FT. PIERCE, Fla. - (Business Wire) OceanGrown, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first super nutrient solution for plants, announced today its participation as a Presenting Sponsor of the Microsoft Alumni Foundation's 2009 Founders’ Gala and Integral Fellows Awards. The Integral Fellows program recognizes and supports Microsoft Alumni who have made a meaningful difference to others by contributing to the community. A distinguished panel of judges, including former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates Sr., Bill Drayton, Pierre Omidyar and Tom Tierney, selected the Integral Fellows Award winners, who will be announced this evening, November 18th at the 2009 Founders Gala in Bellevue, WA with Bill and Melinda Gates. Additional information regarding the Integral Fellows Program and Founders Gala can be obtained at the Microsoft Alumni Foundation website: www.microsoftalumni.org.
“We are extremely honored to help support the Microsoft Alumni Foundation in this most noble program, which salutes the company’s alumni who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to enhance the health and well being of mankind,” said John Hartman, CEO of OceanGrown, Inc. “Microsoft is well known around the world as a compassionate leader in the effort to improve the lives of everyone who shares this planet, and we heartily applaud this important commitment.”
Rowland Hanson, OceanGrown’s Chairman of the Board, noted that “in addition to sponsoring the Microsoft Alumni Foundation event, OceanGrown will be making sizable donations of its super nutrient product, OceanSolution, to a number of different organizations around the world through The Gates Foundation.” As a former VP of Corporate Communications for Microsoft, it was Hanson who introduced OceanGrown to the Microsoft Alumni Foundation and facilitated OceanGrown’s sponsorship of the 2009 Founders’ Gala and Integral Fellows program.
About the Microsoft Alumni Foundation
The Microsoft Alumni Foundation was established to catalyze the collective power of Microsoft alumni and leverage our resources to provide innovative, scalable and transformative solutions to our world's challenges. Launched in 2007, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit organization with its worldwide headquarters based in Bellevue, Washington, USA. Board members include: Jeff Raikes (chair); Chuck Hirsch (president); Scott Oki (co-founder and vice president); Paul Shoemaker (treasurer); Tony Audino (co-founder); Sharon Maghie (co-founder and secretary) and Brad Smith (Microsoft representative).
About OceanGrown, Inc.
OceanGrown is a Florida-based company devoted to restoring the full spectrum of natural and properly balanced minerals to the earth’s soil, thereby making a major contribution to our overall health and the preservation of our environment. Derived from pure, unadulterated sea water, the Company’s core product, OceanSolution, is the ultimate plant nutrient solution that contains over 90 elements. This provides a significant, superior alternative to traditional fertilizers, which are based on only three major elements: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, more commonly known as “NPK.” Of equal importance, OceanSolution presents these 90+ elements in their optimal relative ratios. For more information about OceanGrown, visit www.oceangrown.com.
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