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Egg freezing now a female employee benefit at Facebook and Apple by jennifer schlueter
cal procedures the two tech giants, both dominated by about 70% of male employees, want to attract and keep female talent to increase diversity. Forbes quotes a spokesperson for Apple: “We continue to expand our benefits for women, with a new extended maternity leave policy, along with cyro-
ite one for our Club members and staff. We hope to see lots of community members here this year!” The Carnival will feature a fun-filled evening of activities for the entire family, beginning at 6 p.m. Staged in the grandPlease see page 4
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preservation and egg storage as part of our extensive support for infertility treatments.” In the same statement, Apple also said that they “want to empower women […] to do the best work of their lives as they care for loved ones and raise their Please see page 2
Halloween carnival at LARC helps Cypress Boys & Girls Club Los Alamitos Race Course will host its annual Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 25 with proceeds benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Cypress, California and the Race Track Chaplaincy of Los Alamitos Race Course. Admission is only $3 and kids 17 and under are admitted FREE. Los Alamitos
features free general parking. “The Los Alamitos Race Course helps us to provide afterschool and summer program activities for nearly 250 children each day. We appreciate their many years of support,” said Anne Hertz, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Cypress. “This event is a favor-
California only state to see progress covering uninsured children Alex Johnson, Executive Director of the Children’s Defense Fund - California, released the following statement on the U.S. Census Bureau’s State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: “Today’s health insurance numbers show more than a 6 percent drop in the number of uninsured children in California between 2012 and 2013 – which means 56,884 more children now have health coverage. Significant progress increasing the number of covered children nationwide has decreased the number of uninsured children to historic lows. These gains are mostly due to the strong coverage guarantees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which last year provided comprehensive health and mental health coverage to more than 44 million children across the country, and more than half of California’s children. “Since 2011, CDF-CA in partnership with AASA, the School Superintendent’s Association in California has increased the capacity of school districts to identify uninsured children and link them to health coverage. California was the only state in the country to see a statistically significant decrease in the number of uninsured children in 2013. “However, even as we
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg -Photo by Niall Kennedy
Last Tuesday, NBC announced that Apple will soon follow Facebook’s example of financially supporting their female US employees who want to freeze their eggs. This would allow ambitious women to put family planning on hold in order to pursue their career. By covering up to $20,000 in medi-
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