Cypress's December 14th Canned Food Sculpture Contest for Second Harvest Food Bank Has Celebrity Appeal.Former NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Players Eric Wright Eric Wright is the name of:
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Your mother always said "don't play with your food," but the employees at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY) are doing just that. For the 17th straight year, Cypress is hosting its annual canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. sculpture contest, part of the Corporate Food Bowl Challenge benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. The event will be held on Friday, December 14 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 198 Champion Court in San Jose. The goal is to raise more than one million pounds in food donations. On hand to judge the innovative and often humorous life-sized food structures built by Cypress employees are Former NFL/Pro Bowl defensive back Eric Wright and linebacker Keena Turner, former Olympic figure skating champion, Peggy Fleming, and singer-songwriter Manuel Romero, a finalist in the inaugural season of NBC's reality television series "America's Got Talent America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a talent show that features amateur singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million. ." Featuring a half dozen artistic displays made from thousands of pounds of canned and packaged foods, Cypress's canned food sculpture contest draws awareness to the Second Harvest Food Bank's efforts to feed local families during the holidays. Several departments within Cypress compete against each other to construct the most unique sculpture using nonperishable foods collected during the food drive. Each sculpture is judged on a number of criteria including complexity, clarity, creativity, use of food, presentation of theme and percent of food content. Some sculptures feature live performers and mechanically moving elements to help accentuate the themes. Previous winners of the Cypress contest have included a Las Vegas casino, a chess board with a remote controlled rook rook, term used for a common Eurasian bird (genus Corvus) of the family Corvidae (Crow family), smaller than the American crow. The jackdaw is a European species of the genus. Rooks nest in large colonies, whence the term rookery. , a three-hole playable miniature golf course, a fire engine with siren and flashing lights, a World War II battle at sea, a twelve foot tall pirate's ship, a smoke-breathing dragon, a steam train and the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. . Last year's winner, the casino, along with the 2005-winning chess sculpture and the 2003-winner "pirate ship" were also awarded the Second Harvest Food Bank's Rodin Award for most artistic sculpture. Cypress is looking to claim its 17th consecutive Corporate Food Bowl Challenge trophy for donating the most pounds of food per employee during the food bank's annual Holiday Food Drive. The Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is the main provider of food, information, and supportive services to hungry children, adults and elderly people in both counties. One of the nation's largest community food banks, it serves as a clearinghouse for donated and purchased food through partnerships with nonprofit agencies, the food industry, government, volunteers, corporations and individuals. About Eric Wright Eric Wright was selected by the San Francisco 49ers About Keena Turner Keena Turner was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft. A linebacker from Purdue University, Turner played in 11 NFL seasons--all with the 49ers. Turner was named to the 1983 NFL ProBowl team and retired from the 49ers with four Super Bowl rings. About Peggy Fleming Peggy Fleming won the Olympic Gold Medal in the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France. She has appeared in a number of television specials, including her Sun Valley Special which won two Emmy awards. In 1980, she was the first skater invited to perform at the White House. She also performed during the 1986 unveiling of the restored Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom . Fleming was also an honored athlete who carried the Olympic flame into the 2002 Opening Ceremonies in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . Fleming is a breast cancer survivor and has made a number of guest appearances on talk shows to promote breast cancer awareness. About Manuel Romero Manuel Romero is a singer-songwriter from Milpitas, Calif., who was a semifinalist on the inaugural season of NBC's reality television series "America's Got Talent," which aired in the summer of 2007. In 2002, Romero received the International Trebby Award for best popular album and song of the year along with Grammy nominations for Best Album and Best New Artist. He has released four albums to date. About Cypress Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value." Cypress offerings include the PSoC[R] Programmable System-on-Chip[TM], USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions ranging from its WirelessUSB[TM] radio system-on-chip, to West Bridge[TM] and EZ-USB[R] FX2LP controllers that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Cypress trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors CY. Visit Cypress online at www.cypress.com. Cypress, the Cypress logo and PSoC are registered trademarks and Programmable System-on-Chip and West Bridge are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks are property of their owners. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion