AirTouch Cellular Donates $9,300 to Susan G. Komen Foundation.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 1998--AirTouch Cellular recently donated $9,300 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help with the fight against breast cancer. The money was raised during a special in-store promotion at AirTouch retail stores throughout Oregon, and as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness month Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure. in October. "The Susan G. Komen Foundation is a very worthwhile organization," said Kelley DeLaney, branch director for AirTouch in Oregon. "As this year's presenting sponsor of the Race for the Cure event in Oregon, AirTouch wanted to find a way to do even more to benefit breast cancer research. The in-store promotion was a great way to raise additional dollars to help advance the quality of women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. care and support the local community." AirTouch Communications is the largest wireless company in the world based on the total number of customers served by its ventures. AirTouch serves over 7 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. customers and operates in 22 of the top 30 U.S. markets, including 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. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , San Diego, Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland, San Jose, Sacramento, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Seattle, Portland (Oregon), Denver, Phoenix and Minneapolis. |
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