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Once again, audiophiles can help themselves and others at the same time by participating in The Cable Company's seventh annual "Summer Against Hunger" campaign. The Cable Company, and several suppliers (listed below) have set up a program by which up to 10% of the Cable Company's August sales are donated to CARE and the International Rescue Committee, with contributions to be used to assist the worldwide disaster relief efforts of those humanitarian organizations.

The Cable Company is donating 5% of its total sales and participating manufacturers are matching this with their own 5% donations for Cable Company sales of their products during August. In the six previous "Summer Against Hunger" efforts, The Cable Company reports, a total of over $85,000 in contributions has been raised. The company describes the effort as a cooperative program that works because of the assistance of many individuals and companies.

The retailer's Robert Stein notes that CARE is known for its highly effective emergency relief efforts, including provision of the simple sugar, salt, and water solution that is saving 2700 children from death by dehydration every day. CARE dedicates 50% of its resources to long-term development programs. "The International Rescue Committee was founded by Albert Einstein in 1933 to assist anti-Nazi opponents of the Hitler regime and has evolved into the leading American nonsectarian volunteer agency dealing with refugee relief, medical, and resettlement efforts around the world, and is also taking the lead on land-mine issues."

Stein adds, "This annual fundraiser is one of those rare occasions where a good cross-section of the companies involved in our part of the electronics industry participate together to support a worthy cause. Our industry is made up of companies and consumers who care about many things, only one of which is their audio/video equipment. Summer Against Hunger gives us an opportunity to offer something important to that half of the world which can never participate in our industry because they are too busy figuring out how to survive. As the CEO of Tom's of Maine put it, 'You can be a hard-assed competitor and still run a company with a soul.'"

2002 Summer Against Hunger Participating Vendors
Acoustic Zen Technologies
Analysis Plus
Arcici
Audience
Audio Desk Systeme
Audio Magic
Audioprism
Audioquest
Aural Symphonics/Univocal
Camelot Technology
Cardas Audio
Echo Busters
Furutech
Grado Laboratories
Harmonic Technology
HAVE Sound & Video
Hovland Company
Immedia
JPS Labs
Kimber Kable
The Last Factory
Magnan Cable
May Audio
Nirvana Audio
Nitty Gritty
Nordost Corporation
Polycrystal
Purist Audio Design
Shakti Innovations
Signal Guard
Siltech America
Shunyata Research
Sound Anchors
Straight Wire
Symposium Acoustics
Synergistic Research
Van Den Hul
Walker Audio
Wireworld