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The gift of giving back: 3 amazing Johnson & Johnson employees who are making a difference in their communities

From acting as a “godmother” to young refugee boys in Finland to spearheading a program to provide free 3-D printed prosthetic hands to people in need throughout Asia, these employees are a force of good. For International Volunteer Day, we’re sharing their inspiring stories.

“I adopted an orphan with AIDS": Meet an inspiring Johnson & Johnson employee who saved a boy in need

Shortly after Fernando Salinas took custody of 4-year-old Ilio, he discovered his son had AIDS. For World AIDS Day, we’re sharing his powerful story of hope, perseverance and unconditional fatherly love.

Meet the Johnson & Johnson Engineer Giving Back to His Home Country—One Computer at a Time

Philemon Padonou overcame great obstacles to become a lead software developer—a job that inspired him to start a nonprofit called CodeToHope. For National Engineers Week, we highlight his amazing story.

Johnson & Johnson 2017 Working Mother of the Year: Innovation leader and cancer activist Amy Foley

It hasn’t been an easy road for Amy Foley. But by channeling personal challenges into something good, she has proven herself to be unstoppable—and an inspiration to everyone around her.

4 stories of Johnson & Johnson customer service employees who’ve saved lives

It’s right in the company Credo: Prioritizing the needs of the people it serves is what Johnson & Johnson is all about. And the unsung heroes of the Customer & Logistics Services team truly bring this mission to life, making magic happen in dire situations.

“I designed my knee replacement": Meet the Johnson & Johnson employee who benefited from his own innovation

For Dan Rumple, a product designer at DePuy Synthes, being active was a way of life—until knee pain made it impossible to even walk. Turns out, it was the very medical device that he’d been working on that would help get him back on his feet.

6 Johnson & Johnson employees share how parental leave helped them embrace parenthood

Welcoming a baby is, to say the least, life-changing. To help with the transition, the company offers generous extended parental leave—which it’s expanding even more in 2017.

Meet the Johnson & Johnson Scientist Who’s Helping to Fight Tropical Diseases in His Homeland

Two decades after leaving India, Anil Koul has returned to helm its Institute of Microbial Technology. For Dengue Awareness Month, we caught up with him to learn how he’s hoping to combat this tropical scourge and another disease that kills over a million worldwide.

Meet the man who oversees the making of millions of contact lenses

Barry O’Sullivan heads up Johnson & Johnson’s Visioncare plant in Ireland, which manufactures a global supply of Acuvue® contact lenses—a product that first hit the market 30 years ago. Here’s what it’s like to oversee such a bustling business.

“Johnson & Johnson’s parental benefits helped me become a mom": An employee shares her adoption journey

The company’s expanded parental leave, adoption, surrogacy and fertility benefits are helping people build and nurture their families—people like Aubrey Martina and her “Christmas miracle baby,” Noelle.