AMD Team Development Grants allows AMD teams of five or more employees who volunteer at least 10 hours collectively to apply for a $500 grant for that local nonprofit or school. Below are some of the activities which received $500 grants for their non-profits.
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AMD Cyberjaya Employees Provide IT Workshop for MyKasih Students
Nine AMD Cyberjaya employees conducted the first of six AMDiHati IT workshops for the MyKasih Foundation. AMD volunteers coordinated and trained 40 children, ages 9-12 years, on basic IT modules. “This was a great opportunity to get to know each other through a fun and meaningful activity outside our normal working hours and work environment,” shared Salina Muhammad-Zain, AMD Cyberjaya Community Affairs Liaison. An AMD Team Development Grant of $500 was awarded to the MyKasih Foundation on behalf of the employees who volunteered.
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AMD Austin Co-ops Lend a Hand to Urban Roots
Nine AMD employees and co-ops spent the morning pulling weeds and harvesting vegetables at Urban Roots. “This volunteer event really made us appreciative of where our food comes from,” said Courtenay Verret, AMD Talent Acquisition. “The work that Urban Roots does daily showed us that every little bit helps. This 3 1/2 acre farm is really helping a lot of people."
An AMD Team Development Grant of $500 was awarded to the Urban Roots on behalf of the employees who volunteered. Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture to transform the lives of young people and increase the access to healthy food in Austin. |
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AMD Hyderabad Employees Make the Day Brighter for the Chaithanya Mahila Mandali Orphanage
Fifteen AMD Hyderabad employees played games and participated in art activities with girls, ages 4-15 at Chaithanya Mahila Mandali Orphanage. “We had a great response from employees to volunteer for this event,” shared Piyush Sohaney, AMD Community Affairs Liaison. The Orphanage Director also shared, “thanks so much for the invaluable time that you spent with our kids.” An AMD Team Development Grant of $500 was awarded to the Chaithanya Mahila Mandali on behalf of the employees who volunteered.
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AMD Sunnyvale Employees Support 2012 Tech Challenge
Eight AMD Sunnyvale employees spent the day judging the annual Tech Challenge science competition. Volunteers worked in pairs to evaluate each student team's solution to this year’s challenge of Shake, Rattle, and Rescue, where participants were challenged to create a solution to help earthquake survivors.
"It's good to know that there is no shortage of talented engineers in Silicon Valley. I was very surprised at the creative solutions the students came up with to rescue a stranded person on a bridge in this challenge," shared one AMD volunteer. The Tech Challenge is an annual engineering design event for teams of students in grades 5-12, designed to inspire the next generation of Silicon Valley innovators. An AMD Team Development Grant of $500 was awarded to the Tech Museum.
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AMD Taipei Employees Help Sunable Home Shine
Nine AMD Taipei employees partnered with Yahoo Taiwan to paint several rooms in the Taiwan Access for All Association-Sunable Home. Stephanie Wang, AMD Community Affairs Liaison shared, “Most of the volunteers had never painted walls before, but at the end of the day we had accomplished our tasks and the Sunable staff were very pleased with the results. We felt that we brought some ‘sunshine’ into the home and we definitely want to volunteer again this year.” An AMD Team Development Grant of $500 was awarded to the Taiwan Access for All Association on behalf of the employees that volunteered.
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