Community Involvement
We Vow to Make a Global Impact
Building and sustaining communities together, lending a helping hand when it's needed. Through shared commitment and knowledge with our community partners, we can achieve uncommon things, together. Geographic Solutions is committed to building strong and vibrant communities, both locally and abroad, improving quality of life, and making a positive difference.
HandsOn Tampa Bay (HOT)
HandsOn Tampa Bay is the Tampa Bay area's premier platform for volunteering and community service. An initiative of the United Way of Tampa Bay, HOT helps build a strong, caring community by mobilizing volunteers to engage in meaningful service projects across Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. HandsOn Tampa Bay offers a wide variety of fun, flexible, hands-on projects every month with a variety of organizations. Geographic Solutions employees who have completed the HOT orientation course can sign up at their leisure for one-time, short-term projects.
www.volunteertampabay.com
Treasures of Africa
Geographic Solutions regularly sponsors TOA and in December 2008 raised over $20,000 when Paul Toomey and Deane Toler climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (http://www.climbingkiliforacause.com/theclimb). In April of 2010, Paul and Deane cycled coast to coast across Northern England and raised over $10,000 for the orphanage (http://www.geographicsolutions.com/coasttocoast). The Treasures of Africa's Children's Home was officially opened in March 2007. Located in Moshi at the foot of beautiful Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, this home provides loving care, nutritious food, and education in a Christian family environment for orphaned and abandoned children. The home was opened in direct response to the high incidence of AIDS and orphaned children in the nation of Tanzania. UNICEF currently estimates the number of orphans within Tanzania to be over 2 Million.
www.TreasuresofAfrica.org
American Cancer Society's Relay for Life
Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.
www.cancer.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Since its founding in 1950, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has become one of the nation's largest and best-known voluntary health agencies. MDA provides comprehensive medical services to tens of thousands of people with neuromuscular diseases at some 215 hospital-affiliated clinics across the country. The Association's worldwide research program, which funds some 400 individual scientific investigations annually, represents the largest single effort to advance knowledge of neuromuscular diseases and to find cures and treatments for them.
www.mda.org
Susan G Komen®
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $1 Billion since inception in 1982. As the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, they're working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. The organization is the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.
ww5.komen.org
Brandon Foundation
The Foundation Angel Program has been established to help families in the Greater Brandon, FL community who have a family member suffering from the effects of a life threatening disease or catastrophic event. Money isn't the only thing that individuals may need during this emotional time. They may also have some practical needs that can be met by individuals. Our program matches individuals and families with resources that are available within our community. For example, a lawn care company could mow the lawn of a patient receiving chemotherapy or a restaurant could provide a gift certificate for a patient or caregiver. These businesses receive a Foundation Angel decal that could be displayed to show that they are a "Foundation Angel" and that they care about others in the community.
www.brandonfoundation.com
The Haven
The Haven provides safety, support and education for victims of domestic violence and their children. The Haven of RCS offers a continuum of services to adult victims and their children. Geographic Solutions adopted a family for Christmas and donations were collected for the family.
www.rcspinellas.org
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Our mission is to provide financial assistance in the form of scholarships for higher education to deserving sons and daughters of Marines and children of former Marines, with particular attention being given to children whose parent was killed or wounded in action. Since 1962, they have awarded more than 22,500 scholarships and bonds totaling more than $39.2 Million, including $4.55 Million to 1,393 scholarship recipients in 2008.
www.mcsf.com
Palm Harbor Fire Rescue - 9/11 Memorial
Palm Harbor Fire Rescue has started the planning and building phase for a 9/11 Memorial to honor the 343 firefighters that lost their lives in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Geographic Solutions provided sponsorship in memory of two fallen firefighters of 9/11 who were childhood friends with two of our current employees.
www.palmharborfd.com
Pasco Pediatric Foundation - 2011 Filthy Fun Run
The Pasco Pediatric Foundation'smission is to raise and distribute funds to children andyoung adultswho need assistance with medical, emotional, physical, and education needs not otherwise met by existing federal, state, and local servicesand organizations in Pasco County, FL. 
Eleven employees from Geographic Solutions plan to participate in a 5k Mud Run on November 19, 2011 which benefits the Pasco Pediatric Foundation.
www.pascokids.org/wsd
Geographic Solutions also provides funding, materials and time to the following charities:
American Legion Post #21
Catholic Charities.
Another adventure for Paul & Deane.