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Its day 3 of Mozilla Service Week, and already so many of you have been making a big difference. We’re now past 11,000 hours of pledged support, with so many great volunteer opportunities and projects posted. We wanted to share a few of those today:

* Urban Sprouts based in San Francisco, USA is looking for a volunteer web designer and CSS/HTML web developer to update their blog. They run a school garden program that serves low-income youth from under-served neighborhoods, teaching and sharing eco-literacy, wellness, and community.

* The BBC have teamed up Find Your Feet in the UK, a charity working with vulnerable families living in rural India and Malawi. They are helping Find Your Feet with redesigning their website, and offering some guidance using social media, plus lots more.

* andrewl is supporting livinghome.org in Minnesota, who enable seniors to remain living in the home of their choice. He’ll be improving their website and producing a short video, so more people get to know about livinghome.org, and help find new volunteers.

* www.breadforthecity.org are looking for help to bring their existing blog site together with their website. Bread for the City provides  assistance to Washington DC’s poorest residents and write daily about the problems of poverty and potential solutions.

You can read about more offers of support and asks for help at the service week Stories and Inspiration area.

There are still so many ways you can get involved with Mozilla Service Week this week. Visit Idealist.org and view opportunities by country and region, and if you’re in Germany please see projects which need help at Betterplace.org. You can also scroll through some of the stories and projects posted on the Mozilla Service Week website.

Thanks for your support, and please know that no matter how big or small your act of good – you are making a big difference.

Is your non-profit or community organization in need of technology help? Do you need help with your website, setting up WiFi at your office, or learning how to use Twitter? If so, Mozilla would love to hear from you!

This September, the Mozilla community is helping fellow public benefit organizations. During Mozilla Service Week (Sept 14-21), people all over the world will conduct public acts of technology-related service. Our community is looking for volunteer opportunities. By utilizing our community’s talents for writing, designing, programming, developing, and all-around technical know-how, we believe we can make the Web — and the world — a better place for everyone. Here are just a few ideas of how we can help:

• Help build or upgrade a website.
• Teach you how social networks and Twitter can help you find new members and supporters.
• Set up a wireless network at your office or meeting place.
• Translate your offering into another language.
• Show you how to use VoIP (Internet telephony) to help reduce your costs.

There are countless ways technology could help improve the great work you do, and the Mozilla community wants to help make that difference.

How can your non-profit or community group get help?

We are working with the volunteer organization Idealist, so if you already have a need in mind, you can register your organization at Idealist and describe the technical help you are looking for. Mozilla’s volunteers are searching Idealist and will locate your organization.

You can also find out more on how to list your needs and find volunteers on the Mozilla Service Week website. Furthermore, if you need additional guidance you can contact us.

Mozilla Service Week Volunteers

You can already start helping by contacting and checking in with organizations. Please talk them through what they need to do, and even help them post.

The Mozilla community has a history of changing the the Web in all kinds of amazing ways.

Join us for Mozilla Service Week, as we help you change the world.

If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you are a frequent user of the Internet. To you, it’s no secret Mozilla Firefox 3 is faster and safer, you are well aware you can personalize your experience with Firefox Add-ons and even experience the future of Web browsing with Ubiquity. But how about your friends? Family? You may have convinced them to begin using Firefox ages ago, but have they updated to the latest version Firefox 3 yet?

As the festive time comes to a close, and we turn our focus to the New Year, you’ve probably already put some thought into your New Year’s resolutions. Whatever you want to achieve, it’s likely to mark a fresh start for 2009. It’s all about enriching your life, but what about considering something a little closer to home? Upgrading your browser software is the best way to enjoy new features and to stay safe online. Help those around you to enjoy a safe and fun online year 2009. Simply ask them to go to http://getfirefox.com , and download the latest version of Firefox. It is as simple as that!

Thanks for using Firefox, and wish you a Happy New Year!

Yesterday Mozilla received the official Guinness World Record certificate for the “largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.”  From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3!

Tristan Nitot, President of Mozilla Europe, accepted the certificate from Gareth Deaves, Records Manager for Internet and Technology at Guinness World Records, on behalf the Firefox Community. The record achievement certificate was awarded in front of a 300 strong community gathering in central London to celebrate the launch of Firefox 3, and the Guinness World Record feat. The event was organized by our friends at Glaxstar.

It’s wonderful to finally have this official document – a great accomplishment for our community and one that we can all be proud. Thank you and Well Done!