KB
Home-Riverside
Pledges
$1,000,000
to Riverside
County Regional
Medical
Center
RIVERSIDE,
CA – (November
22, 2006) KB
Home,
Riverside
Division
has announced
that they
will assist
the Riverside
County
Regional
Medical
Center
Foundation
in raising
one million
dollars
for programs
that focus
on the
well-being
of residents
in the
Riverside
community.
The announcement,
made at
the annual
Festival
of Trees
auction
by KB Home,
Riverside
Division
President,
Steve Ruffner,
was accompanied
by a check
for $67,000
that will
be put towards
the million
dollar goal.
Over the
next 15
years, KB
Home pledges
to raise
the same
amount each
year through
an annual
golf tournament
that they
will sponsor,
organize
and facilitate.
“The
Riverside
County Regional
Medical
Center Foundation
is pleased
and honored
to have
KB Home
become a
major supporter
of our Foundation’s
mission
and goals,” said
Mike Marlatt,
Chairman,
Riverside
County Regional
Medical
Center Foundation. “Their
generous
donation
will provide
for the
welfare
and medical
care for
citizens
of Riverside
County for
years to
come.”
The Foundation
was formed
in July
of 1989
as a nonprofit
organization
dedicated
to the mission
of the Riverside
County Regional
Medical
Center to
provide
quality
medical
services
to all residents
of Riverside
County.
Through
the Foundation,
the Riverside
County Regional
Medical
Center provides
comprehensive
community-awareness
and educational
programs.
They also
assist with
public relations
and fundraising
activities
geared toward
the goals
of the Medical
Center.
“Helping
the communities
in which
we have
a strong
presence
is a fundamental
core value
for KB Home,” added
Ruffner. “We
are excited
about our
partnership
with the
Foundation
and we are
committed
to raising
the million
dollars
for this
worthwhile
cause that
will help
so many
in need.”
The first
golf tournament
is scheduled
for April
23, 2007
at the Victoria
Country
Club in
Riverside.
Building homes
for nearly
half a century,
KB Home is
one of America’s
premier homebuilders
with domestic
operating
divisions
in some of
the fastest-growing
regions and
states: West
Coast—California;
Southwest—Arizona,
Nevada and
New Mexico;
Central—Colorado,
Illinois,
Indiana, Louisiana
and Texas;
and Southeast—Florida,
Georgia, Maryland,
North Carolina,
South Carolina
and Virginia.
Founded in
1957, and
ranked the
#1 homebuilder
in Fortune Magazine’s
2006 list
of America’s
Most Admired
Companies,
KB Home is
a Fortune
500 company
listed on
the New York
Stock Exchange
under the
ticker symbol “KBH.” For
more information,
call 1-888-KB-Homes
or visit www.kbhome.com. |
