please visit: https://donate.ashanet.org/?e=1345 This page will be updated at regular intervals. Learn more about Asha for Education's previous COVID-19 Relief Efforts here. https://ashanet.org/join-us/covid-19-relief-fundraiser/

India has been hit really badly with a second wave of coronavirus. There is acute shortage of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital beds. Next 2 months are especially going to be bad stretching the already fragile infrastructure. Next 2 months, 500,000 Indian deaths are projected. AID-India works directly with the local organizations in India. 100% of your funds will go directly to the organizations.

Service Provider Edge BU Fund (thru Akshay Patra NGO) to deliver meals to those in need due to resurgence of COVID in India. $49,000 raised against goal of $50,000 in the past week. Thanks to all your generosity. Akshay Patra serves meals daily to families impacted by COVID. https://apusa.givingfuel.com/covid-19-relief-fund

As of April 24, 2021 - India has registered close to 350,000 daily detections and nearly 2800 daily deaths. AID has a presence in more than 20 states of India, 35+ US chapters, and thousands of volunteers who continuously volunteer and provide support. Your support will help provide relief across India. The support will reach from the Rann of Kutch to the Gangetic planes and from the Himalayas to the coastal Andhra. Even to North East India. We are collaborating with National Rural Health Mission, Maharashtra, to help them procure Oxygen Generation Plants and Concentrators. This time, the COVID 19 virus has spread to remote locations in India, and apart from hunger-related issues, we have the additional health care calamity. There is a shortage of Oxygen generation plants and Oxygen Concentrators. So on top of our efforts to procure these facilities, it is essential to protect the most vulnerable population in India. Our immediate task is to ensure: 1) Healthcare helplines across India 2) Reduce misinformation and awareness campaigns across India, especially the importance of Vaccination 3) Ration Kit for the Needy 4) PPE Kit distribution to the front line health care workers and supporters 5) Support to another anticipated wave of migrant workers across India 6) Fair access to Oxygen supplies and medication 7) Oxygen concentrators procurement and purchase to the most vulnerable locations 8) Small Oxygen generation plants at public hospitals 9) Plasma donation appeal and drive 10) Long-term livelihood projects to support income generation for vulnerable populations 11) Advocacy with the village level Panchayats, Corporations, and local government. We will update more as we get more information from the ground.

Every year in May, Mental Health Month provides a dedicated time to raise awareness about the realities of individuals living with mental illness and ways to manage and achieve mental wellness.The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the mental health of people of all ages. In November 2020, the CDC reported that 44% of Americans were coping with either depression or anxiety. Now, more than ever, it is critical to reduce the stigma around mental health struggles -- because that stigma often prevents individuals from seeking help. Bright Funds has established the 2021 Mental Health Awareness Month Fund composed of pre-vetted nonprofits committed to raising mental health awareness. Through a single tax deductible donation to the Fund, you will support a group of nonprofits that are providing direct services, doing research, and educating in order to challenge myths, biases, and discrimination about what mental health is - and what it is not.