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John,

Our founder Mike Bloomberg and CEO Patti Harris just shared a message that we wanted to make sure you saw.

In a quick, one-minute video, they reflect on another year in our mission to save and improve lives around the world.

And there was a lot to reflect on across our work in the Arts, Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health.

The last year saw accelerated efforts to safeguard millions of square miles of ocean, triple renewable energy globally by 2030, and drive local climate action. We also hosted major events with climate innovators, clean energy advocates, and global leaders from business and government, including President Joe Biden, at Climate Week in New York City.

Prince William, Jane Fonda, Joel Embiid, and More on Climate Ambition

Our free Bloomberg Connects app now offers over 700 guides from cultural institutions around the world -- more than double the number at the start of 2024 -- and will help celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Gates in New York City with an augmented reality feature in Central Park.

We bolstered life-saving work on urgent but under-addressed public health risks, including a new investment to prevent drowning deaths and recognition of innovative and proven-effective road safety interventions that are protecting against traffic injuries and fatalities.

Celebrating Cities and Countries Saving Lives with Road Safety Policies

We also kicked off our largest-ever Mayors Challenge, started a fund to help 100 mayors around the world mobilize youth residents and spark action on climate solutions, and added the first slate of shared ideas to the Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange so that local leaders can put the ideas to work in their own communities.

We launched innovative healthcare-focused high schools to help young people prepare for in-demand jobs, made the largest-ever gifts to the endowments of the nation's four historically Black medical schools, and provided support to make medical school tuition-free at Mike's alma mater, Johns Hopkins University.

Training the Next Generation of Doctors and Addressing Health Disparities

Take a moment to watch Mike and Patti's video message, and stay tuned for everything to come in the year ahead:

https://www.bloomberg.org/videos/wishing-you-happy-holidays-and-a-great-new-year

We wish you all the best for the holidays and the New Year!

Thanks,

Bloomberg Philanthropies