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he May/June HPE Gives theme
Tis Diversity. Judy Gray (South
Pacific GSD Employee Programs)
is volunteering time to support
girls in STEM (science, technology, lood donation: Red25 is a
engineering, mathematics) fields. Bunique giving program by
“I’m mentoring a team in the 2017 Tech Girls are the Australian Red Cross Blood
Superheroes challenge. School girls work as a team ite support of Cancer Service to save lives through blood
to develop an app that solves a community problem. SResearch. Rhodes, donation.
Industry professionals are assigned to mentor them Kotara and Forest Hill HPE has been registered as part
through the process which includes developing the have held morning teas as of the Australian Red Cross Blood
business case as well as the application. My team of 5 part of Australia’s Biggest Bank.
are aged 8-12 and are home schooled on the Central Morning Tea. If you are interested in organising
Coast, NSW. The girls are working on an app called “Talk If you are interested in your site to donate, or just want to
to the hand” for speech to sign (Auslan) translation for hosting a morning tea at donate by yourself, register with
the deaf. Very impressed! And very glad that #hpegives your site let us know! the Australian Red Cross Blood
supports my volunteering.” Service under “HPE Australia”.

GSD Volunteering

Give time | Give skills | Give resources

he HPE Gives theme in March/April was the Environment and HPE partnered with Ocean Conservancy as part of our theme. In
TApril 2017, ten HPE Kotara employees plus family members met at Dudley Beach to spend an hour collecting rubbish from the
beach, then arranged disposal and collated the results, which were sent to Ocean Conservancy.
Ocean and waterway rubbish ranks as one of the most serious pollution problems on our planet. This rising tide of marine debris
threatens human health, wildlife, communities and economies. Ocean trash is preventable, and data you collect are part of the
solution. Next time you’re at the beach, or on a waterway, use the Clean Swell app to send data to Ocean Conservancy to organise,
National Volunteering Week analyse and be part of the published result.

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