The “What If 10% Giveback Program” allows participating Hawk Electronics retail and cellular customers to designate that ten percent of their total annual purchases’
net proceeds be donated to Cook Children’s Medical Center, including all consumer electronics, as well as their monthly Hawk-billed cellular services. For more information on how the “What If 10% Giveback Program” works, please go to . “Knowing that every child’s life is sacred, it is our promise to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury,” said Rick Merrill, president and CEO of Cook Children’s Health Care System. “We are grateful to the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and now, Hawk Electronics for extending the opportunity for new contributions.” Peter Ripa, Director of the 2009 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial PGA TOUR Golf Tournament said, “The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is committed to the Fort Worth community and our many worthy charities. This commitment continues in 2009. Last year, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial generated over $6.6 million for over 100 Tarrant County charities, with Cook Children’s Health Care System designated as our primary beneficiary.” For more information on the charities supported by the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, please go to . T. A. “Kip” Hyde, Jr., Teletouch COO, President and CEO of Hawk Electronics stated, “We are pleased to extend our innovative, cellular industry-first, ‘What If 10%’ customer loyalty and charitable giving program to generate recurring donations for Cook Children’s, a leader in local and national pediatric care. While grocery and retail store affinity cards often provide rebates and donations back to local schools and other similar organizations, as a primary cellular billing services provider, we have the unique opportunity to use this same model for both our recurring cellular billing customers and business accounts, as well as for any regular consumer electronics purchases.” About Cook Children’s Cook Children’s Health Care System is one of the country’s leading integrated pediatric health care systems. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the non-profit organization includes a nationally recognized Medical Center, Physician Network, Home Health company, Health Plan, Northeast Hospital and Health Foundation. Cook Children’s promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury. Cook Children’s includes more than 60 pediatric medical offices and specialty clinics throughout Texas. Cook Children’s Medical Center is ranked in the top 5 percent of the nation’s hospitals for its nursing excellence and has a distinguished reputation for the exceptional care it provides patients as well as the outcomes achieved in its Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hematology and Oncology, Neonatology and Pulmonology programs. For more information about Cook Children’s, please call 1-800-934-COOK (2665) or visit .
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