SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2012--
Global specialty foundry leader, TowerJazz,
launched their U. S. Social Responsibility Plan on Tuesday, February 7,
by transporting, via bus, more than 80 of their employees to Blind
Children’s Learning Center in Santa Ana, Calif. to spend the morning
cleaning toys, painting furniture and assisting visually impaired
children. In addition, a team of TowerJazz engineers created a blueprint
for a future play area.
“We were honored to be selected by TowerJazz to launch their community
involvement program for their Newport Beach facility employees.
Community support is vital and enables us to provide life changing
services for blind and visually impaired children. I was deeply
impressed with the company’s attitude toward volunteerism. They truly
care about the needs in our community. It was evident by the way they
connected with our children,” said Barbara Alvarado, Blind Children’s
Learning Center Board Member.
Many of the employees worked one-on-one with the children in the
classrooms and on the playground. They found it enlightening to
experience that blind and visually impaired children can learn the same
skills as sighted children, they just learn through different methods
that focus on sound and touch.
TowerJazz strives to contribute to the community through a variety of
activities conducted both in Israel and in Orange County. Its goal is to
provide opportunities for under-represented populations,
under-privileged children and support educational programs focusing on
science, mathematics and engineering.
“At TowerJazz, we focus a great deal of attention on our neighboring
communities, donating funds while our employees donate their personal
time. I was extremely proud of not only the number of our employees who
volunteered at Blind Children’s Learning Center, but also the level of
their commitment and participation,” said Russell Ellwanger, Chief
Executive Officer, TowerJazz. “Our service charter is: ‘Educational and
vocational development with a focus on gender equality and minority
integration.’ This year, as we continue to foster a social awareness
mentality among our employees, we will implement a university internship
program for electronic design students, targeting under-represented,
under-privileged minorities and female students.”
About Blind Children’s Learning Center
Blind Children’s Learning Center, a non-profit agency, was founded in
1962 by six blind adults originally called “Services for the Blind
Orange County” to provide support for blind individuals. The founders
quickly discovered the key to helping visually impaired children was to
start working with them at a very early age. Today the agency serves
children and their families through four core programs: Infant Family
Focus, Early Childhood Center, Outreach and Therapy Services, with the
mission to provide early intervention, education and services for blind,
visually impaired or deaf-blind children and their families to empower
independence. For more information, please visit http://www.blindkids.org.
About TowerJazz
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), its fully owned
U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor Ltd., and its fully owned Japanese
subsidiary TowerJazz Japan, Ltd., operate collectively under the brand
name TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader. TowerJazz
manufactures integrated circuits with geometries ranging from 1.0 to
0.13-micron, offering a broad range of customizable process technologies
including: SiGe, BiCMOS, Mixed-Signal and RFCMOS, CMOS Image Sensor,
Power Management (BCD), and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) as well as CMOS
and MEMS capabilities. TowerJazz also offers a world-class design
enablement platform that complements its sophisticated technology and
enables a quick and accurate design cycle. In addition, TowerJazz
provides (TOPS) Technology Optimization Process Services to IDMs as well
as fabless companies that need to expand capacity, or progress from an
R&D line to a production line. To provide multi-fab sourcing, TowerJazz
maintains two manufacturing facilities in Israel, one in the U.S., and
one in Japan with additional capacity available in China through
manufacturing partnerships. For more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those
projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. A complete
discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of
forward-looking statements included in this press release or which may
otherwise affect TowerJazz’s business is included under the heading
"Risk Factors" in Tower’s most recent filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4
and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz’s most recent
filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC,
respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly
disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in this
release.
Source: TowerJazz
Blind Children’s Learning Center
Carolyn Baker
714-573-8888
X2102
carolyn.baker@blindkids.org
or
TowerJazz
US PR/Marcom
Lauri Julian
949-715-3049
lauri.julian@towerjazz.com
