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	<title>Blazing the Two-Fold Path</title>
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		<title>Guest Blogger:  Time, Talent, Training</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/20/guest-blogger-time-talent-training/</link>
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		<title>Guest Blogger:  Avnet Cares Matching Grants</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/13/guest-blogger-avnet-cares-matching-grants/</link>
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		<title>O Canada! Part 1</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/11/06/o-canada-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Blogging Blues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s 4:00 on a Friday “and the regular crowd filters” out … my apologies to Billy Joel.
It’s Halloween, which is my favorite holiday. Actually, Samhain is my favorite holiday but we Americans have to commercialize everything!  Oh well.
Plus, I don’t have a firm plan yet, on this, my favorite holiday, on how I’m going to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/10/30/blogging-blues/</link>
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		<title>FALL CRAFT FAIR October 24 in Phoenix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This isn’t exactly community relations but it’s a great story anyway.  This is a really cool event we are dong for employees but we’ve opened it up to the public.  In fact, if any of you can figure out a community outreach angle to this, let us know!  We&#8217;d love to figure out a way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/10/23/fall-craft-fair-october-24-in-phoenix/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight On:  Arizona Foundation for Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, Avnet does not give us a day off on Columbus Day, so I will not be on holiday Monday, October 12.  Happily, I will be doing something really exciting.  The Arizona Foundation for Women (AFW) is a nonprofit that is near and dear to my heart.  I served on their board of directors for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/10/09/spotlight-on-arizona-foundation-for-women/</link>
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		<title>Avnet Tech Games go virtual and national</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is some really exciting news about our biggest signature event, the Avnet Tech Games (ATG).  ATG is going to host our first Virtual Competition and it’s open to students nationwide.  Now, students across America are elibigle to win thousands of dollars in scholarship money
See our press release for more info and be sure to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/10/05/avnet-tech-games-go-virtual-and-national/</link>
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		<title>Putting Fun into Fundraising</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/09/18/putting-fun-into-fundraising/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight On:  The Arizona Community Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I had the privilege of serving on a grant review panel for the Arizona Community Foundation.  I was on one of nine panels that were judging grant applications in the field of Capacity Building.  What an eye-opening experience.
There are so many worthy nonprofits across the state doing so much good for our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/09/03/spotlight-on-the-arizona-community-foundation/</link>
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		<title>Heart of Business Award Nominees</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/comrel/2009/08/28/heart-of-business-award-nominees/</link>
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