This past Friday, members of the Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., family participated in the company’s most recent “Cloud 5k,” a company-wide 5k run held to raise money for charity. For each person who completed the 5k, the company donated money to the Head for the Cure Foundation, an organization whose mission is “to raise awareness and funding to inspire hope for the community of brain cancer patients, their families, friends, caregivers and other supporters, while celebrating their courage, spirit and energy.” 36 members of the team at Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., participated in the event. If you’d like to learn more about the Head for the Cure Foundation or donate to their efforts, you can visit their website by clicking here.

Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., recently donated to the Head for the Cure 5k in Central Texas. Head for the Cure holds regular 5k events around the country to raise money and awareness in order to support and encourage brain cancer patients and their families. Their next 5k is slated to be held in Austin, TX on March 29th. If you’d like to learn more about this important organization, including how you can support them, click here.

On Friday, November 21st, 39 members of the Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., family took to the trails at Town Lake to raise money for the Melanoma Research Foundation in the company’s second charity 5k run. The company agreed to donate for every team member who completed the race, and was able to raise a total of $1,000 to donate to this important organization. If you would like to learn more about the Melanoma Research Foundation and what you can do to support their meaningful efforts, click here.

Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., is pleased to have had the opportunity to donate to the 3rd annual Mother & Me Tea, a fundraising event that occurs on Mother’s Day weekend and that benefits the Saint Louise House. This year, the event took place on Saturday, May 10th at Green Pastures restaurant and honors the accomplishments of all mothers, while also raising money for an important charitable organization.

The Saint Louise House has been providing housing and comprehensive support services to homeless women and children throughout Central Texas since 2000, and helps residents work to achieve financial stability and long-term success. Since its creation, the organization has helped over 144 families and 292 children. Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., is honored to have had the opportunity to donate to such a worthy cause.

This past Friday, 34 members of the Cloud[8]Sixteen family participated in a 5k run at Austin’s beautiful Town Lake in order to raise money for March of Dimes. For every person that finished the race, the company donated $25, for a total of $850 donated to the organization. The entire Cloud family was excited to have the opportunity to participate in this event and raise money for such a worthy cause.

Cloud[8]Sixteen is proud to have helped sponsor Team Trace in The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man of the Year fundraising competition for the Austin area. Trace Hight was awarded runner-up in the annual competition after raising more than $45,000 for the organization’s leukemia and other blood cancer treatment research.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man and Woman of the Year competitions are carried out in communities across the country every year in order to help raise funds for awareness of and research for blood cancer. Every dollar a candidate raises counts as one vote, and at the end of a ten week period, whoever has the most votes in their community earns the title of Man or Woman of the Year.

At Cloud[8]Sixteen, we are always happy to be able to give back to our community however we can, and we extend our congratulations to Trace and his team for their success in this year’s fundraising event.

In response to the devastation that Typhoon Haiyan wrought on the Philippines last week, the team at Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., has started collecting cash donations to contribute to relief efforts in the region. Employees can donate to the fund through the beginning of next week, at which point the company will match employee donations dollar for dollar up to $5,000. Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc., regularly donates to local, national, and international charities, and the company feels moved to aid in relief efforts in any way possible.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this disaster, and we encourage everyone to look into different ways they can help the victims of this tragedy.