Lynn Niewald - Conducted a resume writing and interview skills workshop for a group (some ex-convicts) in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Dunia Velarde - Delivered “Trust in the Tomorrow” books, donated to a cancer support organization in La Paz, Bolivia. 

Christer Svalmark - Helped a day care center with daily routines and program in Stockholm, Sweden.

Chad Howard - Organized 28 stalls for Sherwood State School fete/carnival in Brisbane, Australia.

(Santa Cruz, Bolivia) “Mi Refugio” is a place to help women with cancer. This institution began work in 2003 and has focused in Breast Cancer Prevention.

Ana Maria Coutand (Air France Representative in Bolivia) is the Institution’s President. Their principal labor is to collect money to help the poor people receive a free breast exam and treatment. This institution has made a big difference in all women with cancer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Read more »

On Friday 8th May, a group of the SP team spent some time at the Sydney Children’s Hospital as part of our Give Together contribution. From 12.30-4.30pm, we lacquered wooden train sets, dusted and sanitised toys, packed craft kits, and upholstered mini wooden chairs in tissue paper to cover up writing that an over-enthusiastic child had kindly graffitied all over!

While we can’t say it was the most comfortable arrangement sitting on miniature-sized kids chairs at equally miniature desks with our knees up to our chests, it was fantastic that we could sit on the balcony with Mix 106.5 pumping (yes, they gave us our own radio and let us choose the station!) and spend an afternoon doing something different to our usual 9 to 5 and more importantly, something meaningful that we knew would put a smile on the face of a child who was unlucky enough to find themselves in hospital! Read more »

As part of 2009’s Give Time Together an ambitious bunch decided to offer their time to the great outdoors. Which is how we came to be at the beautiful Trumper Park in Paddington. Originally Hampden Park Oval the park was built on reclaimed swamp and filled with various land fill from many of the local road projects over the years. Rudy the Bushcare officer from Woollahra Council helps maintain over 80ha of parks in the area. The project at Trumper Park involved planting a section of Native Garden surrounding the oval with a variety of Local Fauna. We weeded, mulched and planted – it was enormous fun and great to be giving back to the community and environment! Read more »

For Give Time Together, Travelocity on Location held its second annual “First Paw Forward” pet adoption expo on May 9, 2009 at Town Square Las Vegas.

This fun-filled afternoon was a truly rewarding experience for our employees. Our volunteers helped walk, feed, and care for some of the most adorable and lovable adoptees. Volunteers were able to form intimate bonds with the needy (and cute!) pets while providing detailed pet bios to the general public and helping facilitate in the adoption process for their four-legged friends. With the support of our 35 volunteers, The Animal Foundation of Las Vegas was able to provide homes to 16 adorable and needy pets!  Read more »

Indeed a remarkable kickoff!

Can a human body that’s not been trained, complete this feat of stamina?
Sore muscles, dehydration and exhaustion are nothing compared to the cause we decided to run for!
Everyday…we need that extra energy and power crystals to add dynamism to our life, and running for a cause doubles the joy. Read more »

On May  5th, Rome based employees took the kids of the San Giuseppe orphanage for a Tour of Rome together with a small team from the Red Cross who the kids know well. Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (the Vatican Agency and one of our Top Customers) lent us an open deck bus for the afternoon and the kids loved it! Read more »

The weekend right after the earthquake there is was a team ready for an exceptional transport of water for those displaced in L’Aquila. Well and quickly organized with a mega truck for the water… then there is the idea once we were going here we could as well collect funds and send something concrete.

The Civil Protection advice that they don’t have enough things for personal hygiene and especially elderly people were missing specific things for their personal basic needs. Then there is the need for things to clean kitchens and bathrooms like brooms, rags, etc.. Read more »

The official GTT 2009 Video.

This year our Montevideo event focused on supporting one of our Public schools, located a couple of miles form our Center.  We focus our efforts on connecting with students and helping stimulate their educational experience.  Our goal was to create an engaging event which will make a big impact to the children, but which will also be fun for employees.

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