IHS Donates Colorado Rockies Season Tickets to Four Denver Charities to Benefit Area Kids
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – June 15, 2006 – IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), one of the leading global providers of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services, has donated its season tickets for the 2006 Colorado Rockies baseball season to the following charities – Children’s Hospital Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver, Inc., Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado, Inc. – as part of its commitment to community involvement and corporate citizenship.
The donation includes tickets to all of the Colorado Rockies home games for one IHS suite and half of the home games for a second IHS suite at Coors Field.
“As a company with a proud tradition of working with children and families in the Denver community, IHS is proud to donate these Rockies season tickets to these local charities to help bring some sunshine into kids’ lives,” said Jane Okun, senior vice president of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, IHS. “Giving back to our community is an honor, and IHS employees generously support many local causes and organizations with their time, effort and volunteerism.”
“With the donation of tickets from IHS, we will be able to give our wish kids and their families an opportunity to do something fun together as a family, allowing them to forget about their illnesses, if even just for a little while,” said Jennifer Mace, supervising director of Wish Granting for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is one of the leading global providers of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services to customers in a number of industries including energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive through two operating segments: Engineering and Energy. We serve customers ranging from governments and large multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries. Our customers rely on our offerings to facilitate decision making, support key processes and improve productivity. We have been in business for more than 45 years and employ more than 2,300 people around the world.
About Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado, Inc.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Since being founded in 1983, the Foundation has granted more than 2,400 wishes to eligible Colorado children. The Colorado chapter is part of the largest wish-granting organization in the world, with 71 chapters in the United States and its territories, and 27 international affiliates on five continents. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado, visit www.wishcolorado.org.
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Contacts:
Tim Stack
IHS
+1 303 397 2359
tim.stack@ihs.com
Jane Okun
IHS
+1 303 397 2747
jane.okun@ihs.com
Rhiannon Hendrickson
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado
+1 303 750 9574
rhendrickson@colorado.wish.org