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National Library Week highlights the importance of public libraries and celebrates the dedicated library staff who work diligently to serve their communities each day. Public libraries play a critical role in building and maintaining healthy communities as they foster endless opportunities for education and technology access, literacy initiatives, artistic expression, and a welcoming space for all to learn and grow. Show your support for public libraries this National Library Week by making a donation to your local public library through Bright Funds, or by making a donation to this Fund which highlights nonprofits advocating for public libraries across the country.

Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22nd, marking the anniversary of the modern environmental movement. Earth Day is marked by more than a billion people annually as a day of action toward a cleaner environment and the fight against climate change. We encourage you to give to this campaign, or to search on Bright Funds for a nonprofit that is working toward a healthier planet. The composition of nonprofits in this fund is subject to change.

World Water Day, observed on March 22 of each year, raises awareness of the global water and sanitation crisis. Millions of people around the world go without access to safe and clean water sources each day, and several organizations are working tirelessly to make a change. You can make a difference by being more mindful of your own water consumption, doing your part to keep your local water sources clean, participating in local cleanup efforts, and donating to organizations who are doing the critical work to improve clean water access and sanitation procedures.

This Spring, we're proud to host the annual Campbell's 5K Run/Walk supporting Cathedral Kitchen, raising funds to support their crucial mission of fighting food insecurity in our hometown of Camden. A minimum $10 donation is suggested per runner/walker. This is not a registration page - please go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc95sF9H9Dvhisuhqciyyklxo-nJLkr5YkKZAcDvm65ruwiHA/viewform to register for the 5/21/2026 event. Your participation will help raise vital funds and promote a crucial cause in our community.

On 3rd May 2026, 15 of our Belfast colleagues will be taking part in the Belfast marathon relay as three teams. We’re running to raise money for PIPS Suicide Prevention Ireland, a charity doing life-changing work across Belfast and throughout Northern Ireland. Every donation will go towards supporting people facing tough times and ensuring PIPS can continue providing life-saving services to those who need them the most. Thanks so much for your donations, and wish our teams the best of luck!

My daughter Isis and another child, Seppe, suffer from a rare and severe heart disease (restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by a TNNI3 mutation). Currently, there is no effective treatment available. Over the past period, alongside my work at ASML, I have been fully committed to finding a solution. This has led to an important breakthrough: we are now collaborating with a professor in the US who has developed a promising peptide — a molecule based on a natural protein from the human body — that directly targets the underlying disease mechanism. For the first time, there is real hope on the horizon. We are currently working together with UMC Utrecht to test this peptide on heart cells derived from Isis and Seppe — a next step that is being made possible in part thanks to earlier support and contributions, including from many of you within ASML. These living heart cells will allow us to test and compare different treatment approaches, including gene therapy. However, gene therapy falls into a more complex regulatory category, requiring substantial time and investment. As a result, it is less likely to deliver a treatment within a timeframe that could benefit our children. The next step is the critical bottleneck: • preclinical studies to determine dosage and toxicity (including animal studies) These studies are essential and expensive, but required to move safely toward treatment in patients. • If these two studies are successful, a unique opportunity opens up: we can potentially proceed via an accelerated pathway (Named Patient / compassionate use) to treat Isis and Seppe. • If all goes well, treatment could be possible within ~1.5 years. Importantly, the impact may extend far beyond these two children: if this treatment proves successful, it could open the door to a therapy for diastolic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) — a condition affecting millions of people worldwide for which there is currently no effective solution. For us, this is not theoretical. This is currently the only realistic path toward a treatment. To support this work, we use Stichting Tikkertje, which was originally established to fund gene therapy research and is now also supporting this new and promising approach. 💡 Your ASML donation will directly contribute to enabling these crucial next steps, including the testing on patient-derived heart cells and the required preclinical studies. We are in a race against time. Every contribution — no matter how small — helps us move faster. More information: www.stichtingtikkertje.nl

ASML is committed to having a positive impact on the communities in which we operate, creating additional social value by giving back to society. We believe in collaborative, consultative and partnership-based approaches to our community involvement. As a responsible, inclusive organization, ASML aspires to have a positive social impact and to be a valued partner in our communities. Our ambition is that ASML and communities benefit from each other's presence and support our development collectively.