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The Groundup Team (Tom Abrams, front left) with the Siuna Health Center department leaders and Groundup volunteers, displaying donated supplies.

LENEXA, Kan. - A foundation that provides medical supplies and a Kansas City Catholic school are the recipients of the Fall 2015 ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ Corporate Sponsorships.

The ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ Corporate Sponsorship program provides financial contributions to selected associate-nominated organizations. The sponsorships are awarded twice each year as a way for ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ to serve the community through the organizations that are meaningful to ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ associates.

The two Fall 2015 Corporate Sponsorship recipients are:

• Groundup Aid Foundation, nominated by Tom Abrams, ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ Group Marketing Communications Specialist and Vice President of the organization. Groundup recently delivered more than $70,000 in medical supplies and equipment to the Siuana Health Center in the municipality of Siuna, Nicaragua, which serves more than 100,000 people in about 200 rural and impoverished communities.
• Visitation Catholic School, which raised money for the Visitation Athletic Committee at its 2015 Annual Visitation Golf Classic. Eric Affolter, ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ Group Project Manager, nominated the charity. He has a child who is in kindergarten at the school.

Thanks to all of the ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ associates who applied, and congratulations to the winners! ×îÐÂÂ鶹ԭ´´ encourages all associates to apply for future Corporate Sponsorships.

Eric Affolter, far right, and his golf team at the Visitation Golf Classic.