For Immediate Release
Date:   November 23, 2004

IIa Share-A-Meal Raises $280 for Second Harvest

Oak Ridge, TN. For the third year in a row, staff of Information International Associates (IIa) and their families have enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal together and raised $280 for Second Harvest Food Bank in the process. The event was held Monday, November 22nd at the IIa-managed Department of Energy Information Center.

IIa launched this now annual event in 2002, raising $120 in that first year and growing the event to this year’s $280 dollar contribution. The company provides the traditional turkey as well as drinks for the event and staff members cook and bring the rest of the meal, everything from broccoli casserole and Tunisian carrots to banana pudding and pecan pie. Each person who then partakes of the meal makes a $5 donation to Second Harvest.

Founded in Oak Ridge in 1988 by Bonnie C. Carroll, IIa has a world-class reputation in scientific and technical information (STI) services, national and international information policy and standards development, library and information center management, intelligence work, and base operations support services. In March 2004, Federal Computer Week named Carroll one of the top 100 information technology professionals in America.