| IN THIS ISSUE: INTEL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 CRISIS –INTEL PLEDGES $1M TO ADDRESS SOCIAL JUSTICE, RACISM – HEALTHCARE BENEFITS: ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE SOON? CURRENT INTEL BUSINESS STRATEGIES WEBCAST LINKS – OREGON: POSTPONED – TECHNOLOGY DONATION DRIVE – 166 RETIREES DONATED OVER $88,000 TO THE CORONAVIRUS CAMPAIGN –FIRST ROUND PAYOUT REPORT FOR 2019 INTEL INVOLVED HOURS AVAILABLE – SITE SOCIAL AND VOLUNTEER EVENTS: canceled until further notice NOTE: Please do not reply to News Flash – use links provided
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FROM THE BOARD
 TECHNOLOGY FROM INTEL CAPITAL FIRMS HELPS IN THE CORONAVIRUS FIGHT (5-15-20) As hospitals, governments, private firms and healthcare providers around the world battle the coronavirus, a collection of companies in which Intel Capital has invested – all of them small to medium-sized – offer products and services to help in the fight. |
Bob Swan Memo: THE SIDELINES ARE NOT AN OPTION; INTEL PLEDGES $1M TO ADDRESS SOCIAL JUSTICE, RACISM Intel is pledging $1 million in support of efforts to address social injustice and anti-racism across various nonprofits and community organizations. I also encourage employees to consider donating to organizations focused on equity and social justice, including the Black Lives Matter Foundation, the Center for Policing Equity and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, all of which are eligible for Intel’s Donation Matching Program. |
HEALTHCARE BENEFITS – Gail Womack & Cynthia Pedigo, Co-Chairs
 ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE SOON?There are many things to learn about the Medicare programs and the IRO website has resources to begin that process.Information from the January 2019 Medicare Basics Webinar, presented by the Center for Medicare Services (CMS), as well as from the February 2019 Hot Topics On-line Forum Signing Up for Medicare. |
COMMUNICATION – Debbie Watson and Deborah Wright, Co- Chairs
CURRENT INTEL BUSINESS STRATEGIES WEBCAST LINKS:
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VOLUNTEERING AND DONATIONS (BENEVITY) – Ben Manny & Annette Bachmeier, Co-chairs
POSTPONED – TECHNOLOGY DONATION DRIVE The Free Geek TechNOW drive has been postponed, but we promise to be back.The remaining four scheduled collection sites – including the Intel Aloha donation site – will be postponed until further notice.Please continue to check the Free Geek website for any updates on when the drive will resume.Have a question? Email Donna Maleki. |
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Retirees Donate $219,933.09 to the Coronavirus Campaign The Intel foundation Coronavirus Campaign ended May 22. With the Intel matching donation, $219,933.09 was raised by retirees for this campaign across 14 locations. View breakout of the retiree donations across the major sites by clicking the figure below to view full-size image.
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FIRST ROUND PAYOUT REPORT FOR 2019 INTEL INVOLVED HOURS AVAILABLE Round one payout checks for 2019 hours were mailed in May. The first round payout report is posted on the IRO Website here.No commitment of funds on behalf of Intel or the Intel Foundation should be made to any cause until their payout is listed on this report. Please verify your cause and payout is listed as expected. For discrepancies please email retiree.volunteers@intel.com. Lost checks, hours logged incorrectly, and failure for a cause to annually renew eligibility are issues that can be resolved and fixed in the next round of payouts. Two additional payout rounds are planned. |
SITE SOCIAL EVENTS
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