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2007 Global Day of Service Projects
 

From Chicago to Bangladesh and Mexico City to Moscow, more than 11,000 Motorola employees in 47 countries are rolling up their sleeves and volunteering in their communities on 10 October 2007 as part of the second annual Motorola Global Day of Service. More than 300 schools and non-profit organizations will benefit. See examples of volunteer activity worldwide in the list below:

Location / City Global Day of Service Activity

Argentina
Corboda, Moran

Repairing and painting Leopoldo Lugones School. Painting and repairing school for disabled children.
Australia
Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
Volunteering at local primary school, WA Deaf Society and pastoral care residence.

Brazil
Jaguariuna

Collecting and donating goods to local needy people and organizations.

Bulgaria
Sofia

Planting trees and building a playground.

Canada
Ontario / Woodbridge

Landscaping, painting and providing guidance on environmental education shows for Earth Rangers. Sorting clothing donations, cleaning and painting for Covenant House.

Chile
Santiago

Taking students from Home El Broquel to museum.

China
Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou Region, Nanjing, Quzhow Region, Tianjin

Promoting technology careers to students. Cleaning public areas. Sharing career and work/life balance experiences with mothers. Planting trees/flowers. Visiting school for migrant rural workers' children to donate school kits and sports equipment and to share scientific knowledge. Donating second-hand goods to auction to raise funds for needy children. Promoting battery recycling, safety and environmental awareness. Donating books for a news library in a remote school. Helping mentally retarded children to learn and communicate. Helping autism children improve their living experiences. Hosting a plant tour for children of migrant workers.

Columbia
Bogota

Painting at Ayuda por Colombia.

Czech Republic
Praha

Painting, cleaning and laying linoleum for Revitalizing of Family Centrum.

Egypt
Cairo

Visiting patients, distributing gifts and donating money for the National Cancer Center. Visiting orphans and distributing gifts at Ghenod Al Rahman.

France
Cesson-Sevigne, Chateaubourg, Gif sur Yvette, Toulouse

Collecting clothes for disabled people through Association des Paralyses de France. Collecting eye glasses for charity. Painting and decorating classrooms at Saint Joseph School. Fulfilling Christmas gift wishes for underprivileged children. Cleaning the Garrone riverside. Donating books and bicycles to children's charity.

Germany
Bad Schwalbach, Berlin, Freienwill, Idstein, Neibiberg, Wiesbaden

 

Sorting and distributing foodstuff for needy people for Tafel in Bad Schwalbach. Cooking for and bowling with people with mental illness at Bad Schwalbach day care center. Painting classrooms and corridors at the Salvator school. Painting and landscaping at Diakonie Idstein. Cleaning windows and painting of wooden toys at Kinderhospiz Barenherz Wiesbaden.

Greece
Ilia

Providing assistance in villages recently affected by tragic fire.

Hong Kong SAR

Removing invasive species at Mai Po Nature Reserve.

Hungary
Budapest

Autumn cleaning, landscaping, painting and cleaning at Maltai Szeretet Szolgalat Palying House for Children.

India
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi

Planting trees at Virgo Nagar. Gardening and landscaping at Home for the Aged run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. Tidying up library and painting at Shristi Special Academy's Centre in Basaveswaranagar. Planting and weeding the garden and making flash cards and charts at the Campus of Shristi Special Academy at Channenahalli. Covering notebooks and binding library books at low-income and hearing-impaired schools. Working with doctors to organize a urology and eye check up and cataract screening camp for HelpAge India. Assisting Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare doctors to organise a general health check up camp for street children. Planting trees and painting at CHORD-Ashirwaad and Ashray Akruti. Setting up a donor databse, preparing case studies and completing translations for Ashray Akruti. Counseling students and preparing portfolios at CHORD Akshara. Promoting the Childline outreach program. Painting, planting trees and interacting with students at child care center. Interacting with students at Rotary Sankalp School for Hearing Impaired and Salaam Balak shelters.

Indonesia
Bandung, Jakarta, Tasikamalaya

Reading books for blind students at Wyata Guna Foundation. Playing games and reading books with orphanage children at Panti Asuhan Putra Nusa. Reading books to elementary students at SDN Pagerageung Elementary School.

Italy
Turin

Competing in a friendly football match with Associazione Genitori e Persone con Sindrome di Down. Preparing humanitarian aid packs for Sermig. Gardening at Regina Margherita pediatric hospital.

Japan
Kawasaki-shi, Osaka, Tokyo

Cleaning up city streets. Hosting Red Cross community blood collection. Teaching mobile kids class at Honmura Elementary School.

Jordan
Amman

Teaching INJAZ leadership and professional skills training to university and college students. Supporting Community Rehabilitation Center for Handicapped Care and Our Lady of Peace Center.

Malaysia
Penang, Selangor

Promoting environmental awareness among the school children  at Permatang Damar Laut Penang Primary School and clearing abandoned area behind school. Coordinating NatureTots in Rimba Ilmu program to help children understand nature through experiencing it.

Mexico
Calpuhuac

Painting, repairing and planting trees at Miguel Hidalgo Elementary School.

Morocco
Benslimane, Casablanca

Organizing a day of entertainment for orphans and planting flowers and trees at Centre de Protection d'Enfance. Organizing entertainment for and attend classes with children being treated for cancer at Ibnou Rochd Hospital. Teaching classes at Institut Superiuere de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises (ISCAE).

Netherlands
Nieuwegein

Completing volunteer project

Nigeria
Victoria Island

Completing volunteer project.

Oman

Completing volunteer project.

Pakistan
Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi

Helping orphans in their daily activities, conducting teacher training, teaching classes/sports, painting, cleaning and gardening at SOS Children's Village.
Peru
Lima
Painting, cleaning and gating kindergarten and playground at Pronoei los Girasoles.
Philippines Completing volunteer project.
Poland
Krakow
Cleaning and gardening around hospital. Teaching technical workshops for high school students. Organizing Academy of the Future children's event. Donating blood. Cleaning and gardening park area around Siemacha Association orphanage. Collecting money for children's charity event.

Portugal
Porton, Vila Nogueira de Azeitao

Refurbishing, gardening, adding safety features and donating electronics and toys for children in at-risk families through Association Meninos de Oiro shelter. Cleaning windows at at Luasa Cannavaro home for young homeless mothers.

Puerto Rico
Caguas

Cleaning play yard and donating clothing and supplies at Hogar Cuna San Cristobal.

Romania
Bucharest

Tutoring students and planning for annual charity ball at Ovidiu Rom Association.

Russia
Nevskaya Dubrovka, Solnechnoye, St. Petersburg

Cleaning up and landscaping orphanage, children's sanatorium and hospitals.

Singapore

Housekeeping for AWWA senior home. Treating seniors to a farm tour outing. Making props for Movement of the Intellectually Disable of
Singapore dance event. Raising funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

South Africa
Sandton

Sponsoring disadvantaged children at Khulangolwazi Children's Club.

South Korea
Seoul

Providing computer education at Samseong Orphanage for the Deaf. Cleaning Yangjae Brookside. Cleaning Chung-gye Mountain.

Spain
El Escorial

Placing ID rings on birds and cleaning nests at Herrera Forest.

Sri Lanka
Ratmalana, Ratnapura

Performing complete dormitory makeover Ceylon School for the Deaf and Blind. Cleaning up Mulawella Trail at Sinharaja Rain Forest.

Switzerland
Zurich

Fulfilling wish of a sick child through Wunderlampe.

Taiwan

Completing volunteer project.

Ukraine
Kyiv

Planting trees for public square with District Housing and Communal Services.

United Arab Emirates
Dubai

Assisting teachers with children's activities at Dubai Centre for Special Needs. Providing food for Dubai's shelter for abused women and children.
United Kingdom
Basingstoke, Birmingham, Cambridge, Devizes, Hook, Kingsteign, Livingston, Lynham, Marlborough, Royston, Solihull, Swindon
Creating a woodland haven, hazel coppice storytelling area, wildflower reflection garden, sensory garden and fruit orchard at St Johns C.of E.Primary School. Cleaning and repairing grounds at Saxon Wood School. Repairing and ugrading playgound equipment and playroom toys at ACE Kindergarten. Beautifying interior at Charities Information Bureau. Groundskeeping at Hampshire Wildlife Trust. Clearing litter from the Hackney Marsh nature reserve, along the banks of the River Teign and at Murieston Trail. Painting the scout hut at Lynham. Painting and repairing horse facilities at Greatwood. Redecorating the hall at Meldreth Primary School. Removing invasive treest at RSPB. Creating a library at Lydiard House. Redecorating at Swindon Foyer. Tidying the grounds of Lawns Green School. Cleaning and polishing trains at Swindon & Cricklade Steam Railway. Painting and decorating at Ferndale Youth Group. Updating Freshbrook Community Cafe. Gardening at Swindon Borough Park. Creating a garden at Colebrook Junior School. Laying a new pathway at Stonham Family Support and Resettlement. Beautifying grounds at National Trust
Compton Abbes. Removing undergrowth and tidying grounds at Legge House.

United States / Arizona
Chandler, Mesa, Tempe

Landscaping, maintaining and painting transitional housing for the homeless. Repairing and painting homes for lower-income elderly residents. Landscaping and cleaning up Sunshine Acres Childrens Home. Cleaning computer screens/ keyboards and power washing sidewalks at Carminati School.

United States / California
Anaheim, Lakeside, Los Altos Hills, Olivenhain, San Diego, Santa Clara

Reading with students and discussing careers at Sunkist Elementary School. Painting at Louis Stelzer Park. Landscaping and harvesting at Hidden Villa. Cleaning up abandoned ranger station at Elfin Forest Preserve. Cleaning up store front for Habitat for Humanity. Preparing haunted house for YMCA. Preparing food to be delivered to critically ill men, women and children through Mama's Kitchen. Landscaping at Epicentre. Landscaping and building at St.Vincent de Paul Village. Filling food boxes for San Diego Food Bank. Organizing donated materials from companies and putting together classroom kits for RAFT.

United States / Colorado
Boulder, Longmont

Maintaining gardens at Growing Gardens. Restore healthy forest and meadow ecosystems at Heil Valley Ranch.

United States / Florida
Coconut Creek, Dania Beach, Davie, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Lake Mary, Pompano Beach, Wilton Manors

Planting native plants Fern Forest Nature Center. Painting and caring for babies at Kids in Distress. Maintaining horse trails and removing hedges at Tradewinds Park. Removing invasive plants at Secret Wods Nature Center. Assembling new interactive exhibit at Young at Art Children's Museum. Restoring habitat at Tree Tops Park. Maintaining bike trails at Quiet Waters Park. Upgrading playground at Children's Choice School. Cooking and service lunch at Broward Partnership for the Homeless. Removing invasive species and debris from shoreline at St Johns River. Sorting donated clothes and supplies at Broward Outreach Center. Cleaning up debris Deerfield Island Park.

United States / Georgia
Buford

Refreshing landscape and painting at Gwinnett Children's Shelter.

United States / Illinois
Arlington Heights, Chicago, Glen Ellyn, Hoffman Estates, Ingleside, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Mount Prospect, North Chicago, Oak Park, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg, Skokie, Waukegan

Painting home for mentally and physically challenged at Clearbrook Center. Interacting with nursing home residents at Luthern Home. Sorting and repacking donated food at Greater Chicago Food Depository and Willow Creek Community Care Food Pantry. Teaching introduction to engineering program in schools. Landscaping and redecorating at Urban Art Retreat. Teaching Junior Achievement in schools. Restoring Willowbrook Wildlife Center. Collecting and sorting donated clothes for Brown Elephant, Women in Need Growing Strong and Jobs for Youth. Checking hardware and upgrading software of donated PCs for American Indian Center. Painting and landscaping at Orchard Village. Restoring habitat at Lake County Forest Preserve. Preparing crafts and working with children at Quentin Road Christian Preschool. Setting up and managing used book sale at Schaumburg Township District Library. Teaching underprivildedged citizens the basics of computers and financial literacy at Urban Muslim Minority Alliance. Playing Bingo! with residents at VA Medical Center. Assisting elderly residents with activities at Winchester House.

United States / Kansas
Lawrence

Landscaping and painting at Lawrence Community Nursery School.

United States / Maryland
Baltimore

Planting trees, shrubs and flowers at Roland Park for Jones Falls Watershed Association.

United States / Massachusetts
Acton, Boxborough, Framingham, Lowell

Painting at Advocates, Inc. home for mentally ill. Working with girls participating in Girls, Inc. after-school program. Landscaping at Community Gardens Greenhouse. Supporting the Career Center of Lowell. Discussing engineering careers with high school students. Landscaping Lowell School District. Beautifying clubhouse exterior and decorating interior at Boys and Girls Club of Lowell.

United States /
New Jersey
Edison, Newark, South Plainfield

Spending time with children at Lakeview cerebral palsy school. Cleaning up at Rafael Hernandez School. Decorating facility and spending time with residents at Cedar Oaks Elderly Center. Cleaning up stream bank and woods at South Plainfield Park.

United States / New York
Bay Shore, Central Islip, Dix Hills, Hempstead, Hicksville, Holbrook, Holtsville, Selden, Smithtown, Terryville

Painting classrooms and cleaning up at Education Assistance Corp's Suffolk Learning Center. Assisting in Project BEE's toddler classrooms. Reading and interacting with young clients whose families who have court business at Children's Center at Cohalalan Court. Teaching Junior Achievement to elementary students. Planting, sorting and cleaning up at EAC Suffolk County Child Advocacy Center. Painting and cleaning up at homeless shelter. Painting Family Service Clinic at Madonna Heights. Reading to Spanish-speaking in a dual language pre-K program. Conducting fall clean-up at FCA - Hagedorn Family Resource Center. Speaking about careers at Holy Trinity School. Providing dinner and desserts for foster care teens. Weeding and planting at Roe YMCA. Talking with students about careers in technology at Smithtown High School.

United States / Ohio
Canton

Refurbishing donated computers for distribution to low-income families through ComputersAgain.

United States / Oregon
Beaverton

Cleaning up planting sites and maintaining trails at Tualatin Hills Nature Park.

United States /
Pennsylvania
Abington, Doylestown, Horsham, Warminster

Painting and landscaping at neighborhood YMCA. Painting and landscaping at Heritage Conservancy. Preparing for children's annual International Day celebration. Landscaping and maintaining trails at Peace Valley Nature Center. Organizing warehouse at Cradles to Crayons' Giving Factory. Harvesting, cleaning fields and weeding at Pennypack Farm Education Center. Landscaping alongside fifth-grade students at Jarrett Nature Center. Landscaping and making repairs at Gilda's Club.

United States / Texas
Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth

Cleaning up the creeks and rebuilding trails in support of Save Barton Creek Association. Landscaping at Foundation for the Homeless Day Center. Recording newspaper articles and children's books for Fort Worth Reading Resources. Clearing trails and repairing fences at Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge. Helping with home construction for Habitat for Humanity. Gardening and lawn work to reclaim an outdoor reading garden at Gilliland Elementary School. Helping with special maintenance and office projects at The Parenting Center. Answering incoming calls, offering referrals and assisting Safe Haven shelter residents with daily needs. Working at Tarrant Area Food Bank. Organizing disaster-relief supplies for Red Cross.

United States / Washington
Seattle

Teaching Junior Achievement at local elementary school. Gardening and landscaping at Interbay Community P-Patch.

Uzbekistan
Tashkent

Clean yard at Art School for disabled children.

Venezuela
Caracas

Promoting environment care and gathering electronics for recycling.

Vietnam

Completing volunteer project.
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