ABB Continues Special Olympics Tradition With Support of `Best Buddies' Event.Business Editors NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s USA will sponsor a rider in the Quick & Reilly - Hyannisport Challenge on May 20. The 85-mile bicycle event is a fundraiser for Best Buddies, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. providing socialization socialization /so·cial·iza·tion/ (so?shal-i-za´shun) the process by which society integrates the individual and the individual learns to behave in socially acceptable ways. so·cial·i·za·tion n. and employment opportunities for people with mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. . ABB, the global technology company, sponsored the soccer venue at the two most recent Special Olympics Summer World Games - the 1999 games in Raleigh, N.C. and the 1995 games in New Haven, Conn. As part of its support for Best Buddies, ABB USA will sponsor Jeff Opperman, manager of Internal Communications, in a bicycle ride that begins at the John F. Kennedy Library The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy. It is located on Dorchester's Columbia Point in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed by the architect I.M. Pei. in Boston and ends 85 miles later near the Kennedy family compound on Nantucket Sound. "I volunteered at the Special Olympics World Games The Special Olympics World Games are an international sporting competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities, organized by Special Olympics. Like the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, the Special Olympics World Games include summer and winter versions, and last summer and saw thousands of dedicated people - organizers, volunteers, family members and friends - working unselfishly to support and recognize the athletes," Opperman said. "Riding in support of Best Buddies is a way for me to continue my personal involvement in a related organization." Best Buddies is an international organization that provides one-to-one friendships between community volunteers and people with mental retardation. It also provides job placement assistance. The Organization has chapters on more than 500 college and high school campuses in the United States, Canada, and Greece. Anthony Kennedy Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. founded Best Buddies in 1989. ABB, with U.S. headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., serves customers in automation; power transmission and distribution; oil, gas and petrochemicals; building technologies; and financial services. ABB's U.S. operations employ over 16,000 people at manufacturing and other facilities in 40 states (http://www.abb.com/us). Worldwide, ABB Group reported revenues of $25 billion in 1999. With novel IT applications, tailored software solutions, growing eBusiness and a fast expanding knowledge and service base, ABB is building links to the new economy. The Group employs about 165,000 people in more than 100 countries. |
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