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Simply Mac and the Community Foundation of Utah Simply Mac actively participates with the Community Foundation of Utah to enhance the quality of life for people in Utah who are in need by giving their employees the opportunity to donate a portion of their paychecks to the fund. The mission of the Community Foundation of Utah, and the common mission of every community foundation, is to enhance the quality of life in the local area. Community foundations carry out this very broad mission by building a permanent endowment fund and using the annual income to support a variety of local nonprofit organizations through grants and special projects.
Simply Mac Donates to Huntsman Cancer Institute In December of 2012, Simply Mac donated $2,500 to the Huntsman Cancer Institute from funds that were gathered from customer, employee and corporate contributions during October through December 2012. Simply Mac also donated three iPads to be used with patient treatments, research and education. Simply Mac President, Steve Bain, said that "We enjoyed working with Huntsman Cancer Institute to spread its mission through our employees and customers. We look forward to the day when there is a cure for cancer. We are happy to aid in finding that cure." Huntsman Cancer Institute awarded Simply Mac the 2012 Cause Marketing Partner of the Year aware at the annual Giving Circle Event.
Meals for Macs 2012 Simply Mac delivered $15,000 worth of food to the Utah Food Bank on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The donation was a result of the third annual Simply Mac Meals for Macs food drive. Simply Mac collected canned food donations at its five Wasatch Front retail locations in Layton, downtown Salt Lake City, Foothill, Fort Union and Orem from Nov. 16 through Dec. 16. The Apple Specialist pledged to donate five pounds of food for every computer purchased at its retail locations during the food drive time frame.
Simply Mac e-Waste Recycle Event 2012 The second annual Simply Mac e-Waste Recycle Event took place on April 13 and 14 at the Maverik Center and was a great success! Utah's businesses and consumers recycled more than 250,000 pounds in electronic waste! To recycle that amount after an estimated 500,000 pounds only one year earlier is a HUGE feat! Great job Utah and we'll see you at the next event!
Meals for Macs 2011 For our second annual Meals for Macs food drive, we were able to deliever $20,400 worth of food products to the Utah Food Bank in Salt Lake City, the Utah Food Bank Southern Branch in St. George, Utah, the Jackson Cupboard food bank in Jackson, Wyo and the Idaho Falls Community Food Bank in Idaho Falls, Idaho! The money that was raised through the food drive was used to purchase bulk foods and wholesale rates, thus allowing the money to go even further and help more families in need!
Simply Mac e-Waste Recycle Event 2011 Our first e-Waste Recycle Event is April 29 and 30, 2011. We were so excited to bring FREE e-Waste recycling to both Salt Lake and Utah counties, where we collected 500,000 pounds of e-Waste! You may not know it, but e-Waste is the fastest-growing segment of America's trash volume. e-Waste accounts for 5% of our landfill volume, and it's only getting worse the more technology advances.
Meals for Macs 2010 We held our first Meals for Macs food drive in 2010, collecting donations of macaroni and cheese, canned apple products and other food items at our four Utah retail locations in Layton, Orem, St. George and the Fort Union area from Nov. 15 through Dec. 18. We also pledged to donate 10 pounds of food for every computer or iPad purchased at Simply Mac during that period. Through these efforts, we were able to donate $25,000 worth of food to the Utah Food Bank. That's the equivalent of 70,726 meals and enough to feed 48 families one meal for an entire year!
Simply Mac Sponsors Hogle Zoo's Snow Leopard Exhibit We partnered with Utah’s Hogle Zoo to sponsor the snow leopard exhibit at Asian Highlands. This sponsorhip was set up in conjunction with the 2009 release of Apple's Snow Leopard operating system.