Ingram Micro Raises More Than $225,000 at 18th Annual East Coast Charity Golf Tournament
August 14 2013 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
In support of the Buffalo community, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM)
and its associates are pleased to announce they raised more than
$225,000 at the company's 18th Annual East Coast Charity Golf
Tournament, which took place earlier this month at The Links at Ivy
Ridge in Akron, N.Y. The annual fundraising event benefited five
local charities. Each nonprofit received between $15,000 and
$40,000 and plans to use the donations as follows:
- Habitat for Humanity of Buffalo will sponsor a new build
house.
- Kevin's Guest House will renovate the bathrooms in the Kevin
Guest House, our nation's first hospital hospitality house.
- Mercy Flight, the pioneer air-medical service in New York
state, will purchase Sigma IV pumps for each of its three
bases.
- Western New York Perinatal Bereavement Network, a support
network for those who have lost a baby, will put the donation
toward their Wings of Love Memorial Fund and the Wings of Love
Memorial Garden Parks.
- The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention WNY Chapter will
use the funds to support its community outreach programs, survivor
outreach initiatives and implementation of grassroots
advocacy.
"Ingram Micro has always been committed to giving back to our
community, and this golf tournament is a fun way to get our
associates involved in that," said Marty Battaglia, senior sales
director for Ingram Micro U.S. and the event organizer. "Each of
these charities has had an impact on an Ingram Micro associate,
friend or family member."
This year's event featured more than 150 registered golfers,
comprised of Ingram Micro associates and manufacturers, as well as
50 Ingram Micro volunteers. The tournament is sponsored by 55 of
Ingram Micro's manufacturer partners, including Add-On Computer,
Juniper, CoreTrans Logistics, Ergotron, Wells Fargo, Cisco and
HP-ESSN.
In addition to the golf tournament, Ingram Micro held two
auctions in conjunction with the event. The first, a pre-event
auction, was held for associates on July 18 and 19 and raised more
than $10,000. The second was held on the day of the golf tournament
and featured more than 100 donated items from Ingram Micro's
manufacturers, as well as the local community. Proceeds from both
auctions were donated to the event's charity beneficiaries.
"We're overwhelmed by the amount of support we've received from
our associates, partners and community," Battaglia said. "The funds
raised will go a long way in helping us support these nonprofit
organizations and positively influence the community in which we
work and live. It was a great event and we look forward to what the
future brings for each of these charities."
Ingram Micro's Annual East Coast Charity Golf Tournament began
in 1995 and has cumulatively raised more than $1.2 million for
approximately 25 different nonprofit organizations.
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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