Pleasanton Business Expo 2005 Honors Six “Business Heroes”
PLEASANTON, CA - October 24, 2005 - The City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce will hold a reception to honor six businesses that have demonstrated the traits “that are part and parcel “of Pleasanton’s Community of Character campaign. The reception will be held on Thursday, October 27 at 4:00 p.m. just before the doors to the Business Expo open. Pleasanton Business Expo, sponsored by the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and the City of Pleasanton, is the largest business networking event of the year with some 80 businesses displaying their products and services. The event will be held October 27th from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the CarrAmerica Conference Center in the cafeteria, located at 4400 Rosewood Drive in Pleasanton. Pleasanton Unified School District, City of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business, school, political and community leaders are modeling 6 Character Traits that ultimately will make all of us better people and our community an even better Compassion The Pleasanton Business Expo Committee selected the theme “Businesses Supporting our Community of Character” because it realized that local shop owners in the downtown area, the Stoneridge Mall merchants, the businesses located at the Hacienda Business Park and practically everywhere else in town – all contribute to making Pleasanton a special place. A printer prints tickets to a fundraiser at no charge, a local high-tech business picks up the tab so we have music at one of the Downtown events, or another business donates funds for a
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Windermere Properties of the East Bay It’s not often that volunteers come en masse to lend a hand to help fix up schools in the under-served areas of Oakland. But that’s exactly what happened when this Pleasanton-based company got involved. Some 40 employees rolled up their sleeves and picked up their tools and
Accusplit When you need someone to count on, who better than the person who invented one of the best products on the market today for counting steps – the pedometer – to be there. We are talking about Ron Sutton, CEO of Accusplit, and an activity wellness company. Ron is
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Wells Fargo Bank – Hacienda Branch Wells Fargo Bank – Hacienda branch contributed $8,500 to the Donlon Elementary School Hurricane Katrina fundraising drive. Wells Fargo matched the funds raised by Donlon so that the students were able to donate a total of $17,000 to the relief effort.
Oracle Corporation In town less than one year, Oracle has already made significant donations to a number of local organizations. Here are several examples: just a few days after a fire destroyed the computer lab at Foothill High School, Oracle’s Co-President, Safra Catz, called the City with their
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About the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Founded in 1946, the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, membership-based organization whose mission is to benefit business by creating and promoting economic opportunity, strengthening and educating its members and the community, and influencing public Wendy Gutshall Communications & Special Events Manager
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