Polycom and its employees believe that part of being a successful company is also being a socially responsible and involved corporate citizen in the global community.

Our Global Citizenship Program leverages the strength of Polycom's great products, resources and people to:

• improve access to and the quality of education and healthcare worldwide, and
• provide support to communities in need worldwide.

Our steering committee and volunteer regional employee councils meet regularly to identify qualified charities and causes, and apportion funds and equipment. The regional councils also coordinate local activities through employee matching funds and volunteer time.

In addition to these local activities, Polycom currently sponsor two corporate philanthropies:

Medical Missions for Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the medical needs of catastrophically ill children in underserved areas of the United States and in international communities. Medical Missions uses donated Polycom video conferencing equipment to connect a global network of pediatric healthcare facilities in 36 medically underserved countries with the volunteer services of 26 tier-one U.S. based and four international medical institutions to diagnose and treat children. Recently, Polycom donated several high definition HDX video systems and plasma displays for a new Pediatric Oncology Center linking oncologists at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey with renowned St. Jude's Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. These systems help doctors confer, diagnose and treat particularly difficult cases. For more information on Medical Missions go to www.mmissions.org

Global Nomads Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering cross-cultural dialogue and understanding among the world's youth. Using video conferencing and satellite communications technology, Global Nomads moderates conferences between K-12 classes in different countries, organizes virtual lectures, and conducts remote broadcasts from the world's historical and cultural sites. Recent programs have included multi-country tours to discuss the impact of such global issues as HIV-AIDS and world religions, as well as video dialogues between teens in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom with their counterparts in the Sudan, Rwanda, and Uganda as well as students in the U.S. and Israel with students in Iraq and Iran. For more information on Global Nomads go to www.gng.org./