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AWB Honors 17 Companies For Their Contributions To Their Communities |
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Written On: May 21, 2002 |
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Written By: Richard Davis |
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SPOKANE – The Association of Washington Business has honored 17 companies throughout Washington for their contributions to their communities.
The annual AWB Community Service Awards were presented during the association’s Spring Board meeting in Spokane.
In addition to the companies selected, AWB also honored Patrick Quigg, president of Grays Harbor Paper, with the Bruce Briggs Award. The Briggs award recognizes an individual’s efforts on behalf of his or her community.
Quigg was honored for chairing a $10 million effort to build a new Grays Harbor YMCA.
“These companies realize the importance of being good neighbors in their communities,” said AWB President Don Brunell. “All of them have invested substantial time, money and other resources to improve their corner of the state.”
Other winners include:
· Hendrikus Schraven Landscape Construction & Design, Bellevue, for donating time to design and manage a living outdoor classroom for Sherwood Forest School that featured a native habitat-learning garden.
· Agrium, Kennewick Fertilizer Operation, Kennewick, for establishing a scholarship fund which has awarded a $1500 scholarship each to two outstanding high school seniors from Riverview High School for the past 10 years. The company also received a second award for providing extensive sponsorship of youth-based programs such as boys and girls sports teams, band competitions, anti-drug campaigns and teen drinking awareness campaigns.
· Ferguson Construction, Inc., Bellevue, received a Certificate of Merit for its work in the construction of the Bellevue Community College Early Learning, Family & Child Care Center. Overall, the savings created by Ferguson's valued engineering and in-kind services amounted to more than $500,000.
· MacroSearch, Seattle, received a Certificate of Merit for its work with the Seattle School District in creating the "Step Program" which provides three months of free technical support and three months of minimal-cost technical support to local schools.
· Fluor Hanford, Richland, received a Certificate of Merit for establishing the Tri-City Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Education. The award honors the education profession by recognizing a select few of many wonderful classroom teachers, counselors, librarians and administrators in area public schools who have significantly and positively impacted the lives of students.
· The Frank Russell Co., Tacoma, received a Certificate of Continuous Improvement for its support of all levels of education and encouraging the innovative use of teaching tools that increase student access to critical learning opportunities, such as mentor programs, internships for high school and college students, and "Career Day for Kids," held annually at Russell's headquarters.
· Hewlett-Packard, Vancouver, for its partnership with the Southwest Washington Science & Math Education Resource Center (SMERC). In that time, the company has invested close to half a million dollars in the program created to increase scientific and mathematical literacy for the students of Southwest Washington.
· The Bon Marche, Seattle, received three awards: a Certificate of Merit for a variety of programs it sponsors through the Seattle Public School’s Partners In Public Education Program; a Community Service Award for its "Partners In Time" Employee Volunteer Program which urges employees to donate time to service projects; and another Community Service Award for raising 20 tons of food during the 2001 Bag Hunger Food Drive.
· CenturyTel, Seattle, received a Certificate of Merit for its work in the community of Forks and the greater Olympic Peninsula to stimulate economic growth.
· Superior Insurance Service, Inc., Auburn, for a variety of contributions to Auburn and in particular, its efforts on behalf of the Auburn Food Bank. is perhaps the most notable.
· ICM Asset Management, Inc., Spokane, for its effort on behalf of Spokane community computer centers.
· Williams Gas Pipeline received a Certificate of Merit for raising a total of $1.4 million for the local United Ways of Sumas, Redmond, Battle Ground, Plymouth, Spokane and Pasco through the “Riding the Line” bicycle relay. Williams employees raised $695,000 in pledges from their local communities which were matched dollar-for-dollar by Williams.
· Safeway, Inc., Seattle, for a variety of community efforts that raised a total of $9.4 million for Washington communities.
· Alcoa Wenatchee Works, Wenatchee, for volunteering 1,500 hours to Habitat For Humanity and Rebuilding Together projects. Alcoa employees logged in 1200 hours to build a home from the ground up and 300 hours to participate in a much needed rebuild.
· Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Camas, for a variety of efforts in its community.
· Express Personnel Services, Edmonds, for its contributions to business education. Led by John Knutsen, the company has played a role in many local youth organizations.
· Clark Nuber, Bellevue, received a Certificate of Merit for its involvement with a variety of youth organizations including the Bellevue Boys & Girls Club, Eastside District YMCA, North Issaquah Little League and Issaquah Boy Scout Troop 636.
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