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	<title>Blazing the Two-Fold Path &#187; Community Outreach</title>
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		<title>Guest Blogger:  Time, Talent, Training</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/20/guest-blogger-time-talent-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following blog entry is done by Chris Calabro, an Avnet employee who is doing some community outreach work through his college courses.  He’s also gotten a few people at Avnet involved in this so that makes it an in-kind contribution for us.  I asked him to guest blog because this is a perfect example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blogger:  Avnet Cares Matching Grants</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/13/guest-blogger-avnet-cares-matching-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/13/guest-blogger-avnet-cares-matching-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Basey, Vice President, Marketing, Avnet
Everyday, people go out of their way to help others. Sometimes it is as simple as letting the guy in the wrong lane get into your lane, other times it is dedicating time to a favorite cause, making a donation when you are buying groceries, or buying a poppy.
In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O Canada! Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/06/o-canada-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/06/o-canada-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CR Strategy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Focus Areas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee volunteerism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Avnet Employees in Canada typically rally their CR efforts around children’s organizations.  They’ve been doing some really cool things in their community, and have been going full steam ahead at it, for quite a while.
Calgary employees support the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation (ACHF), by working through the Southern Alberta Electronics Charity Organization (SAECO), and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting Fun into Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/09/18/putting-fun-into-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/09/18/putting-fun-into-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Outreach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was on vacation last week … a fabulous trip to the mountain country in Show Low, Arizona.  Am still in catch-up mode today, even after a week back.  Still slogging through the hundreds of emails that came in while I was gone.  Arrrggg.  Can you relate?  I sure hope not!  This is torture.
And, speaking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart of Business Award Nominees</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/08/28/heart-of-business-award-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/08/28/heart-of-business-award-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just submitted two people into The 2009 Heart of Business Awards, hosted by the Phoenix Business Journal &#38; HandsOn Greater Phoenix.   One was a work-related entry and the other a guy I work with.  But, not just any guy, my boss Al Maag.
As they say on the Call for Entries, “volunteerism is a key component [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga Fest and the Yin/Yang of CR</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/08/07/yoga-fest-and-the-yinyang-of-cr/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/08/07/yoga-fest-and-the-yinyang-of-cr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yang]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/?p=360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m heading up to Flagstaff, Ariz. for a yoga festival this weekend and, unfortunately, I blew out my knee about a week ago so not sure how much yoga I’m going to be able to do.  Guess I’ll have to stick to the yin classes.  But isn’t that just life, learning to balance out our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When is a toolkit not a toolkit?</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/07/10/when-is-a-toolkit-not-a-toolkit/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/07/10/when-is-a-toolkit-not-a-toolkit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Outreach]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; When it’s weapon in your community relations arsenal.
A couple of weeks ago I told you about the Avnet Cares Governing Board (ACGB), our employee volunteerism group.  This recently formed board is succeeding with military-like precision.  They just created a new initiative to help Avnet employees in the Americas launch their own local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayberry RFD</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/07/02/mayberry-rfd/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/07/02/mayberry-rfd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I’m boring myself with this blog.  I’m not normally a boring person so don’t know how I got so lost.  Must be the moon … or the sun.  Maybe my yin is off … or perhaps it’s the yang.
Regardless, today I’m going to talk about a fabulous 4th of July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life, The Universe and Everything</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/06/19/life-the-universe-and-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/06/19/life-the-universe-and-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee volunteerism. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The answer is 42]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had a potluck at lunch today for our department.  It was great to relax and enjoy each others company.  We have a great team, get along really well.  We hit it so hard during the week that it’s nice to take some time and just sit and visit.
That’s what I’ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synergies</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/06/04/synergies/</link>
		<comments>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/06/04/synergies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you’ve read my past blogs about the Avnet Tech Games (ATG).  If not, get busy!  If nothing else, you can us them to help you fall asleep.  But do stay awake long enough to read on and learn about some synergies we were able to create with one aspect of [...]]]></description>
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