From Chicago to Bangladesh and Mexico City to Moscow, more than 11,000 Motorola employees in 47 countries rolled up their sleeves and volunteered 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 benefitted.

Around the world, Motorola employees took a half day off of work to participate in a variety of projects addressing education, environmental sustainability and social services. Projects ranged from visiting a school for migrant workers’ children in Chengdu, China, to manning a food bank in Fort Worth, Texas, and landscaping at an orphanage in Krakow, Poland, to painting a school for the disabled in Buenos Aires.

At schools around the world, Motorola employees delivered an "introduction to engineering" course created by the company's Women’s Business Council with the aim of inspiring young people to pursue careers in science and technology.

Thousands of employees also participated in in-office projects such as a global giving drive to benefit the United Nation Children’s Fund's (UNICEF) School-in-a-Box program, which is used around the world to get children back to school in the first 72 hours of an emergency. Each kit contains supplies for a teacher and up to 80 students. This Global Day of Service campaign complements a grant of US$100,000 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF for the School-in-a-Box program by the Motorola Foundation, which has supported education and community services worldwide since 1953.

Motorola’s Global Day of Service is organized by Motorola volunteers and the Motorola Foundation, which has supported education and community services worldwide since 1953. In 2006, Motorola and the Motorola Foundation donated $30.8 million in cash and equipment with primary focus on programs that support education.