Corporate Elves Provide Holiday Help.Business Editors LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2000 The Gwinnett Holiday Clearing House Delivers Food and Gifts to Gwinnett County Families With the Help of Corporate Sponsors Helping families, that have little or no resources in Gwinnett County, celebrate the holidays has been a 30 year tradition for The Gwinnett Holiday Clearing House (GHCH GHCH Grays Harbor Community Hospital (Aberdeen, Washington) ). This non-profit agency partners with corporations to provide food and gifts to those less fortunate. GHCH has evolved into the largest provider of charitable resources for all major non-profit agencies throughout Gwinnett County. Through the help of volunteers and corporate sponsors, GHCH receives the food and gifts that are distributed to families. "The program makes corporations aware of the needs in the community," said Susan Bell, Director of GHCH. "Without corporate donations and community involvement, the program wouldn't work." One company that lends much needed support to GHCH is Motorola, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MOT (OpenView Managed Object Toolkit) An OpenView toolkit from HP for developing network management applications based on CMIS. The toolkit contains library routines that handle the transmission and receipt of CMIS requests and responses. ). The high-tech employer has adopted 14 families, one from Hands On Atlanta This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , which means providing food and other provisions for a total of 73 people. Approximately $2,500 worth of grocery gift certificates for Christmas dinner Christmas dinner is the primary meal traditionally eaten on Christmas Day. It is often seen as the main event of the day for which the family all gathers and eats together. will be donated to the families. This money will provide the family with food and other necessities for several days. Gifts for the children will be wrapped at the Motorola facilities and personally delivered. "Donating our time and effort is the best way we know how to give directly back to our community here in Gwinnett County," said Jim Maran, Chairman for the Motorola Georgia Council and Vice President of Strategic Relations for Motorola, Inc. "We at Motorola feel privileged to be a part of the Gwinnett Holiday Clearing House's efforts." Looking ahead, GHCH strives to extend their assistance to families year round. This will be achieved by continuing to work with agencies, ministries and corporations like Motorola in a cooperative effort to help reach those in need in the Gwinnett community. About The Gwinnett Holiday Clearing House The Gwinnett Holiday Clearing House provides service to the clients of the Department of Family and Children Services, the co-operative ministries, the Latin American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. , and various church and community non-profit sources that service low income families. About Motorola Motorola has 12 business units employing over 2,000 people in Georgia and is one of Gwinnett County's largest employers. Motorola Inc. is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. electronic solutions. Sales in 1999 were $33.1 billion. For more information, please visit the Motorola Web site at http://www.motorola.com. Motorola is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc. |
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