SemiCycle Foundation and Hi-Tech Manufacturing Make Donation to Thornton After School Tutoring Program

Business Wire, June 1, 1999

THORNTON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999--

The SemiCycle Foundation, an Austin, Texas-based not-for-profit organization established to collect and recycle plastic packaging materials used in technology manufacturing, and Hi-Tech Manufacturing, today made a donation of $4,000 to Thornton Elementary School's After School Tutoring Program, a new program intended to increase student language arts and math proficiency over a three-year period.

The funds will help support the Program's efforts to increase reading, writing and math scores by 5 percent per year for 85 percent of Thornton Elementary's students, many of whom are considered "at risk" and performing below grade level. The After School Tutoring Program receives no taxpayer support.

Hi-Tech Manufacturing, based here, a leading computer and telecommunications contract manufacturer, represented Denver-area technology manufacturers whose recycling programs support this donation and donations made throughout the United States.

The check presentation took place at Thornton Elementary School. The donation was made by Tim Jarvis, executive director of The SemiCycle Foundation, and Roland Rickerd, vice president of operations, Brian Williamson, maintenance manager, and Rob Patton, maintenance technician, all of Hi-Tech Manufacturing. Gladys Fernandez, community programs director, and Mike Koontz, principal of Thornton Elementary School, accepted the check.

"It is rewarding enough to know that our efforts are reducing the amount of solid waste turned loose on the environment," said Jarvis, "but to recycle Foundation funds to nurture and enhance the lives of at risk children makes this an extremely gratifying undertaking for all involved."

About Hi-Tech Manufacturing

Hi-Tech Manufacturing, founded in 1990 and based in Colorado, specializes in the design, testing and assembly of PCBs for the electronics industry. The company is a technology leader in thin-card assembly and ball-grid array attachment. Its unique combination of technical expertise, service orientation and strong systems has enabled it to build a customer base of leading electronic OEMS in the telecommunications, computer networking and industrial instrumentation industries.

About The SemiCycle Foundation

The SemiCycle Foundation (www.semicycle.org), founded in 1995, is a tax-exempt organization established and operated to collect and recycle packaging materials used in the surface mount technology, electronics and semiconductor industries. Net proceeds from the Foundation's activities are used to fund charitable causes selected in cooperation with the Foundation's recycling partners. SemiCycle in 1998 made donations to 45 organizations located throughout the United States, which were involved in social, medical or environmental causes. To date The SemiCycle Foundation has been responsible for diverting more than 9 million pounds, or over 900,000 cubic feet of plastics from U.S. landfills.

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