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Dublin Interns for Pakistan
September 20, 2010
As you are probably all aware of by now, Pakistan has been hit by
devastating floods
that are affecting over 20 million people in the country. As organizations around the world
coordinate relief efforts
, our
Dublin Interns
also wanted to get engaged in some way. After some brainstorming, our Interns decided to raise money for
Oxfam
, an international confederation of 14 organizations. Our Dublin-based Interns came up with a whole range of activities in order to collect money and raise awareness of the situation in Pakistan in the first week of September:
Oxfam talk
: A local Oxfam representative was invited to Google to give a presentation on the current situation in Pakistan and Oxfam’s relief efforts.
Cake sale
: The Interns as well as our amazing Google Kitchen Chefs baked 10 cakes and tarts each. These were then sold to Googlers throughout our European Headquarters Office in Dublin.
Book & DVD sale
: They collected used or unwanted books and DVDs on all floors. During TGIF - our social get-together on Fridays - these books and DVDs were sold to Googlers.
Air hockey table auction
: Two air hockey tables, kindly donated by the Google Facilities Team, were auctioned off to the highest bidders, also during TGIF.
Bar Tenders at TGIF
: Normally, you help yourself to a drink at TGIF. This time, however, the Interns acted as bar tenders and opened bottles for Googlers and poured drinks in return for a small donation.
Donations
: The whole week, money collection boxes were stationed in the canteen as well as the micro kitchens.
By now, you are probably curious to find out how much money our Summer Interns raised with these initiatives. Well, their efforts gathered over €2,000 (around $2,500). However, thanks to
Google’s 1:1 Employee Donation Gift Matching Program
, the total donation amount to Oxfam will be doubled! That makes it a whooping €4,000 ($5,000) our Interns can donate to Oxfam. Well-done Interns!
Posted by Tobias Marmann - EMEA University Programs Teams
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