employee idea grant r2 2015 final
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EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANTSRound 2, 2015
Employee Idea Grants enable
employees to make an impact in
a way that inspires them, by
making their own, bright ideas
for impact come to life
Today, we're excited to announce
the 14 recipients.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
I am using my LIFG grant to
volunteer at the Teaching English
program at Hope and Home in
Nepal, in collaboration with the
International Volunteer
Headquarters (IVHQ.org).
I will be using part of my grant to
travel to Nepal for three weeks to
teach English and basic education
(Math, etc) at public schools in
Nepal that struggle to staff
permanent teachers.
I will be using a third of my grant
along with some personal matching
to contribute to long term
initiatives to make the people of
Nepal more self sufficient and
improve public school staffing.
Neeta Kamadolli
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Orangutans are like people – they
have thoughts, emotions and
personalities. And due to the
deforestation of their home, in
which the rain forests are cleared
by fire to make room for palm oil
plants, they are going extinct.
With this grant I am going to put
myself in the center of the
destruction and travel to Borneo
for three weeks to support the
Orangutan Foundation
International by building a much-
needed structure for the
organization to thrive.
Upon my return to the US, I will
share my story and inspire change
within the company by putting
together LinkedIn’s very own
World Orangutan Day on August
19th.
Victoria Guyon
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
This fund will go towards theKiganda Children For Changeproject. Together with a groupof architects I am working on
building a dormitory andworkshop for street boys whoare part of this program in thesuburbs of Kampala, Uganda.
Via this project we willprovide the boys with
housing, their livelihoods(including food, school fees,
etc.) and create anenvironment for them wherethey can have a sustainable
income stream.
Natasha Kalidin
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
My seventeen year olddaughter, Meg, has a dream to
send one million pencils toAfrica. To finance her project
she has designed a series ofpencils and for every pencilshe sells, she sends one to
Africa.
With the LIFG grant, she'llenhance her web commerce
capabilities and develop avideo to drive awareness for
her cause.
Justin Shriber
The LIFG grant will be used tohelp make an impact on these
blossoming children's lives. Theircurrent home is in need of somemajor TLC, but with a struggling
single mother the bills come first. The grant will be used to helpprovide them with an updated
home where they can beproductive and and inspired!
This grant will help transformtheir home to a home that they
can be proud of and want toreturn too each day.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Nicole Cloonan
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
I was born in Taiwan andadopted as a newborn by anAmerican couple. Last year
a LinkedIn colleagueconnected me to an
organization that doesadoption reunions, and
after 8 months of lookingthey found my birth mother.
The LIFG Grant moneyfunded a trip back to
Taiwan and on Leap Day,2016 I took a personal leap
and met her in Taipei,spending the next several
days exploring my birthcountry and getting to know
one another.
Kathy Goss
In Myanmar, with rapid growthof telecommunications
coverage, the cost of owning amobile phone with internetaccess has gone down from
$2,000 two years ago to $23.As such, most of Myanmar's 60
million people areexperiencing the internet for
the first time through portabledevices. However, digital
literacy has been the barrierto fully utilize the technology.
I would like to organizeworkshops to teach skills such
as using search engines,staying connected to global
news, etc. for igniting thelearning curiosity and
advancing the knowledge.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Yamin Htun
Our local village school inIndia has around 610
students.
Using LinkedIn's grant, I amplanning to set-up library in
school, so that kids can utilizethis opportunities to borrow
books.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
VijayragunathAruswamy
As the hardest working manI know and my role model, I
plan to use this grant tohelp my father with his
upcoming back surgery.This will will help cover
some of the personalexpenses during his
recovery. It is my hope thathe will be back to doing
what he enjoys most,working and building things.
His enjoyment and hisethics for work have taughtme valuable lessons in my
own career, and it's my turnto repay him for his great
example
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Melvin Salazar
PawParks.nyc is aneighborhood dog park App
that allows NYC area dogparents find local dog
parks, see which pups arealready at the park playing,
connect with friendlyPawPals, and setup fun
PawDates. Through ourPaw-some sponsor network
we also donate food andproducts to local shelters
and rescues for each check-in through the App or
website. So NYC, fetch theApp and Check-in & Help-
out a dog in need!
Jonathan Lagasse
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
There are 4.8M registeredSyrian refugees who need
help. Many families, womanand children are stranded in
neighboring Turkey, Lebanonand Jordan and trying to make
their way to the EU throughGreece. There are massive
strains on education, healthand social-welfare systems.
The LIFG grant will helpprovide food and clothing to
those displaced and stranded
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Richard Wong
Trinity Gaels is an amazing club that
provides a crucial active, fun and
cultural outlet for hundreds of
families in the Donaghmede area.
However being in a disadvantaged
area significantly reduces our
financial ability to equip our children
and support our parent volunteers
adequately. Gaelic Games main two
codes are Gaelic Football and
Hurling. Every week our nursery
section caters for approximately 100
children aged between 4 & 7 yrs old.
However hurling equipment is
extremely expensive. As a result we
are very limited in our ability to
coach hurling across all of our
groups each week.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Isidor Pavia
Girl scout troop 61376 willcreate a Networking Badge for
Senior Girl Scouts who areactively applying 3 key
leadership principles "discover,connect, take action." The girls
will develop specific learningobjectives and outcomes, design
the badge, and network toidentify issues and root causes
in their communities so they canwork collaboratively toward
sustainable solutions.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Kim Viano
The grant will be used to providestipend funding to the Andrew S. CrayFellowship at the National Center for
Transgender Equality (NCTE). TheNCTE is at the forefront of changing
policies to advance transgenderequality, as well as providing essential
services to transgender people andeducating individuals about the
transgender community in the UnitedStates. Andrew S. Cray Fellowshipprovides stipends for summer law
fellows at NCTE in Washington, DC, itenables individuals who may not
otherwise be able to participate in thefellowship to have the opportunity tomake a difference for the transgender
community nationwide.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Blake Keng
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
will be launching a newemployee grants programsoon. Stay tuned for more
information!