ADVISORY/National Semiconductor to Present a $100,000 check to Resource Area for Teachers -- RAFT.

News Desks/Business Editors & Education Writers

ADVISORY ... for Saturday (Aug. 26)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Teachers Turn Silicon Valley Companies' Surplus Items

Into Hands-On Activity Materials for Their Students

Educators Do Last-Minute, Back-to-School Shopping

at RAFT; A Warehouse of Great Ideas and Cool,

Low-Cost Materials for Classroom Projects

      What: The Resource Area for Teachers is a nonprofit organization
that collects reusable materials from more than 1000 Silicon Valley
companies and provides them to teachers to use in their classrooms.
RAFT will have its warehouse of treasures open 6 days a week ready to
help teachers prepare for the beginning of school.

      Why: Relying on limited school funds, teachers often dip into
their own wallets to provide curriculum materials for their students.
At RAFT, they can buy sacks full of useful items for pennies on the
dollar. RAFT also holds ongoing project demonstrations and offers
curriculum based workshops that show teachers how to get creative with
seemingly mundane material. With RAFT's support, teachers are able to
implement hands-on learning activities for their students at a
fraction of the normal cost.

      When: Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000 -- Join hundreds of teachers for
the biggest, "unique-est" back-to-school shopping day of the year.

        Sale runs from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
        10:00 AM -- National Semiconductor CFO Don Macleod
        will present a check for $100,000 to RAFT

      Where: Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) 1355 Ridder Park Drive
-- near Highway 880 and Brokaw Road, San Jose

      Visuals: Teachers shopping in RAFT's huge warehouse Teachers
evaluating creative, off-beat curriculum materials Demos of student
science, math and art projects using RAFT objects

      RAFT: One of the 16 nonprofit organizations selected as "the best,
most effective in the United States" Philanthropy Magazine, 1999