Toshiba America Group companies (Toshiba America) make a limited number of discretionary cash and product contributions to eligible non-profit organizations in communities near Toshiba America facilities.
Hurricane Ike Relief Effort
Toshiba pledged the donation to the Arbor Day Foundation at the National Press Club in Washington, DC in June 2008 as part of Toshiba's 1.5M tree planting project. The donation to the Arbor Day Foundation will help to plant 80,000 trees in Southern California National Forest areas damaged by wildfires last October. For more information, please click Toshiba's 1.5 Million Tree Planting .
Toshiba Classic
Toshiba has been title sponsor of the Toshiba Classic since 1998. One of the most exciting events on the PGA Champions Tour, the Classic regularly brings many of the world's top golfers together to compete on an extremely challenging course - a recipe for intense competition and excitement. Players who have competed in the Classic include: Jack Nicklaus, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Gary McCord, Tom Kite, Larry Nelson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Dave Stockton, Bruce Fleisher, Jim Colbert, Allen Doyle, Lanny Wadkins, Gary Player and more.
The Toshiba Classic is the charitable leader on the PGA Champions Tour. In March of 2008, it became the first tournament to raise $1 million for charity in 9 consecutive years, and over the 11 past years it has raised more than $11.1 million for more than 20 different charities making a significant impact in the Orange County community. The primary beneficiary of the tournament is Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, a nationally acclaimed facility that provides world-class healthcare.
The tournament also sponsors the Toshiba Classic Scholarship Fund, which has awarded 98 Toshiba computers and $169,000 in grants to standout local high school seniors in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, the Irvine Unified School District and the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, the notebook PCs and grants were provided by Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. The winners are recognized at the Toshiba Classic's annual Breakfast With A Champion. Students go through an intensive application and interview process for what has become one of the most prestigious annual scholarships offered to Orange County students.
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| Check presentation for donations raised for the Hoag Hospital Foundation, the primary beneficiary of the Toshiba Classic |
Toshiba Classic Scholarship Recepients (enter and second from right) |
These charitable accomplishments are a testament to the generous support of the Toshiba Classic’s sponsors and the tireless efforts of its more than 1,000 volunteers.For more information on the Toshiba Classic, please visit: www.toshibaclassic.com
Support to Cultural Institutions
Toshiba supports New York cultural institutions such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Southern California fires Relief Effort
Toshiba America companies donated to organizations to aid evacuees and to support the volunteers and firefighters for their heroic efforts in the affected region.
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| Toshiba America Information Systems CSR staff handing the check to one of the organizations representative |
Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort
Toshiba Group companies and employees worldwide contributed over $ 1 million to help the residents of the Gulf Coast.
Donation to "Book Relief" Efforts in the Gulf Coast
Toshiba Group Companies made a contribution to "Book Relief" efforts by First Book for children and institutions affected by Katrina in the Gulf Coast. Thanks to these efforts, 200,000 children have received books.
BioBlitz
The "St. Louis BioBlitz" is a 24-hour exploration and inventory of the life in Forest Park. Teams of public volunteers along with biologists searched natural areas within the park, listing as many different species as they can find.
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) provided the St. Louis BioBlitz with Tablet PCs to aide researchers and scientists during the first St. Louis BioBlitz in Forest Oak. The Toshiba Tablet PCs were used by researchers and scientists to help document biodiversity in the Park.
Alan Barry, Manager, Business Development, TAIS noted: “We are very excited about this opportunity to help the St. Louis BioBlitz, Forest Park and The St. Louis Community. Toshiba is committed to the environment, and this is an ideal way to work directly with those on the front line of field science and research.”
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| Volunteers entering data into Toshiba notebook PCs. |
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