Ingram Micro Honored With Anthony V. Mannino Foundation's Hero Award
June 12 2013 - 2:29PM
Marketwired
Last month, the Buffalo, N.Y., office of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:
IM), the world's largest wholesale technology distributor and a
global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services
and logistics solutions, was honored with the Anthony V. Mannino
Foundation's first Hero Award. The award recognizes foundation
supporters that embody the spirit of the foundation's namesake,
Anthony V. Mannino, who succumbed to esophageal cancer in 2009 at
the age of 21.
The Buffalo-based nonprofit selected Ingram Micro for this honor
after the company donated $40,000 at the distributor's 17th annual
East Coast Charity Golf Tournament. Ingram Micro hosts the
philanthropic event annually, distributing as much as $225,000
across a handful of charitable organizations in the Buffalo Niagara
region. Since first launching the golf tournament in 1997, Ingram
Micro has donated nearly $1.5 million dollars to regional
organizations.
This is the first year that the Mannino Foundation Hero Award
was presented by the nonprofit, which financially assists young
adults undergoing cancer treatment. "When it was suggested that we
create a Hero Award during a board meeting, we knew it would go to
a sponsor who exemplifies what Anthony stood for -- caring,
compassion and hope. There wasn't a question in our minds that it
would go to Ingram Micro," said Cindy Mannino, Anthony's mother and
the foundation's president.
During the award presentation ceremony, held earlier this year,
Ingram Micro's Senior Sales Director Marty Battaglia surprised
Mannino with another donation from the company, this one for
$15,000. "I'm not speechless very often, but this had me at a loss
for words," Mannino said. "Ingram Micro is a very warm group of
people. We will be putting every penny of this money toward helping
more young adults through their cancer treatments."
Ingram Micro's involvement with the Anthony V. Mannino
Foundation began in 2010 after the nonprofit provided financial
assistance to one of the distributor's own associates, who was
undergoing cancer treatments. "Not only has the Anthony V. Mannino
Foundation provided help for one of our own associates, they've
done great things within the Buffalo community," Battaglia said.
"We appreciate the opportunity to work with an organization that
shares our dedication to improving the well-being of our community
overall. This relationship embodies Ingram Micro's commitment to
support and enhance our community, because Buffalo is not just
where we do business, it is where we live and raise our
families."
About Ingram Micro
Inc. Ingram Micro is the world's largest wholesale technology
distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device
lifecycle services and logistics solutions. As a vital link in the
technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and
profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through
unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics and mobile
solutions, technical support, financial services and product
aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global
broad-based IT distributor, serving approximately 160 countries on
six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT
products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
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