Team Voltage, FIRST Robotics Team 386, is comprised of students from high schools in Brevard County, Florida. Harris Corporation's GCSD Division is a platinum sponsor of Team Voltage.

The people of Harris are fully engaged in their communities and genuinely care about being trusted neighbors. This commitment to social responsibility reflects our understanding that Harris and its employees will best prosper in communities that are vibrant and growing.

Philanthropic Contributions

• Harris donated over $2.2 million to community initiatives in fiscal year 2006.
• More than half of the donations were allocated to educational programs, with emphasis in the areas of math and science.

Volunteerism

• In 2006, employees volunteered over 15,000 hours in community initiatives.
• The Harris Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) has been designated specifically to promote community involvement, to recognize the ongoing volunteer efforts of Harris employees, and to act as a clearinghouse to match the skills, preferences and availability of our volunteers with the needs of eligible community organizations.
• Harris strongly encourages our employees to participate in leadership roles for community organizations. Our community relations department works to pair employees with organizations that are requesting Harris representation, but also with organizations for whose cause the employee has a passion.
• The Harris Employees Reaching Out (HERO) program strives to meet the needs of both public and private schools in Brevard County, Florida, by donating Harris surplus furniture and supplies, as well as communicating schools' mentoring and tutoring needs to employees.

Education

• Support for quality education is among Harris's highest contribution priorities.
• Our K-12 outreach focuses on initiatives that promote the areas of math and science to students.
• Our University outreach emphasizes those schools that have been identified as key recruiting universities. Donations that have resulted in naming opportunities include:
• University of Central Florida's Harris Corporation Engineering Center
• Rochester Institute of Technology's Harris Laboratory
• Georgia Tech's Harris Nanotechnology Lab
• University of Florida's Harris Corporation Rotunda and Lecture Hall
• Harris also supports several professional student societies and student competitions such as:
• Society of Women Engineers
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• FIRST Robotics Competition
• AIA Team America Rocketry Challenge
• DARPA Grand Challenge

United Way

• Harris and our employees donated over $1 million in 2006 to United Way in the communities in which we do business.
• Harris was honored to receive the 2006 Chairman's Award from the United Way of Brevard-the highest honor given to a company or organization for outstanding leadership, generosity, and dedication to improving our community.

Disaster Relief

• When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, Harris committed $150,000 to disaster relief, including a corporate gift of $100,000 and a dollar-for-dollar matching employee gift up to $50,000.
• Harris donated $100,000 to organizations assisting victims after the 2005 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
• Harris RF Communications division donated $100,000 to relief efforts of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.