Advanced Micro Devices was named Outstanding Corporate Grant Maker of 1995 by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (NSFRE).
NSFRE selected AMD as Corporate Grant Maker of 1995 based on the effectiveness of the company's contributions activities, the impact of its programs and its leadership in encouraging others to become involved in the community.
AMD was nominated for the award by Child Advocates, the city of Sunnyvale, Environmental Volunteers, Foster Grandparent Program of Catholic Charities, Junior Achievement, Project H.E.L.P., San Jose Medical Center, the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce, Sunnyvale Community Services and the Sunnyvale School District.
"AMD has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to enriching the community through ... financial support as well as encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles in philanthropy and community involvement," said Diane Ford, chairwoman of NSFRE's Silicon Valley Philanthropy Awards Celebration.
"AMD is truly one of Silicon Valley's philanthropic leaders," she said.
In 1994, AMD contributed more than 200 grants to nonprofit organizations.
AMD produces microprocessors and related peripherals, memories, programmable logic devices and circuits for telecommunications and networking applications.
NSFRE is a professional society with 120 chapters and more than 12,000 members nationwide.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has presented five Bay Area employers 1995 "Spare the Air" awards for their outstanding efforts to help reduce air pollution.
The awards were created to honor the commitment and energy of employers who have educated their employees about air quality and notified them of Spare the Air days, spokesman Randy Wittorp said.
The five companies judged on their creativity, outreach and breadth of program include:
*Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for coming up with "Smogar the Smog Monster" to emphasize the health impacts of smog.
*Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co., for giving out free public transit passes to prevent automobile driving.
*Lucky Stores, for reaching out to their customers with public service announcements.
*Pacific Gas and Electric Co., for targeting its customers through the company's newsletter article on sparing the air.
*NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, for advertising sparing the air through banners and on the Internet.
Stoddard's Brewhouse and eatery recently received two awards from judges in the 14th Great American Beer Festival.
The Murphy Avenue brewery and restaurant won a gold medal for Stoddard's Kolsch in the blonde ales category and a silver medal for its Porter in the brown porter category.
"We constantly strive to produce the finest beers in America. Winning these medals is an affirmation to the hours of dedication invested by me and my staff to produce a consistent, excellent product," said Bob Stoddard, master brewer.
Stoddard's was the only beer producer on the Peninsula to win an award in the competition, he said.
Petrini's plans to expand the natural-foods departments at its markets to include hundreds of new items from organic and natural food producers.
"We listen to our customers, and it's clear that what they want are natural foods. Instead of buying regular canned black beans, for example, customers want reduced-sodium, organically grown canned black beans," said Ron Glass, president of Bay Area Foods, Petrini's parent company.
Petrini's will sell canned foods and dry goods from Arrowhead, Barbara's Bakery, Beritos and Earth's Best Organic Baby Food.
Petrini's low-fat, low-cholesterol "Lean & Natural" beef will be offered at the meat counter. It is free of antibiotics, growth-promoting hormones, pesticides and herbicides.
"Petrini's is going to continue to expand in the natural foods area," Glass said. "We understand this isn't just a fad--it's a shift in the way people think about, and eat, food and we intend to meet our customer's demands."
Petrini's operates a Sunnyvale store at 1265 S. Mary Ave.
This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, Wed., December 6, 1995.
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