As a world leader in the information technology industry, Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) is committed to serving as a model for local companies to take an active role in our community. Through partnership programs, Toshiba can be counted upon to work with corporations to accept the challenge of rounding out the opportunities for all residents. Whether through Toshiba employees voluntarily pitching in or by financial commitment, TAEC supports a variety of communityoriented enterprises. Toshiba management encourages employee participation in local communityoriented causes by supporting employees who volunteer.

These individuals volunteer on their own time and choose those programs and projects that they wish to support. TAEC strengthens these programs and projects by contributing financial donations to these nonprofit groups with whom employees volunteer. TAEC makes unique contributions with both funds and people to various organizations. These contributions enhance opportunities for local schools to expand their interest in math, science and technology. Beyond its participation with local programs, the Toshiba America Foundation is another rich resource which bolsters mathematics and science education projects in grades 712.

TAEC supports the Toshiba/NSTA Exploravision Awards - a science competition for grades K12 for students of all skill and ability levels across the US and Canada. The purpose of this competition (the largest science competition in the US) is to encourage students to combine their imaginations with the tools of science and technology to create and explore a vision of the future.

Commitments By Toshiba
TAEC supports the following organizations and programs:

• Future Scientists and Engineers of America
• Employee Walk and JogAThons to support local chapters of:
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• Orange County AIDS Walk
• Multiple Sclerosis Super Cities Walk
• Alzheimer's Association
• American Diabetes
• Association/Walktoberfest
• American Lung Association
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Exploravision Awards (with the National Science Teachers Association)
• Solar/Electric Vehicle studies at the University of Michigan, UC Irvine and UC Berkeley
• University programs that supports Engineering, Humanities and Computer Science
• UC Irvine Summer Camp for Underpriveleged Children
• American Indian Summer Institute of Computer Science at UC Irvine
• Boys & Girls Clubs Special Olympics
• Public Television Programming
• California Teacher of the Year Program
• Peer Assistance Leadership STOPGAP Theatre