Mitsubishi Electric: Changes for the Better

Volunteers Activities

In addition to the dozens of locally organized projects and events, MEAF coordinates two national volunteer activities:

Disability Mentoring Day
Hallway Golf

Volunteer Awards

Each year, MEAF presents the M.O.V.E. Award for an outstanding volunteer project, MEAF alos manages the Presidential Service Award program to recognize outstanding individual employee volunteer achievment:

M.O.V.E. Award
Presidential Service Award

Volunteer News

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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HALLWAY GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES $55,000 TO SUPPORT YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES

ARLINGTON, Va. — December 20, 2011 — For the fourth year in a row, Mitsubishi Electric employee volunteers at seven company locations across the United States turned office hallways, warehouses and factory floors into miniature golf courses in an effort to help raise money for youth with disabilities.

The 4th annual Mitsubishi Electric Hallway Golf Tournament garnered more than $55,000 to support schools and community organizations in their efforts to promote inclusive education. Employee volunteers raised over $21,000 from individuals and vendors, and the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation matched these contributions and volunteer time with over $33,000.

"At a time when the economy is still slowly recovering, Hallway Golf offers a dual benefit," said Kevin R. Webb, director of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, "It provides a creative outlet and morale boost for employee volunteers to do something fun, yet meaningful. The tournament also provides much-needed funds to support special education programs that have had their budgets slashed over the past few years."

More than 1,000 Mitsubishi Electric employees participated in what has become an annual, marquee event for the company by designing and playing miniature golf courses around themes like movies, sports, and different decades. As in years past, students with disabilities played golf alongside company employees and executives.

Schools and organizations receiving funds from this year's tournament:

• Rancho Alamitos High School in Garden Grove, California
• Hope School in Buena Park, California
• Free 2 Be Me Dance in Venice, California
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Cypress in Cypress, California
• Kids Included Together in San Diego, California
• Internvention Center for Early Childhood in Irvine, California
• Cooke School in Northville, Michigan
• Redford Union Schools in Redford, Michigan
• Ohio Valley Voices in Loveland, Ohio
• Tom Browning Boys and Girls Clubs in Maysville, Kentucky
• Special Needs School of Gwinnett County in Lawrenceville, Georgia

In an effort to promote friendly competition and maximize funds raised from the event, Mitsubishi Electric U.S. companies compete with each other to win awards for the Most Money Raised and Most Creative Golf Hole. This year the ACTiVE Committee from Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics USA, Inc received both honors.

Volunteers on the M.O.V.E.

Employees of the Mitsubishi Electric US companies energetically volunteer in their communities, in support of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation's mission of serving young people with disabilities and of other worthy causes in their communities. Volunteer projects range from visiting children in hospitals to organizing family carnivals to tending gardens at schools for kids with special needs.

Disability Mentoring Day

Disability Mentoring Day takes place in October each year as part of Disability Employment Awareness Month. Mitsubishi Electric US companies participate in this national program that promotes career development for students with disabilities through job shadowing and hands-on career exploration.

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HALLWAY GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES $62,000 TO SUPPORT YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES

An employee volunteer presents
pirate tattoo to a student from
Redford Union School after playing
the award-winning 'Pirates of the
Caribbean' hole during the 3rd annual
Mitsubishi Electric Hallway
Golf Tournament

Funds go to schools, community organizations to promote inclusive education

ARLINGTON, Va. — December 6, 2010 — For the third year in a row, Mitsubishi Electric employee volunteers at nine company locations across the United States turned office hallways, warehouses and factory floors into miniature golf courses in an effort to help raise money for youth with disabilities.

The 3rd annual Mitsubishi Electric Hallway Golf Tournament garnered more than $62,000 to support schools and community organizations in their efforts to promote inclusive education. Employee volunteers raised $28,000 from individuals and vendors, and the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation matched these contributions and volunteer time with an additional $34,000.

"At a time when the economy is still slowly recovering, Hallway Golf offers a dual benefit," said Kevin R. Webb, director of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, "It provides a creative outlet and morale boost for employee volunteers to do something fun, yet meaningful. The tournament also provides much-needed funds to support special education programs that have had their budgets slashed over the past few years."

More than 1,000 Mitsubishi Electric employees participated in what has become an annual, marquee event for the company by designing and playing miniature golf courses around themes like movies, Halloween and game shows. As in years past, students with disabilities played golf alongside company employees and executives, and for the first time students were invited to participate in the course design.

"We decided to not only have the kids at Rancho Alamitos High School come and play, we invited them to design a hole as well," said Eileen Downer, GIVE volunteer committee chair from Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America in Garden Grove, Calif. The students designed a 1950s-inspired hole of Mel's Diner complete with lights and Frank Sinatra music.

"Our Foundation promotes the concept of the full inclusion of youth with disabilities and this hole really represents what inclusion is all about," added Downer. "The kids are already thinking about what they want to design for next year's event."

Schools and organizations receiving funds from this year's tournament:

• Rancho Alamitos High School, Garden Grove, California
• Hope School, Buena Park, California
• Free 2 Be Me Dance, Venice, California
• Kids Included Together, San Diego, California
• Internvention Center for Early Childhood, Irvine, California
• Cooke School, Northville, Michigan
• Redford Union Schools, Redford, Michigan
• Ohio Valley Voices, Loveland, Ohio
• Shriner's Transportation Fund, Lexington, Kentucky
• The Early Learning Institute, Warrendale, Pennsylvania
• Special Needs School of Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, Georgia
• Murray O. Kennedy Elementary School, Winder, Georgia

In an effort to promote friendly competition and maximize funds raised from the event, Mitsubishi Electric U.S. companies compete with each other to win awards for the Most Money Raised, which went to the PEACH volunteer committee at Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America in Braselton, Georgia, and the Most Creative Golf Hole, which was won by the PEACE volunteer committee at Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America in Northville, Michigan.

2011 M.O.V.E. Award goes to the VISION Committee at MEAU / Vernon Hills, IL for their Disability Mentoring Day Project!

Since 2007, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. (MEAU) has opened up its doors for one day in October to high school students from the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL). The annual Disability Mentoring Day event, coordinated nationally by the American Association of People with Disabilities, matches students with employee volunteers so they can learn about career opportunities and the business world.

MEAF is pleased to announce that the VISION Employee Volunteer Committee at MEAU has been selected by a panel of judges to win this year's M.O.V.E. Award in recognition of their outstanding project. The award consists of a trophy for the committee and a $1,000 grant for SEDOL.

Six other committees nominated outstanding projects for this year's M.O.V.E. Award competition. Congratulations to all the committees for their efforts to help make Changes for the Better. Visit the MEAF website to learn more about all of the ways Mitsubishi Electric Volunteers are on the M.O.V.E .

Presidential Volunteer Service Award

MEAU President (2007-2011)
Kimitoshi Minami accepts the
Presidential Volunteer Service Award

MEAF annually honors employee volunteers who have demonstrated exceptional committment with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.

MEAF is pleased to recognize the following recipients of the 2010 President's Volunteer Service Award:

• Cheryl Crawford, MEAA/Northville
• Richard Gruhlke, MEVSA/Vernon Hills
• Cindy Lauderbaugh, MEPPI/Warrendale
• Mike Newkirk, MEAA/Mason
• Mike Stapleton, MDEA/Braselton
• Joey Stowe, MEUS/Suwanee
• Kimitoshi Minami, MEAU/Vernon Hills

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