Employee Volunteer Program

Room by room, heart by heart: Helping foster youth thrive in college

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Room by room, heart by heart: Helping foster youth thrive in college

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month — a time dedicated to recognizing the resilience of youth in foster care and the critical role we all play in supporting their journeys. For many of these young people, stepping onto a college campus is not just the start of a new chapter — it’s the start of a new life. That’s why Move-in Day Mafia exists: to ensure foster youth aren’t just seen during their college…

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How Cisco volunteers multiply impact for nonprofits

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How Cisco volunteers multiply impact for nonprofits

April is Global Volunteer Month. All month long, we’re recognizing some of the ways Cisco employees give their time, skills, and expertise in their communities. Cisco and the Cisco Foundation’s distinctive approach to supporting nonprofit organizations often begins with funding, but it rarely ends there. Our aim is always to bring the best of all that Cisco has to offer to the organizations we support—and the skills, time, and expertise of our people are our…

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Global Volunteer Month shines spotlight on Cisco DNA

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Global Volunteer Month shines spotlight on Cisco DNA

April is Global Volunteer Month. All month long, we’re recognizing some of the ways Cisco employees give their time, skills, and expertise in their communities. In 1991, the US established April as National Volunteer Month. Today, that scope has expanded, and it’s recognized as Global Volunteer Month. Since Cisco’s founding 40 years ago, giving back to our communities has been a part of our tradition. Giving back as a habit is part of what it…

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Preparedness is the key: training with the Crisis Response Community

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Preparedness is the key: training with the Crisis Response Community

In times of crisis, a richly diverse group of volunteers brings not just dedication to the cause and a passion for helping people, but the creativity needed to get tough jobs done. When natural disasters and humanitarian crises strike, Cisco is uniquely positioned to help vulnerable people around the world thanks to both our dedicated Cisco Crisis Response (CCR) team as well as more than 700 employee volunteers who are ready to deploy at a…

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Employee giving and volunteerism drives positive business outcomes

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Employee giving and volunteerism drives positive business outcomes

Cisco was honored last year to win the top spot on People’s 2023 List of Companies That Care, and a key factor was our employee culture of giving back. We’ve been on a multi-year journey to engage our employees for positive impact at scale. Four years in, the results surprised even us. Not only did we see significant increases in donations and volunteerism to our global communities, but tangible benefits back to Cisco. “We learned…

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