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For Immediate Release
EMPLOYEE'S HOLIDAY AUCTION RAISES $35,869 FOR THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
St. Louis, Missouri – February 10, 2004 – World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), announced today that its 3rd Annual Employee Holiday Auction raised $35,869 for the St. Louis Ronald McDonald House (RMH). This donation comes solely through the efforts of WWT's 250 St. Louis based employees. To raise the money, employees created departmental teams and then competed against each other to raise the most money for donation to the RMH.
"Our employees' continued generosity and enthusiasm for this charitable event is something truly remarkable," adds Jim Kavanaugh, CEO of World Wide Technology. "It has always been a part of the World Wide Technology mission to give to our community, but we are especially proud of this employee-run event."
"The contributions and loyalty of our friends at World Wide Technology make such an incredible impact in our ability to help take care of families of sick friends," said Dan Harbaugh, Executive Director of the RMH.
The Ronald McDonald House is dedicated to providing a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children who are receiving treatment at local hospitals.
About World Wide Technology, Inc.
Founded in 1990 with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, World Wide Technology Holding Co., Inc. (WWT Holding), is a premier value added reseller (VAR) in the information technology industry. WWT Holding, with its industry specific operating companies, World Wide Technology and Telcobuy.com, specializes in helping customers rapidly build & deploy technology infrastructure on- time and cost effectively.
Building upon its success as a premier VAR, WWT's electronic procurement and logistics (e-PL) capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, allowing partners to focus on core competencies, while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Both customers and partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining anytime, anywhere access to WWT's web-based procurement, inventory management & deployment management applications.
WWT has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with remote sales, distribution facilities located in Tuscaloosa, AL; Plano, TX; Austin, TX; Livermore, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Nashville, TN; Detroit, MI; Reno, NV and McLean VA. For more information please visit www.wwt.com.