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Community Involvement

As a global company, Office Depot considers itself to be a citizen of the global community – and our associates take this message to heart. In every corner of the world, the Office Depot family is eager to help – individually and corporately. Whether associates are raising funds for medical research or disaster victims, or the company is planting trees, the compassionate spirit shines through.

Noteworthy examples of this philosophy in 2008 included:

• In reaction to Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the Rangoon region in Myanmar in May, Office Depot France made a contribution to support EMDH (Enfants du Monde-Droits de l'Homme or Children of the World–Human Rights).
• After the horrific earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, Office Depot associates in China and Japan raised funds to help the survivors, prefacing an eventual $100,000 contribution from the Office Depot Foundation to build a school in the region.
• In France, 16 women associates ran under the Office Depot colors during the annual La Parisienne race against breast cancer. They were among 13,000 women who participated.
• Some 18,000 trees were planted on more than three hectares (about seven acres) in the Porici nad Sazavou region of the Czech Republic as part of the company's "Trees for Life" program. In 2003, Office Depot began planting a tree for each 50 packages of Papirius or Niceday paper sold. More than 160,000 trees have now been planted since the program's inception.
• The Office Depot Center for Executive Education at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, was dedicated late in the year. This 15,500–square–foot facility provides state–of–the–art classrooms, a multi–tiered case study lecture hall and administrative offices. Office Depot contributed $2.8 million to FAU for the project.