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Top Companies Sponsor Greater Irvine Chamber Celebrate Resilience Awards

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Several top companies sponsor the Greater Irvine Chamber Celebrate Resilience awards presentation, which will be delivered digitally on Thursday, Oct. 22, 12 – 1 p.m. Joining Presenting Sponsor City of Hope Orange County are: Sustainability Sponsor: Waste Management Business Sponsors: FivePoint Hoag Octane Orange County Soccer Club UC Irvine Event Sponsors: Allergan Antis Roofing & Waterproofing B Braun Chevron COX Diamond Jamboree Edwards Lifesciences Google Greater Newport Physicians HBLA Hoag Orthopedic Institute Irvine Company Jackson Titus Kelley Bluebook OmniPrint Pacific Western Bank SoCalGas Southern California Edison Transportation Corridor Agencies WNDE These companies support the Greater Irvine Chamber as it recognizes companies, organizations, and individuals that have made a positive impact on the greater Irvine community in response to the Coronavirus crisis. Acts of support, large or small, from any industry are eligible for Celebrate Resilience awards. Nominations are ope...

Wells Fargo Renews Partnership with Greater Irvine Chamber as Gold-Level Leaders Circle Sponsor

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Wells Fargo has renewed its partnership with the Greater Irvine Chamber as a gold-level Leaders Circle sponsor. Wells Fargo has been a member of the Greater Irvine Chamber since 2006. Wells Fargo is a diversified, community-based financial services company serving customers’ financial needs. Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment, and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,700 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, internet, and mobile banking, and has offices in 33 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 262,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves on...

Hoag Orthopedic Institute is the Only Hospital in Southern California to Earn ‘5-Star Rating’ for Patient Experience from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which performs the most hip and knee joint replacement surgeries in California, is the only hospital in Southern California to receive a five-star rating for patient experience from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) after a nationwide assessment through its recent Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) star ratings. “We are honored that our patients recognized our staff for their exemplary work and dedication to creating a patient-centered, healing environment at Hoag Orthopedic Institute,” said Jennifer Mitzner, CEO, Hoag Orthopedic Institute. “Receiving CMS’ highest rating for patient experience is a nod to th...

UCI Leads Study in Collaboration with Apple, Inc. on the Use of Technology for Asthma Care

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Anthem, Inc. announced a new study which is being conducted by University of California, Irvine (UCI) that examines how the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch and iPhone, may help individuals with asthma better self-manage their condition for improved clinical outcomes. The virtual study was designed in collaboration with Apple, Inc. CareEvolution, the study technology partner responsible for building the study app and enabling collection of the study data. Launching in the fall, the two-year, randomized controlled study will enroll participants from Anthem-affiliated health plans who have been clinically diagnosed with asthma. Nearly 25 million Americans are currently diagnosed wit...

UPS Holiday Season Hiring Will Top 100,000 Amid COVID Spawned E-commerce Boon

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

(AJOT) United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS)—a bronze-level Leaders Circle sponsor of the Greater Irvine Chamber—said it will hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers to help handle an expected avalanche of holiday packages from online orders this year as shoppers avoid stores during the coronavirus pandemic. The holiday hires, a slight increase from last year, will be on top of the thousands of workers the courier already has added to keep up with a surge in package demand. During the second quarter alone, UPS brought in 39,000 workers at its U.S. unit, which saw package volume surge by 23% from a year earlier...

Cox Expands Commitment to Bridging the Learning Divide, Provides Additional Support for Kids and Families Learning from Home

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Cox announced on Aug. 25 an expanded commitment to bridging the learning divide as part of its ongoing effort to support kids and families learning and teaching from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Through June 30, 2021, Cox is suspending late fees and extending payment relief offerings for customers in the company’s low-cost internet program Connect2Compete who express an inability to pay due to pandemic hardships. “I would like to thank Cox Communications for their commitment,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “Now, more than ever, it’s critical that every Californian have the ability to connect to the internet and that every child ha...

FivePoint Selling Broadcom Offices for $355M

Monday, June 29, 2020

(Orange County Business Journal) PRP Real Estate Investment Management, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investor-backed in part by overseas funding partners, plans to buy the two largest buildings at Irvine’s FivePoint Gateway office campus. PRP is under contract to purchase the two buildings, which are occupied by chipmaker Broadcom Inc. under a long-term lease running until 2037, for $355 million. PRP and Irvine’s FivePoint Holdings LLC, which leads the investor group that currently owns the buildings, confirmed a deal was in place late last week. The deal, expected to close in mid-August, will be the largest office sale in Orange County in three years. FivePoin...

Charles Antis of Antis Roofing Leads Ronald McDonald House Adoption Campaign

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Through an initiative led by Charles Antis, founder and CEO, Antis Roofing & Waterproofing, 165 Ronald McDonald Houses across the U.S. have been adopted by members of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NCRA). A board member of the Orange County Ronald McDonald House, Antis serves as co-chair of a capital campaign to expand the house. As part of his board service, he offered to maintain and care for the roof of the Orange County Ronald McDonald House. Also an active member of the National Roofing Contractors Association, Antis was inspired to foster a partnership between the two organizations, calling on roofin...

City of Hope Partners with Greater Irvine Chamber as First Ever Diamond-Level Leaders Circle Sponsor

Monday, December 30, 2019

City of Hope has renewed its community partnership with the Greater Irvine Chamber as the organization’s first ever Leaders Circle diamond-level sponsor. “City of Hope is answering a call to bring our breakthrough discoveries and specialized therapies closer to home, right here in Orange County. We are making tremendous progress, opening our medical office in Newport Beach in early 2020 and the comprehensive cancer campus in the heart of Irvine in 2021. These milestones are testimony to the power of our local partnerships, and our work with the Greater Irvine Chamber has been foundational to our success. Together, we share a visio...

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