Over 5,000 cans of food were collected during Hacienda Business Park's December food drive, making the project a rousing success. The food was distributed to local needy families in cooperation with the Pleasanton Salvation Army and the Livermore Amador Valley Emergency Fund.

Cal Fed Asset Management, Hewlett-Packard, Amador Valley Savings & Loan and AT&T Communications generously provided collection sites for the food drive. Displays were set up in the companies' lobbies, where contributors left food and signed giant Christmas cards.

Tenants, such as Sheraton and AT&T, sponsored competitions between departments, food distributors such as Fleming Companies, donated "samples".  Boy Scout Troop 948, Girl Scout Troop 1353 and Brownie Troop 1448 collected from friends and neighbors, and employees and the community emptied their cupboards to help build Christmas can trees throughout the Park.

The food drive, which was the first park-wide community service project undertaken by Hacienda Business Park Owners Association, was very successful according to Hacienda Owners Association representative Karen Fraser-Middleton. "We were gratified by the overwhelming positive response from companies in the Park and the enthusiasm of local resident" she claimed. She also noted that the Owners Association hopes to organize and coordinate future service projects with the support of Hacienda corporate tenants and their employees. "The Christmas food drive was an outstanding display of park-wide cooperation and participation and we hope to facilitate further involvement in community service projects" she said.

The following companies and organizations promoted and contributed to the "Can Christmas Trees": Amador Valley Savings & Loan, Associates National Bank, AT&T Communications, Bissell & Karn, Bradshaw Company, Cal Fed Asset Management, Callahan, Sweeney & O'Brien, AT&T Centerpoint, Century 21, Dillingham Construction, EG&G Energy Measurements, Executive level, Fleming Companies, Ford Motor Credit, General Electric Credit Corporation, Hacienda Child Development Center, Hewlett-Packard, Koll Company, Lincoln National Life Insurance, The Martin Company, Pedro's, Pleasanton Courtyard by Marriott, Property Management Systems, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Safeco Title Insurance, SCJ Insurance, Security Pacific National Bank, Sheraton Pleasanton, Siemens Medical Laboratories, Spreckles Sugar, Sun Diamond Growers, Tel Plus Communications, Trans Tech Services and Viacom Cablevision.

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