Hi CPS EMEAR! Are you ready for a some friendly competition? Interested in also making an impact? This year, Customer and Partner Services is coming together to give back to our people, communities and planet through our CARE Initiative, CPS for Action and Relief Everywhere (CARE). This quarter, everyone will be asked to donate in a race to have the highest participation rate among AMER, EMEAR and APJC. Locate your regional CARE fund with BrightFunds nonprofits to have your contribution matched by Cisco, by December 21st. The most "CARE-ing" region will be announced in the next calendar year! Eager to do more? By sending a screenshot of your contribution to your regional CARE fund, you can physically race as well! We're hosting a Walk or Run competition to encourage each other to stay active. You will be added to the WxT so you can connect with and encourage your competitors. Happy racing! Persons of contact: Jordan Smith (jordsmit), Annie O'Brien (anniobri) https://cisco.brightfunds.org/funds/fy21-cps-care-fund-apjc https://cisco.brightfunds.org/funds/fy21-cps-care-fund-amer

Women of Impact 2021 event will take place virtually on 10th March to coincide with International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is Rise. Shine. Thrive. No matter who you are, 2020 was a very challenging year. Women of Cisco is a community that supports each other. And Women of Impact will do just that! We want you to feel inspired and motivated to: Rise up and chart your future Shine bright and follow your dreams Thrive now by embracing your power. Cisco is committed to open and respectful dialog, inclusion, and diversity. Women of Cisco - Turkey has established this fund to support equality and diversity for Young Women. Employee donations to this fund and TOG will be matched by the Cisco Foundation up to $10,000 per employee as part of your annual matching limit. The TOG Young Women's Fund is a solidarity fund that supports young women to participate equally and freely in all areas of social life. With the support of this fund, projects will be implemented that will enable solutions to be produced with young people with the idea that the deepest problem of women in society is violence and aggression behaviors should be prevented and not at all. Trainings, campaigns and awareness studies will be carried out throughout the country. Together we can make a difference – within our company, our communities, and across our country.

Help TOG for their reforestation efforts in Southern Turkey. On July 27th 2021, forest fires started in the Southern region of Turkey, causing many casualties while creating a massively destructive damage on wildlife. Currently there are around 60 fires still uncontrolled in the region and the total damage is expected to be catastrophic. With this fundraising activity we are aiming to help Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi (TOG) in their effort to help reforestation in the region. All proceeds will be used for reforestation efforts of TOG.

Scorching temperatures, high winds and tinder dry conditions have contributed to the spread of hundreds of wildfires over the past week across Turkey, Italy, Greece, and Spain. Amidst the area's worst heat wave in over 30 years, thousands have been forced to evacuate. Scores of homes and other structures have been destroyed; eight people have died in southern Turkey, and hundreds have been injured across the region. Cisco Foundation has launched a $25K Southern Europe Wildfires Disaster Relief campaign to support the efforts of the organizations listed below. Donate to the Southern Europe Wildfires Disaster Relief fund and have your donation matched by Cisco Foundation, up to $10,000 per employee. Employee donations will not be counted toward employees' annual $25,000 match limit.

On 6 February 2023, a powerful M7.8 earthquake struck Türkiye's Gaziantep province near the Syrian border, killing thousands of people and injuring thousands more in Turkey and Syria. There have been multiple strong aftershocks, felt as far away as Lebanon, Cyprus, Iraq and Egypt. One of the strongest quakes to hit the region in more than 100 years, it has caused extensive damage of homes, businesses and infrastructure; the death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. Türkiye has declared a state of emergency and appealed for international assistance. Cisco Foundation has launched a Türkiye and Syria Earthquake disaster campaign which will support International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, People in Need (Člověk v tísni, o.p.s.), Polish Humanitarian Action, and Toplum Gönüllüleri Vakfı. Cisco employee gifts up to $10,000 will be matched and will not count against your annual $25K match allowance.