AirTouch Cellular Donates $5,000 to Northwest Aids Foundation; 40 AirTouch Employees To Participate in Walk.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1999-- AirTouch Cellular is joining the fight against AIDS by supporting this year's AIDS Walk AIDS Walk is a walkathon fundraiser that raises money to combat the AIDS epidemic. The funds raised from AIDS Walks usually benefit a local AIDS service organization (such as Gay Men's Health Crisis or the AIDS Project Los Angeles), which provide services and advocacy for local on Sunday, September 26. AirTouch Cellular will donate $5,000 to the Northwest AIDS Foundation through its Employee Volunteers program in support of the more than 40 employees who plan to participate in this Sunday's walk. Employee Volunteers is a component of AirTouch Connections, the company's Western Region community relations program That command function that evaluates public attitudes, identifies the mission of a military organization with the public interest, and executes a program of action to earn public understanding and acceptance. . "AirTouch employees want to make a difference in the community and getting involved in fundraising events such as the AIDS Walk is a great way to do that," said Susan Shepard, community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. manager for AirTouch's Western Region. "AirTouch is pleased to support the commitment of our employees who are volunteering their time to raise funds and awareness about the Northwest AIDS Foundation." AirTouch serves 9 million U.S. cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. customers on a proportionate basis. Its ventures operate in 25 states and 22 of the top 30 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. AirTouch is part of the Vodafone AirTouch Group, the world's largest communications firm, based in the United Kingdom. It has mobile operations in 24 countries on five continents, with more than 31 million proportionate customers. For more information, visit the AirTouch web site at www.airtouch.com. |
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