Conferon Sets New Internal Benchmark for Community Involvement Nationwide Conferon, along with its six regional offices around the United States, contributed thousands of volunteer hours, more than $34,000 and over 1,600 pounds of food to charities in the year 2001, raising its internal bar for this type of participation. Employees donated goods, services, funds and volunteered their time to the following programs: Cleveland Corporate Office The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; United Way/The September 11 Fund; The New York Police & Fire Widows’ and Children’s Fund; Emergency Assistance Center for Twinsburg and Macedonia; Akron Children’s Home; William Foster Elementary School; Portage County Family Services; PCMA’s Hospitality Helping Hands Project; Holiday Basket Program; and Immunization Coalition of Summit County. Ohio Regional Office The Fragile X Alliance of Ohio and Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank. Boston Regional Office The Greater Boston Food Bank; Arthritis Foundation; American Stroke Association; American Red Cross; and AIDS Walk Boston. Chicago Regional Office Lydia Home Association and the Schaumburg Food Bank. Denver Regional Office Denver Rustler Kid’s Café/Food Bank of the Rockies and Network for the Needy. St. Louis Regional Office United States Armed Forces and the USO; St. Louis Area Food Bank; The Mark Joseph James Foundation; Nurses of Newborns Foundation; Central Reform Congregation; American Diabetes Association; The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; The American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc.; Saint Louis Effort for AIDS; the St. Louis Blood Bank; the Saint Louis Zoo; Saint Louis Crisis Nursery; Open Door Animal Sanctuary; Make-A-Wish Foundation®; United Cerebral Palsy of Greater St. Louis; and St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church. Washington DC Regional Office Suited For Change; Arlington County Assistance Center; American Cancer Society; National Multiple Sclerosis Society; The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; The Salvation Army; American Diabetes Association; This Way House; GWSAE Christmas in April; and Accenture Foundation Sept. 11 Disaster Relief Fund. We also wish to thank the following companies for their partnership: Founding Sponsors: Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, Rocky Mountain Chapter of PCMA, Great Events/TEAMS, Inc., Freeman Companies, Regency Catering by the Hyatt Regency Denver, and Accenture Corporation. Contributing Sponsors: Hilton Hotels Worldwide, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Sheraton Hotels at Westport, Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Paramount Convention Services, Inc., Opryland Hotels, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Omni Hotels, Trammell Crow Company, Delta Air Lines, Adam’s Mark Hotels & Resorts, and Marriott International.