Caesar Sant, 16, returned for his fourth annual Thanksgiving concert in November, giving thanks to the NIH medical team who cured him of sickle cell disease.

His voice is deeper and he now sports a mustache. And, he continues to fine-tune his dexterity, as witnessed by his fingers flying along his violin fingerboard during his performance in the Clinical Center (CC) atrium.

In 2023, NIH employees lost an estimated $5.8 million in annual leave. Don’t lose yours! The Leave Bank offers you the opportunity to put that leave to use by donating your use-or-lose annual leave to the bank by Jan. 11, 2025, via ITAS. When you donate to the Leave Bank, you help a co-worker in need, like this recipient:

Fall open enrollment for the NIH Leave Bank has started and runs until Dec. 9. The membership period will begin on Jan. 12.

The Leave Bank is a pooled bank of donated annual and restored annual leave available to eligible members. It acts like a safeguard for your paycheck and amounts to paid leave for members who have exhausted all of their own sick and annual leave and are affected by a personal or family medical emergency.