{"id":5813,"date":"2019-12-20T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=5813"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T16:15:59","slug":"holiday-season-giving-back-impact","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/en\/stories\/holiday-season-giving-back-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"This Holiday Season, Autodesk Employees Are Giving Back and Making An Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December is our Global Month of Giving here at Autodesk, a time when employees demonstrate the culture of impact by giving back by contributing volunteer time and donations to the causes they care about most. Autodesk offers several benefits to make it easier for its employees to have an impact: \u00a0an annual donation match of up to $3,000 for every employee, 48 hours of volunteer time per year, and special incentives for volunteering on nonprofit boards and during sabbaticals. <\/p>\n<div class=\"pull-quote\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.org\/what-we-do\/employee-impact\">Learn more<\/a> about employee engagement at Autodesk <\/div>\n<p> All employees (including our CEO Andrew Anagnost and the rest of the executive team) are encouraged to take advantage of the donation match and volunteer benefits before the end of the year and share their stories of giving. Every year, people contribute to a broad range of causes supporting efforts that are most special to our employees in regions around the globe. Here are some of my coworkers sharing the causes they care about most: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5816\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_UK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_UK.png 1170w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_UK-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_UK-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_UK-700x386.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/> Employees from the London, UK office share the causes to which they contributed \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/buildchange.org\/\">Build Change<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nexleaf.org\/\">Nexleaf Analytics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk\/\">Children with Cancer UK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/edenprojects.org\/\">Eden Reforestation Projects<\/a>. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5814\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Manishgant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Manishgant.png 538w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Manishgant-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/> Manishgant Padmanabhan, a senior software engineer in San Francisco, CA, donated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sealegacy.org\/\">SeaLegacy<\/a> because our oceans need help. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5817\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Lena.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Lena.png 1170w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Lena-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Lena-1024x596.png 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Lena-700x407.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/> Lena Talkhina, a community manager in Moscow, Russia, donated to a Russian charity that supports care and treatment of critical children. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5818\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_St-Jude.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_St-Jude.png 1000w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_St-Jude-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_St-Jude-700x609.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> Joe Abraham, chief of staff for Fusion Lifecycle in Michigan, gave to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjude.org\/\">St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Research Hospital<\/a> to support and understand, treat and defeat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5815\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Climate-Ride.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Climate-Ride.png 1170w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Climate-Ride-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Climate-Ride-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GMOG_Climate-Ride-700x525.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/> Claire FitzGerald, a sustainability manager in the California Bay Area, gave to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateride.org\/about-us\/\">Climate Ride<\/a> to help raise awareness and support sustainability, active transportation, and environmental causes. <div id=\"attachment_5822\" style=\"width: 4042px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5822\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5822\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BSM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BSM-2.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BSM-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BSM-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BSM-2-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco employees assemble care packages for distribution at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glide.org\/\">Glide<\/a>, a San Francisco charity that addresses the needs of \u2013 and advocates for \u2013 the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and families among us.<\/p><\/div> During the month of December, many Autodesk offices also hold holiday events that include impact-focused activities like assembling care kits for underserved communities, filling food bank orders and fund drives for local charities. As 2019 draws to a close I\u2019m inspired by the generosity of my colleagues from around the world world\u2014 not just in December, but all throughout the year. Seeing coworkers combining their skills to support innovative partners through our <a href=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/stories\/seeding-change-for-farmers-in-senegal-with-customers-and-colleagues\">pro bono program<\/a> and dedicating their time during our <a href=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/stories\/autodesk-employees-mark-five-years-of-making-a-global-impact-through-volunteer-work\">global month of impact<\/a> are a few of the great reasons employees love to give back at Autodesk. &nbsp; <div id=\"attachment_5819\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5819\" class=\"wp-image-5819 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GlobalMonthofGiving.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GlobalMonthofGiving.jpeg 707w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GlobalMonthofGiving-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GlobalMonthofGiving-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GlobalMonthofGiving-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/adsknews-stg.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GlobalMonthofGiving-700x700.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This global word map represents the causes Autodesk employees care about and have supported this December<\/p><\/div> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December, employees demonstrate the culture of impact by giving back by contributing volunteer time and donations to the causes they care about 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