Samsung Electronics America Partners With Los Angeles Dodgers Organization to Support and Raise Awareness for Joe Torre's Safe at Home Foundation
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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Samsung Electronics America Information Technology Division today announced its partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers Organization. Through Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope and the Home Run for Kids program, funds will be raised for Joe Torre's Safe at Home Foundation to educate and generate awareness of domestic violence and to further support victims of domestic violence.
The program kicked off at this season's first Dodgers home baseball game and will continue throughout the 2008 season. Each home run hit at home by Dodgers players will raise $1,000 for the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation.
"This is an important opportunity for Samsung to educate communities on domestic violence to stop the cycle and save lives," said JH Kim, president of Samsung Electronics America, Information Technology Division. "We are excited to partner with Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope and bring the Home Run for Kids program to the West Coast."
With both the national awareness of the Los Angeles Dodgers Organization and Samsung Electronics America, the donations generated by the Home Run for Kids program will not only help to further expand domestic violence awareness, but protect and educate families who fall victim to such abuse.
"The Los Angeles Dodgers have always put a special emphasis on community involvement whether through our charitable organizations, player participation, or the dedicated work of the Dodgers Dream Foundation," said Dodgers COO Dennis Mannion. "We are thrilled to be able to lend a hand to Joe Torre's Safe at Home Foundation, along with our partner, Samsung and their Four Seasons of Hope program."
"We deeply appreciate this partnership with Samsung Electronics America, as we strive to eliminate domestic violence," said Joe Torre, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and founder of the Safe at Home Foundation. "Our partnership with Samsung has given us the opportunity to raise awareness of the Safe at Home Foundation as well as continue the tradition of educating children about domestic violence so that they understand that they are not alone and that there is hope."
Established by Dodgers Manager Joe Torre in 2002, the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation is dedicated to developing educational programs to help end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives. Torre, a survivor of childhood domestic violence, knows the challenges individuals face as a result of being exposed to such abuse. It was a result of his personal experience and his commitment to helping others that propelled him to establish the foundation.
The Home Run for Kids program is one part of Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope, a cause marketing and good will program. Now in its seventh year, the program combines the forces of major national retailers with sports, music and civic personalities, to execute unique retail programs that raise money and awareness to improve the quality of life for children and their families. For more information on the program, visit www.fourseasonsofhope.com.
About Samsung Electronics America Information Technology Division
Samsung's Information Technology Division (ITD) markets a complete line of award-winning LCD Monitor products, including professional large format LCD and Plasma displays. ITD also markets an award-winning line of color and monochrome laser printers and multifunction devices, video security systems and the family of Samsung Q1 Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPC). Samsung ITD is committed to supporting the needs of its channel partners in the professional, commercial, corporate, and SOHO markets. Based in Irvine, California, ITD is a division of Samsung Electronics America (SEA), a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (SEC). The SEA organization oversees the North American operations of Samsung including Samsung Telecommunications America, LP, Samsung Electronics Canada, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Mexico, Inc. Please visit www.samsung.com for more information or call 1-800-SAMSUNG.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, Telecommunication Business and Digital Appliance Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
About Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope
Now in its seventh year, Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope is an innovative philanthropy program that combines the forces of major national retailers with various community-based foundations and charities headed by some of this country's best-known sports, music and civic personalities. Samsung pledges to raise national awareness and funds for these outstanding charities, and to identify how others can also make a difference in the lives of these children and families.
About Safe at Home Foundation
Joe Torre's personal commitment to the issue of domestic violence stems from the fear he lived with growing up as a child in Brooklyn. Spurred by the abuse he witnessed and endured, Torre and his wife, Ali, founded the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation in 2002 - in memory of Joe's mother, Margaret. The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that all children have an opportunity to grow up in a safe and abuse-free environment. Its goal is to raise awareness and to develop educational programs aimed at ending the cycle of domestic violence and saving lives. For additional information on the Foundation, please visit www.joetorre.org.
About Dodgers Baseball Organization
For more information, please visit www.dodgers.mlb.com.
Source: Samsung Electronics America
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