<div> <p class="ms-rteElement-P"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;">Welcome to Microsoft&rsquo;s Global Giving Event! </span></p> <p class="ms-rteelement-p" style="margin: 1em 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;">This year UK OSD supports Get London Reading charity <a href="http://www.vrh.org.uk/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.vrh.org.uk</span></a> in UK. <span class="blue">This is a local charity and it</span> is helping children who struggle with their reading to develop a love of reading and reaching their potentials. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p class="ms-rteelement-p" style="margin: 1em 0cm;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">One in four children leave London's primary schools unable to read properly. This is a betrayal of our children because reading is an essential tool for life. That is why we have launched our Get London Reading campaign. We are joining forces with Volunteer Reading Help, a charity that trains ordinary adults to go into London's most deprived primary schools to provide one-on-one reading support for struggling pupils. They are a huge success. But they need more volunteers, and more donations to fund their support. We ask you to be part of the solution: volunteer today, donate today - and change lives</span></em></p> <p class="ms-rteelement-p" style="margin: 1em 0cm;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;">By Geordie Greig, Editor of the London Evening Standard </span></em></p> <p class="ms-rteelement-p" style="margin: 1em 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; font-size: 11.5pt;">We are announcing that on October 24th, 2011, as 4:00PM rolls around in each of the world&rsquo;s 24 time zones, teams of Microsoft employees will be running, biking, swimming, walking, sailing, flying, Kinect&rsquo;ing, and just plain MOVING for one hour in support of named local charities! </span></p> <p class="ms-rteElement-P"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> </div>