[October 15, 2008] EMBARQ Donates Computer Equipment to Immokalee Tech Center Tweet IMMOKALEE, Fla., Oct 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- EMBARQ today made a significant donation of repurposed computer equipment to the One by One Leadership Foundation's Immokalee Technology Center in Immokalee, FL. The donation includes 32 Dell PCs, monitors, and network resources and is valued at more than $7,000. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060516/EMBARQLOGO) "Through donations like these, we at EMBARQ are working toward important community goals," said Tom McEvoy, president-EMBARQ Business. "We emphasize supporting education, especially in the markets we serve, and we emphasize remaining vitally involved in those communities." McEvoy was among several EMBARQ employees on hand to help open the Technology Center, which will benefit the community by providing much needed high-tech resources. He said the donation also furthers the company's "green" emphasis. "Green is more than just one of our primary company colors," he said. "This donation follows EMBARQ's company-wide Green plan to reclaim and repurpose our assets. This is one important way that we can do that and help our communities at the same time." EMBARQ will make additional computer equipment donations to school systems, local economic development groups, and community outreach organizations throughout the markets it serves. A similar donation in June to Florida A&M University in Tallahassee benefited the university's engineering department. About EMBARQ Embarq Corporation (NYSE: EQ), headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, offers a complete suite of communications services. EMBARQ has operations in 18 states and is in the Fortune 500(R) list of America's largest corporations. For consumers, EMBARQ offers an innovative portfolio of services that includes reliable local and long distance home phone service, high-speed Internet, wireless, and satellite TV from DISH Network(R) -- all on one monthly bill. For businesses, EMBARQ has a comprehensive range of flexible and integrated services designed to help businesses of all sizes be more productive and communicate with their customers. This service portfolio includes local voice and data services, long distance, Business Class High Speed Internet, wireless, satellite TV from DIRECTV(R), enhanced data network services, voice and data communication equipment and managed network services. For more information, visit embarq.com. SOURCE Embarq Corporation http://www.embarq.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]