Avnet Partners with Local Companies to Help Valley Military Families Reach Loved Ones Overseas.Metro Studios and Modavox Offer Free Five-Minute Video Messages to Be Recorded for Military Friends and Families PHOENIX -- Valley military families missing their loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl serving overseas have an opportunity to give them a glimpse of home during the holidays, thanks to three local companies. For the fifth year in a row, Avnet, Inc., will collaborate with Phoenix-based Modavox and Metro Studios to help military families record a free five-minute video message for service men and women overseas. Videotaping will take place on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Metro Studios in Phoenix. Time slots are open to the public but will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served “FCFS” redirects here. For the figure skating competition, see Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. This article is about a general service policy. For the technical concept, see FIFO. basis. Interested families should email Dawn Hurrelbrink at dawn.hurrelbrink@avnet.com to schedule a 15-minute videotaping session, which includes preparation time as well as videotaping the message. Refreshments will also be served. "Being an active member of this community means using our resources to support the service Arizona troops have given our country. Together with our partners we can help connect military personnel with their families here in Arizona and show them how much we appreciate what they're doing for our country," said Michelle Gorel, vice president of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at Avnet. "Watching families large and small participate during previous years has been a joy, and we hope to include more families than ever this year." Taped in Metro Studios' state-of-the-art production studio by their professional video crew to ensure outstanding lighting and sound quality, each family will receive a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. to be sent to their military family member deployed overseas. Modavox will also host the video messages on its Web site and provide the families with individual links to share with their troops and anyone else who might want to view the messages. Clay Stubblefield, Account Executive with Metro Studios, acknowledges that "those who serve our country will always have the support of businesses and citizens back home. It's not only the active service person, but also their family members who are making a sacrifice for the freedoms that we enjoy. What we are doing is a small contribution toward bringing families closer together during the holidays." About Metro Studios Metro Studios was founded in 1985 as a video production company in Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. , Iowa. Twenty-three years later, we've expanded into Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. and have added many other services, including Live event support, website development, internet marketing See Internet advertising. , and print and design services. For more information, visit metro-studios.com. About Modavox Modavox, Inc. (www.modavox.com), founded in 1999, is an online media company and the developer of the pioneering online VoiceAmerica[TM] Network. We are a leading software provider of enhanced communications, leveraging proprietary technology and unique competencies in the networked delivery of digital media. About Avnet Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2008, Avnet generated revenue of $17.95 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com. |
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