Community outreach

Ciena is committed to building quality connections within our communities.  Through multiple volunteer programs and events, our employees are able to share the inspired thinking, innovation, and drive that are inherent throughout their daily work life with people and organizations in need.  Ciena’s outreach efforts continue to evolve as we constantly look for ways to positively impact the well-being of our communities.

Latest Community Outreach Effort


Ciena’s Habitat for Humanity Update
In early March 2008, volunteers from Ciena’s Linthicum offices started work on a Habitat for Humanity home in Baltimore, Maryland, a project co-sponsored with Provident Bank and the Municipal Employees Credit Union (MECU). Ciena volunteers worked for two Saturdays each month as they rehabbed the home in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, until construction was completed in November 2008. Since 1992, the Sandtown Habitat for Humanity team has completed 255 homes, with the majority of the homes being rehabs, which means the brick facade of the house is retained and the inside of the home is gutted and rebuilt as new.

Outreach highlights

Additional outreach activities

  • March 2009
    Baltimore, MD
    One Laptop Per Child
    Donation made to charity via Partner Community promotion
  • September 2008
    Baltimore, MD
    Baltimore Ravens All Community Team Foundation
    Luncheon sponsorship supporting local nonprofit organizations
  • July 2008
    Clifton, VA
    AFCEA International Diversity Golf Tournament
    Sponsorship supporting AFCEA’s Diversity Scholarship program
  • June 2008
    Linthicum, MD
    One Laptop Per Child
    Corporate donation made to charity organization
  • January 2008
    Linthicum, MD
    2008 MSP Polar Bear Plunge
    Fundraiser for the Maryland Special Olympics
  • December 2007
    Acton, MA
    Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Fundraiser through the DFCI to support local Boston family
  • December 2007
    Linthicum, Maryland
    Toys for Tots
    Toys were collected for needy children in the local community
  • September 2007
    Alpharetta, Georgia
    Habitat for Humanity
    Home built by volunteers from Ciena’s Alpharetta office
  • March 2007
    Baltimore, MD
    Johns Hopkins Children's Center
    Corporate sponsor at annual Radiothon fundraising event
  • September 2006
    Atlanta, GA
    KP Corporate Run
    Fundraiser for Boys and Girls Clubs in Atlanta
  • May 2006
    Baltimore, MD; Atlanta, GA
    Tour de Cure Cycling Event
    Fundraiser for American Diabetes Association
  • March 2006
    Ottawa, Canada
    Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
    Rowing fundraiser for center
  • February 2006
    Baltimore, MD
    Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
    Corporate sponsor at annual Radiothon fundraising event
  • January 2006
    Acton, MA
    Honor Our Heroes
    Program sends care packages to soldiers overseas
  • December 2005
    Boston, MA
    The Women’s Lunch Place in Boston
    Collected clothing & toys for women/childrens day shelter
  • December 2005
    Acton, MA
    Our Backpacks for Kids Program
    Sent backpacks/school supplies to help children from Hurricane Katrina