American IC Exchange Marks Third Year of Commitment to Community Involvement with Holiday Drive for Children's Shelter.Business Editors ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999 Marking its third year of commitment to community involvement, American IC Exchange (AICE AICE American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise AICE Advanced International Certificate of Education AICE American Institute of Chemical Engineers AICE Association for Innovative Cooperation in Europe AICE American Institute of Consulting Engineers ) has announced that its 75 Orange County-based employees are pledging donations to benefit the Orangewood orangewood, n the wood of choice for the working tips of porte polishers, due to its resistance to splitting and its ability to carry polishing agents. See porte polisher. Children's Home children's home n → centro de acogida para niños children's home n → foyer m d'accueil (pour enfants) children's home n of Orange, Calif., a transitional home for displaced children. The children's home holiday drive kicked off just after Thanksgiving and will be completed on Dec. 22 when volunteers from AICE will deliver a variety of clothing, toys and sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport to Orangewood Children's Home. The drive, which represents the third consecutive year AICE has supported the facility, is part of AICE's overall commitment to community projects, spearheaded in January 1997. AICE, a distributor of commodity semiconductors, created the initiative to set a standard for corporate involvement within the community and promote volunteerism among employees. "The drive for the Orangewood Children's Home is one of many community projects that we've been a part of over the past three years," said Denise Hance, AICE's Human Resources/Admin. Manager. In addition to the holiday donation to Orangewood, AICE company employees have participated in blood drives, food drives and benefit drives to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation located in Irvine, Calif. The first quarter of 1999 saw AICE employees sponsoring a special drive to assist victims of the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Colombia earthquake. "While our goal has focused on our local community, the special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. and needs of this disaster inspired many here at AICE to choose it as our first project for the year," said Hance. During the second quarter of 1999, AICE employees conducted a Food Drive. Employees collected over 500 pounds of non-perishable food items for donation to the Orange County Food Bank, located in Garden Grove Garden Grove, city (1990 pop. 143,050), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded 1877, inc. 1956. Many of its residents work in nearby aerospace and defense installations, and there is light manufacturing. , Calif. The food bank distributes the donations to various community shelters and organizations. Based in Aliso Viejo, American IC Exchange is a leading stocking distributor of commodity semiconductors and computer peripheral products. ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 certified, AICE was founded in 1990 and in early 1996 introduced RAMDEX, a low cost distribution model via the Internet where customers can obtain daily spot market information, global availability, pricing and delivery information. AICE has established a reputation for business integrity and customer satisfaction, and is committed to ensuring optimum service, quality products and fair prices. American IC Exchange, 27 Journey, Aliso Viejo, Calif. 92656. Tel.: 949/362-6555, Toll Free: 800/229-7690, Fax: 949/425-5097, Web site: www.aice.com. |
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