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"Giving back to our communities strengthens our connections with the places in which we live and work. And it also brings us closer together as a global team," says Seth Marbin, GoogleServe's founder and original Global Leader [Marbin is also the founder and lead of Teampedia]. Each year the event has grown in size and scope.
 
[[File:GoogleServe 2013 MontageFull-v2.png|thumbnail|GoogleServe Global Montage]]
Examples of GoogleServe projects:
* In New York, Googlers led resume writing workshops and provided career coaching to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America members seeking employment.* Googlers helped Mountaineering Ireland construct drains in order to maintain a stretch of trail along the Dublin Mountains Way.* Googlers facilitated a strategic planning session for staff from the Post Prison Education Program in Seattle.* Googlers conducted an online tools workshop for NGOs in Singapore with the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre.* Googlers fixed up bikes with Free Ride in Pittsburgh; the bikes were donated to local nonprofits and residents.* At the Punjabi Bagh Central Market area in West Delhi, Googlers cleaned and removed old, decayed posters with the help of “Lets do it Delhi,” an organization which has taken up the initiative to minimize abuse of public property.
GoogleServe projects are planned and coordinated by a core team of employees, and the company provides transportation, meals, materials, and equipment for all Googlers who choose to participate in projects of their choice, on company time. GoogleServe is the company's annual week of focus on volunteer efforts, yet service is encouraged year round through programs which include 20 hours of work time annually for any individual to volunteer with an approved charitable organization.
Read more about GoogleServe:
*http://www.google.com/giving/community/
*http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/googleserve-2013-giving-back-on-global.html
*http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/googleserve-2012-more-skills-based.html
*http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/googleserve-2011-giving-back-around.html
*http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/googleserve-2010-celebrating-community.html
*http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/googleserve-thinking-globally-and.html
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