The document announces 14 recipients of Round 2, 2015 Employee Idea Grants. It provides brief summaries of each grant, which will fund volunteer teaching in Nepal, orangutan conservation in Borneo, building a dormitory in Uganda, helping a daughter's pencil donation project in Africa, home renovations for children, a reunion with a birth mother in Taiwan, digital literacy workshops in Myanmar, a school library in India, back surgery costs for a father, a dog park app in NYC, refugee aid in Greece, hurling equipment for a youth sports club in Ireland, a networking badge for girl scouts, and funding for a law fellowship on transgender rights.

1. EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANTS
Round 2, 2015

2. 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

3. Today, we're excited to announce
the 14 recipients.

4. 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

5. 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

6. EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
This fund will go towards the
Kiganda Children For Change
project. Together with a group
of architects I am working on
building a dormitory and
workshop for street boys who
are part of this program in the
suburbs of Kampala, Uganda.
Via this project we will
provide the boys with
housing, their livelihoods
(including food, school fees,
etc.) and create an
environment for them where
they can have a sustainable
income stream.
Natasha Kalidin

7. EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
My seventeen year old
daughter, Meg, has a dream to
send one million pencils to
Africa. To finance her project
she has designed a series of
pencils and for every pencil
she sells, she sends one to
Africa.
With the LIFG grant, she'll
enhance her web commerce
capabilities and develop a
video to drive awareness for
her cause.
Justin Shriber

8. TheLIFGgrantwillbeusedto
helpmakeanimpactonthese
blossomingchildren'slives. Their
currenthomeisinneedofsome
majorTLC,butwithastruggling
singlemotherthebillscomefirst.
Thegrantwillbeusedtohelp
providethemwithanupdated
homewheretheycanbe
productiveandandinspired!
Thisgrantwillhelptransform
theirhometoahomethatthey
canbeproudofandwantto
returntooeachday.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Nicole Cloonan

9. EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
I was born in Taiwan and
adopted as a newborn by an
American couple. Last year
a LinkedIn colleague
connected me to an
organization that does
adoption reunions, and
after 8 months of looking
they found my birth mother.
The LIFG Grant money
funded 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 birth
country and getting to know
one another.
Kathy Goss

10. In Myanmar, with rapid growth
of telecommunications
coverage, the cost of owning a
mobile phone with internet
access has gone down from
$2,000 two years ago to $23.
As such, most of Myanmar's 60
million people are
experiencing the internet for
the first time through portable
devices. However, digital
literacy has been the barrier
to fully utilize the technology.
I would like to organize
workshops to teach skills such
as using search engines,
staying connected to global
news, etc. for igniting the
learning curiosity and
advancing the knowledge.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Yamin Htun

11. Our local village school in
India has around 610
students.
Using LinkedIn's grant, I am
planning to set-up library in
school, so that kids can utilize
this opportunities to borrow
books.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Vijayragunath
Aruswamy

12. As the hardest working man
I know and my role model, I
plan to use this grant to
help my father with his
upcoming back surgery.
This will will help cover
some of the personal
expenses during his
recovery. It is my hope that
he will be back to doing
what he enjoys most,
working and building things.
His enjoyment and his
ethics for work have taught
me valuable lessons in my
own career, and it's my turn
to repay him for his great
example
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Melvin Salazar

13. PawParks.nyc is a
neighborhood dog park App
that allows NYC area dog
parents find local dog
parks, see which pups are
already at the park playing,
connect with friendly
PawPals, and setup fun
PawDates. Through our
Paw-some sponsor network
we also donate food and
products to local shelters
and rescues for each check-
in through the App or
website. So NYC, fetch the
App and Check-in & Help-
out a dog in need!
Jonathan Lagasse
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT

14. EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Thereare4.8Mregistered
Syrianrefugeeswhoneed
help.Manyfamilies,woman
andchildrenarestrandedin
neighboringTurkey,Lebanon
andJordanandtryingtomake
theirwaytotheEUthrough
Greece.Therearemassive
strainsoneducation,health
andsocial-welfaresystems.
TheLIFGgrantwillhelp
providefoodandclothingto
thosedisplacedandstranded
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Richard Wong

15. 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

16. Girl scout troop 61376 will
create a Networking Badge for
Senior Girl Scouts who are
actively applying 3 key
leadership principles "discover,
connect, take action." The girls
will develop specific learning
objectives and outcomes, design
the badge, and network to
identify issues and root causes
in their communities so they can
work collaboratively toward
sustainable solutions.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Kim Viano

17. Thegrantwillbeusedtoprovide
stipendfundingtotheAndrewS.Cray
FellowshipattheNationalCenterfor
TransgenderEquality(NCTE).The
NCTEisattheforefrontofchanging
policiestoadvancetransgender
equality,aswellasprovidingessential
servicestotransgenderpeopleand
educatingindividualsaboutthe
transgendercommunityintheUnited
States. AndrewS.CrayFellowship
providesstipendsforsummerlaw
fellowsatNCTEinWashington,DC,it
enablesindividualswhomaynot
otherwisebeabletoparticipateinthe
fellowshiptohavetheopportunityto
makeadifferenceforthetransgender
communitynationwide.
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT
Blake Keng
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT

18. will be launching a new
employee grants program
soon. Stay tuned for more
information!