City of Monrovia Recognizes Community Contributions Made by GNP Computers.Business Editors MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002 Mayor of Monrovia Lara Blakely made a special appearance at GNP GNP See: Gross National Product Computer's annual gala last month at the Biltmore Hotel Biltmore Hotel is the name of a hotel chain created by hotel magnate John McEntee Bowman. The name evokes the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate, whose buildings and gardens within are privately owned historical landmarks and tourist attractions in Asheville, North in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or to recognize the company for its community service. As one of Monrovia's high-tech companies, GNP Computers is primarily known as a developer of system framework architecture for the embedded application An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. market. However, Mayor Blakely distinguished GNP for its contributions made to several local and national charities in 2001. Last fall, GNP's 200 employees teamed up with the Monrovia Police and Fire Departments to host a barbecue to raise money for the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. . The company matched dollar-for-dollar donations from employees, and raised $12,000 for the Red Cross Liberty Fund, which was set up to aid those affected by the September terrorist attacks. In the past year, about 40 GNP employees also volunteered their carpentry and building skills to Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. in Glendale, and built a house in support of the charity's mission to provide affordable housing to low-income families. GNP paid its employees for their time spent out of the office helping this charity. During the holiday season, GNP sponsored its third-annual toy drive, benefiting Concept 7 Foster Family Support and Treatment Centers. GNP delivered five large boxes of toys to the Pasadena office of the non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that serves approximately 700 abused and neglected children throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . GNP employees also selflessly contributed more than $500 in cash to buy books at Barnes & Noble, benefiting the Latino Children's Association with the belief that "any child who asks for a book for Christmas should receive it!" The company also contributed food and other resources to the Foothill Unity Center. "We really owe this recognition to the employees of GNP, whose commitments and efforts extend well beyond the workplace and into their community. Their selfless actions speak volumes about their character and integrity and I am proud to be associated with such an exceptional group of individuals," said Alan Shebroe, executive vice president of GNP Computers. About GNP Computers GNP Computers, Inc. is a premier provider of complex systems manufacturing for the embedded control and communications marketplace. The company designs, manufactures and customizes open system platforms to meet the demanding requirements of its customers' programs, using Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology enhanced by system building blocks of its own design. GNP's broad range of platform solutions include SPARC-, PowerPC- and Intel-based carrier-grade systems in CompactPCI(R) and other form factors, as well as a multi-node continuously available applications framework -- the Continuant continuant (k  ntin´yōō Cluster Suite(TM) -- for use in mission-critical embedded control and communications equipment. Its products are complemented by comprehensive services, ranging from conceptual design through deployment, that minimize cycle time at all stages of the product life cycle while achieving the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction. ISO- iso- or is-pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 certified, GNP is privately held with international headquarters in Monrovia, Calif. For more information on GNP Computers' products and services, visit the company web site at http://www.gnp.com. Note to Editors: (c) 2002 GNP Computers, Inc. GNP Computers is a trademark of GNP Computers. 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