Contact:
Nicole Trombly
Ingram Micro Inc.
(714) 382-5581
nicole.trombly@ingrammicro.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INGRAM MICRO DONATES OVER $25,000 WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
TO ACHIEVEMENT INSITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
Leading technology distributor assists in providing academically gifted economically
disadvantaged high school students with laptops
SANTA ANA, Calif., July 15, 2010 – Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest technology
distributor, today announced the donation of 20 laptops and 20 laptop cases to the students of the
Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies (AISS), a Santa Ana, Calif.-based non-profit organization
focused around STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers. Ingram Micro donated the
20 laptops to support the studies of AISS student scholars during their senior year of high school and
throughout college.
The mission of the AISS is to guide academically gifted and economically disadvantaged high school
students interested in pursuing a university education in the STEM fields. AISS provides an after-school
college readiness program to 20 high school students over a two-year period, which begins with the
summer prior to their junior year. AISS collaborates with the principals, counselors, and math and science
teachers from six high schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District: Century, Godinez, Santa Ana,
Saddleback, Segerstrom and Valley.
“Thanks to Ingram Micro, the students of the 2011 AISS class will be able to enter their senior year of
high school and college years with new technology equipment they might not have otherwise been able to
obtain, said Debbie Wells, executive director of AISS. “Access to this technology will allow the students
to further excel at their studies and gain a solid foundation of computer skills and programs that they will
need to carry them throughout their school years and beyond. It's so heartening to see a local business
like Ingram Micro reach out to the community and make a real difference.”
Ingram Micro provided the organization with 20 Lenovo ThinkPad T510 Notebook PCs and 20 V7
Premium laptop cases, totaling more than $25,000.
Ria Carlson, senior vice president, strategy and communications at Ingram Micro, presided over the
official presentation of laptops to each of the 20 students in the program earlier today.
"Supporting our local community is important to Ingram Micro,” said Carlson. “The AISS students are the
future leaders of our community and we are thrilled to be able to provide them the latest technology to
help them reach their goals.”
AISS was founded in 2001 by retired Santa Ana Unified School District educator and administrator, Paul
Riordan. The first pilot program consisted of six sophomore girls from Santa Ana High School. These
students participated in 120 academic seminar hours in industry workshops involving digital imaging,
laser medicine, computer-aided design, optics manufacturing and engineering research. At the
completion of the program, the students were accepted into universities such as UC Los Angeles, UC
Irvine, Columbia, Chapman and Yale. The program methodology of applying exposure to industry,
coupled with financial support and college enrollment guidance has created over 80 program scholars
with 100 percent of program participants accepted into the finest colleges and universities in the country.
For more information about Ingram Micro’s Community Relations activities, visit the Corporate Social
Responsibility page of our website.
About Ingram Micro Inc.
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for
vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical
support, financial services and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves approximately
150 countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/.
About AISS
AISS provides academically gifted economically disadvantaged high school students an opportunity and
incentive to intensify their studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The two
year after-school and summer program accepts approximately 20 new students for each graduating
class. Students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher who are recommended by their math and/or science teacher
are considered. The Santa Ana based program plans to expand once additional funding from generous
donors is available. To learn more about AISS and how to support the program, call (714) 544-1316 or
go to www.aissfoundation.com.
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