There’s a lot of awesomeness to be had in working at VMware.  One of my favorite perks is the VMware Foundation, which this year matches $3141.59 of charitable giving to approved organizations.  We also get 5 paid days of service learning, which we can use to volunteer time at approved charities.  (“Approved charities” essentially  means “any 501(c) organization”, so pretty much every charity is an approved charity.)

This year, here’s how I’ve taken advantage of this perk.  I’ve volunteered for two different organizations: Breakthrough San Francisco, and IDEO.org.  I’ve also donated to KQED-FM, the San Francisco Symphony, RAINN, and Planned Parenthood Mar Monte.

I didn’t take full advantage of my service learning hours for this year, so one of my goals for next year is to fully take advantage of that.