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November 2010

Nov 1

National American Indian Heritage Month

November 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010 Visit the WebSite Although the first "American Indian Day" was declared by the State of New York in 1916, a month long recognition of Native Americans was not achieved until 1990. In that year, President George Bush declared the first National American Indian Heritage Month on August 3. His action was based on legislation presented by Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Congressional Delegate Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa). In each of the four previous years, Congress had enacted legislation designating "American Indian Heritage Week." This consecutive legislation allowed for the establishment of a month-long observance.

October 2010

Oct 11

National Coming Out Day

Visit the WebSite National Coming Out Day is an international event which gives gay, lesbian and bisexual people the opportunity to "come out" to others about their sexuality. It also provides a means of increasing the visibility of gay people. In the United States, the day is facilitated by the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project (NCOP). The first National Coming Out Day was held on October 11, 1988. This date was chosen for the annual event in commemoration of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It also marks the anniversary of the first visit of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Washington, D. C.

Oct 1	National Disability Employment Awareness Month
	October 1, 2010 through October 30, 2010 Visit the WebSite Congress designates each October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Activities and events raise public's awareness of the contributions and skills of American workers with disabilities. The 2010 theme is "Talent Has No Boundaries: Workforce Diversity INCLUDES Workers With Disabilities."

September 2010

Sep 25	NC Pridefest
	September 25, 2010 through September 26, 2010Location: Durham, NC Visit the WebSite This will be Best Buys third year participating in NC Pridefest in Durham North Carolina.

Sep 20

Deaf Awareness Week

September 20, 2010 through September 26, 2010 The main goal is to educate the general population about the unique aspects – including the rich language and culture – of the Deaf community. What can you do? *Connect with your local School for the Deaf to learn more about their culture *Attend an introductory ASL course from your local school or community education programs. *Host a Deaf Technology night to share store experiences and answer questions on products, trends in technology (video relay) *Avoid the term ‘hearing impaired’ – Deaf people feel proud to be deaf and do not feel ‘impaired’ in any way *Contact INCLUDEcorporate@bestbuy.com to benchmark with Best Buy stores who are tapping into the Deaf community as part of their store growth plans.

Sep 2	Duluth-Superior Pride Festival
	Location: Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, MN Visit the WebSite Join us at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth, MN for celebrating Duluth-Superior Pride. There are a host of activities starting on September 2nd and running through September 5th. Check out the website for all the details! We look forward to seeing you there and don't forget to stop by the Best Buy booth!

August 2010

Aug 24	Festival of Raksha Bandham (Hindu)
	Visit the WebSite Celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters, along with a broader significance worldwide in how it spreads harmony and brings together family members under one roof.

Aug 14

AIDS Walk Colorado

Location: Cheesman Park, Denver, CO Visit the WebSite AIDS Walk Colorado is the Rocky Mountain Region’s largest and most successful HIV and AIDS fundraiser. More than 8,000 people from throughout the state come together as a community, fueled by donations from more than 13,000 individuals, to raise money for vital services for HIV/AIDS clients of Colorado AIDS Project and more than 20 other outstanding AIDS service organizations. The event serves as a day to remember those we have lost to the disease with prominent speakers and panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, in addition to the Celebration of Life Festival, live music, food, beverages and the 2nd annual AIDS Walk Colorado Volleyball Tournament, held in conjunction with the Colorado Gay Volleyball Association.

Aug 11	Ramadan (Muslim)
	Visit the WebSite Ramadan is the name of the ninth month in the Islamic calendar where individuals re-evaluate their lives in light of Islamic guidance. This is a time to purify their souls, make peace with others, strengthen ties with family and friends.

July 2010

Jul 29

Thingamajig 2010

Location: Prince George’s County Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD Visit the WebSite The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington will host Thingamajig 2010 at Prince George's County Equestrian Center on July 29, 2010. TEFA DC and employees the area will participate in various discovery related activities such as inventions, going green and other ways to express creativity. This event focuses on children from ages 5-14.

Jul 17

D52 INCLUDE Hydrocephalus Walk

Location: Louisville KY The Hydrocephalus Association is pleased to announce a new 2010 WALK in Kentucky! When: July 17, 2010 Where: Iroquois Park, 1080 Amphitheatre Road, Louisville, KY 40214 Who: You, your friends and family who want to make a difference, spread awareness and raise funds for hydrocephalus programs and research. Hydrocephalus comes from Greek words: hydro means water, cephalus means head. Hydrocephalus is an abnormal accumulation of fluid—cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF—within cavities called ventricles inside the brain. This condition may occur at any age. CSF is produced in the ventricles, circulates through the ventricular system in the brain and is absorbed into the bloodstream. CSF is in constant circulation and has many functions. It surrounds the brain and spinal cord and acts as a protective cushion against injury. CSF contains nutrients and proteins that are needed for the nourishment and normal function of the brain. It carries waste products away from surrounding tissues. Hydrocephalus occurs when there is an imbalance between the amount of CSF that is produced and the rate at which it is absorbed. As the CSF builds up, it causes the ventricles to enlarge and the pressure inside the head to increase.

Jul 17	San Diego Pride Parade
	Location: San Diego, CA Visit the WebSite For the first time, local Best Buy Stores will be participating in the annual San Diego Pride Parade. The 1.5 mile long parade is held on July 17th from 11am-1pm down University Ave, in the Heart of Hillcrest. This year's theme is "One World, One Heart, One Pride." Join our celebration as we invite the community to "Come as you are, Shop as you are!"

Jul 16

Ginger Sexton Presents The Apocalyptic Ball

Location: Denver Merchandise Mart Visit the WebSite PRIDE Colorado will be donating a TV for this event to help raise money for the Silent Auction. Come down and have some fun and raise some money!! Welcome to a night of mystery and magic. Welcome to a night of flirty and fun. Welcome to a night of passion and love. Welcome to The Apocalypse of all that we've known thus far. Tonight will be a night that you will never forget. From amazing raffle's to performances by Colorado's Best, you will not know what hits you until its gone! We do ask all guests to attend in black and or red attire, and think fashion, think glamor THINK RED CARPET! Burlesque, Drag, Comedians, and mini Fashion Shows.. If you aren't entertained, then you don't know entertainment! All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Colorado AIDS Walk 2010, and will be matched 100% from Ginger's company. So lets come out, boogie watch a fierce set of men and women entertain you, and have a ball!!!

Jul 14	EBN Specific Conference Calls
	EBN Specific Conference Call Schedule for July 14 (all times are Central Time): • 10am-11am: TEFA • 11am-12pm: BEN • 12pm-1:30pm: PRIDE • 1:30pm-3pm: LatIN

Jul 13	EBN Specific Conference Calls
	EBN Specific Conference Call Schedule for July 13 (all times are Central Time): • 10am-11am: AEN • 11am-12pm: INCLUDE • 12pm-1pm: Military • 1pm-2pm: SaGE • 2pm-3pm: Inter-Faith • 3pm-4pm: BLU

June 2010

Jun 19

Denver PrideFest

June 19, 2010 through June 20, 2010Location: Denver, CO Visit the WebSite This is Denver's FIRST Pride Fest with Best Buy! We will be marching in the parade with our fellow GLBT employees and allies on June 20th in our Tag Team Shirts and have a booth on site all weekend to talk to all festival guests on what our EBN is all about, recruitment, demo interactive displays, and just helping to build our loyalty within the community.

Jun 18

Columbus Pride

June 18, 2010 through June 19, 2010Location: Columbus Ohio Visit the WebSite Join us at Goodale Park in Columbus, OH to celebrate Columbus Pride. Friday June 18th 3PM to 11 PM. Saturday Parade steps off at noon, festival 10 am to 8 pm. There will be entertainment on 2 different stages through-out both days as well as a family area with games and events for kids. Bring your family and Celebrate Our Families Columbus 2010.

Jun 13	Boston PRIDE
	Location: Boston, MA PRIDE New England is partnering with Mass Equality to march in the Boston PRIDE parade on June 13th, 2010. Parade begins at 1130a. Come and look for us in our Tag Team shirts!

Jun 13	Puerto Rican parade
	Location: 44 th and 5th ave Orgullo Latino is gonna be part of the Puerto Rican day parade. We will all meet up downtown in 44th and 5th at 8 am.

Jun 8	All Field EBN Conference Call
	All EBN Field Conference Call for Q2 will take place from 11:30am until 1:30pm Central time.

Jun 4	HRC Golf Tournament and Silent Auction
	June 4, 2010 through June 5, 2010Location: Dallas Texas Silent auction and Golf Tournament to help support the HRC. DFW PRIDE will be volunteering for the event.

May 2010

May 11

EBN Specific Conference Calls

May 11, 2010 through May 13, 2010 The first set of EBN Specific Conference Call of FY11 will be held during this week. Please check below for specific dates and times: •AEN: Tuesday, May 11, 1-2 Central Time •BEN: Tuesday, May 11, 2-3 Central Time •BLU: Tuesday, May 11, 11-12 Central Time •INCLUDE: Wednesday, May 12, 1-2 Central Time •Inter-Faith: Thursday, May 13, 11-12 Central Time •LatIN: Tuesday, May 11, 12-1 Central Time •MILITARY: Wednesday, May 12, 3-4 Central Time •PRIDE: Wednesday, May 12, 11-12 Central Time •SaGE: Tuesday, May 11, 3-4 Central Time •TEFA: Wednesday, May 12, 2-3 Central Time

May 1	AIDS WALK Charlotte
	Location: Charlotte, NC Visit the WebSite On May 1, PRIDE D21 will be participating in the largest HIV/AIDS fundraising event in the Carolinas, the AIDS WALK Charlotte. The participants will walk two miles through Charlotte’s Historic Fourth Ward district. This year, the event is celebrating its 14th anniversary with over 2,500 participants.

April 2010

Apr 5	SaGE EBN Organizational Meeting-D77
	Location: Forum #1508, Ft. Myers, FL Organizational meeting for SaGE EBN in District 77. Meeting will be held at Store #1508 (Forum @ I-75) in Ft. Myers, Florida. Contact information is Jeffrey Myers (jeffrey.myers3@bestbuy.com).

Apr 1

National Autism Awareness Month

April 1, 2010 through April 30, 2010Location: United States Since 1970's, the United States recognizes April as an opportunity for everyone to educate the public about autism and issues within the autism community. Consider hosting an event, spreading awareness, and learning how to support. Make your store sensory-sensitive daily for two hours. It will increase traffic for this community of 1 in 99 children! For more details, write to INCLUDEcorporate@bestbuy.com

March 2010

Mar 31	Cesar Chavez Day
	César Chávez's birthday, March 31, is celebrated in California as a state holiday, intended to promote service to the community in honor of Chávez's life and work. Many, but not all, state government offices, community colleges, and libraries are closed, except for K-12 schools. Texas also recognizes the day, and it is an optional holiday in Arizona and Colorado.

Mar 14

Relay For Life

March 14, 2010 through March 15, 2010Location: Louisville KY The Relay for Life this year is Friday, May 14th, 2010, at 7PM. The Theme this year is “Let’s Party.” The location is North Bullitt High School just outside of Louisville. Fighting cancer is a team effort. The impact we can make together is much greater than what any of us could do alone. At the American Cancer Society Relay For Life, our team will camp out overnight and take turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness to help the American Cancer Society save more lives from cancer. By joining or donating to our team, you will be a part of a life-changing event that gives everyone in the community a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much.

Mar 6	Abilities Expo
	Location: Kalamazoo, MI Local families and buisnesses meet to talk about ways to make all things possible for all humans. We will have a booth focused on some tech-ablility products. This is a great chance for us to show the community the diversity that powers Best Buy.

Mar 5

Down Syndrome of Louisville Celebration and Awards Night

Location: Louisville Kentucky Down Syndrome of Louisville is presenting Geek Squad City Employer of the Year this evening. Geek Squad City and the EBN INCLUDE D52 have much to celebrate in recieving this honor. This night is to honor those people whose contributions, actions and achievements have improved the quality of life or promoted a positive image for persons with Down Syndrome. GSC was selected by the DSL board of Directors for its policy to hire individuals with developmental delays and has given indivuals with Down Syndrome respectful and meaningful employment. Congrats Geek Squad City, D52 Include, and Best Buy.[

Mar 1

Women's History Month

March 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 Visit the WebSite 2010 will be the 30th anniversary of the National Women’s History Project. When we began mobilizing the lobbying effort that resulted in President Carter issuing a Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980 as the first National Women’s History Week, we had no idea what the future would bring. And then, in 1987, another of our successful lobbying efforts resulted in Congress expanding the week into a month, and March is now National Women’s History Month.

February 2010

Feb 26

PFLAG Monthly Meeting

Location: 800 Scott St Little Rock, Ar Visit the WebSite The fourth Friday of every month several people from my store go to these meetings to further our network in reaching out to the community. Working on Tag Team award 2! This meeting will be held to make a video for all of Arkansas to spread the word that we are apart of the community just like them. We are their neighbor, teachers, and sales people! Best Buy is helping to sponsor it and would love participation from other stores!

Feb 1

Black History Month

February 1, 2010 through February 28, 2010 Black History Month is the successor to Negro History Week which was initiated on February 12, 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a pre-eminent historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Woodson was concerned that the contributions of Black Americans were overlooked or misrepresented and he began lobbying for Negro History Week as early as 1915. He selected February because it included the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and Frederick Douglass (February 14) whom he believed had dramatically impacted the lives of Black Americans.

January 2010

Jan 18

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. It is one of three United States federal holidays to commemorate an individual person. King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. He was assassinated in 1968.

November 2009

Nov 3	BEN Graduation
	Location: Michigan There will be a BEN (Black Employee Network) graduation on November 3rd!! To celebrate all the hard work for BEN members in D16 and D17. Pictures soon to come :)

October 2009

Oct 13

Disability Mentoring Day - National Kick off event

Location: Duluth MN Visit the WebSite Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) is a large-scale national effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, on-site job shadowing, and ongoing mentoring leading to internship and employment opportunities. This is the event's tenth year annoversary and hosted by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest national cross-disability membership organization in the United States. EVENT'S IMPACT: *Last year, Disability Mentoring Day integrated more than 20,000 students and jobseekers in communities in every state plus 20 international locations. * Over 2,000 participating public and private employers hosted mentees at their places of employment, with many continuing the mentoring relationships for long-term periods. To get your store involved contact: INCLUDEcorporate@bestbuy.com

Oct 8

Coming Out Day

Location: UCA Conway, Ar Coming Out Day is on the 11th of October, but one of our local colleges is hosting an all day event in support of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender. The newly formed EBN PRIDE in AR will be there to showcase respect and inclusion as a company. Planned activities are a drag show, booths with supportive items for sale from UCA's PRISM, and live entertainment. Please come out!

Oct 3

Down Syndrome of Louisville 5K Walk/Run

Location: Louisville KY This is the annual walk for Down Syndrome of Louisville to celebrate the lives of individuals with Down Syndrome and raise awareness. Help raise funds for Down Syndrome of Louisville and be a part of helping the new Life Long Learning Center get started with the contributions that you raise. Down Syndrome of Louisville has been Nationally recognized for it's outreach to parents of those that have Down Syndrome and even has a career solutions team to help these individuals seek and retain jobs. Come join Include, Geek Squad City, and Local Best Buy stores at this event. You can join our team by going to http://kintera.dsl.org/gsc

Oct 1	Diversity Awareness Month
	The goal of celebrating diversity is to raise awareness of cultural richness. I’m Only One Person. What Can I Do? There are many ways that your contribution of talent, outreach and commitment can move diversity forward. One person DOES make a difference. It starts with identifying your own diversity attributes, then valuing the qualities of other human beings on this planet.

September 2009

Sep 30

SaGE Sr. Technology Day

Location: Richfield MN SaGE, in conjunction with the Richfield Sr. Group and Store 281, is hosting Senior Technology Day. This biannual event features products and services and allows area seniors to get the technology questioned answered by Best Buy blue shirts and Geek Squad agents in a non-sales environment. Seniors from Richfield, Edina and Nokomis area will be attending. Please join us from 1-3pm at Richfield Community Center on 70th and Nicollet.

Sep 24	Field EBN INCLUDE Monthly Call
	Meeting is 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CDT. EBN INCLUDE leaders cross across stores share best practices in retention, recruitment, community and business outcomes. Please email DIVERSITY@bestbuy.com for Conference Call Number and code.

Sep 15

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15, 2009 through October 15, 2009 Hispanic Heritage Month is a way to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States and to celebrate Hispanic heritage and culture. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15th and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988 on the approval of Public Law 100-402. "September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. They all declared independence in 1821. In addition, Mexico, Chile and Belize celebrate their independence days on September 16, September 18 and September 21, respectively. " [1] Public Law 100-402 authorizes and requests the President to issue an annual proclamation designating September 15 through October 15, as "Hispanic Heritage Month. Our LatIN EBNs all over the country have events and activities planned !