Kaiser Permanente and Goodwill Southern California Sponsor E-Waste Collection from Kern to San Diego

May Be the Largest E-Waste Collection by a Corporate Partner
PASADENA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Celebrating a four-year Earth Day partnership, Kaiser Permanente and Goodwill
Southern California are anticipating that, with this year`s expansion to six
days and 20 Southern California sites, the Kaiser Permanente Southern California
response to the e-waste campaign may hit a new record and prove to be the
largest and most successful collection by a Goodwill corporate partner in
California this year.

"Every year our physicians and employees bring in obsolete computers, monitors,
cast-off cell phones, and other outdated electronic home equipment and hazardous
e-waste that might otherwise have ended up in area landfills," says Benjamin
Chu, MD, MPH, MACP, president of the Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Region. "We are leaders in green design, building and purchasing, so partnering
with Goodwill in their Earth Day E-Waste collection is a natural for us. It just
makes sense to do what we can to keep the environment as healthy as our
communities," adds Dr. Chu.

"The Kaiser Permanente and Goodwill Earth Day program is one of the most
successful corporate partnerships we`ve ever had," said Goodwill Southern
California President and CEO, Doug Barr. "This year we have 20 collection sites
on Kaiser Permanente locations, and we can`t say enough about the enthusiasm and
energy that Kaiser Permanente has put behind this region-wide effort."

Kaiser Permanente`s e-waste collection began in Fontana on April 15 and rolled
out in Downey, Panorama City, San Diego-San Marcos, and Woodland Hills through
April 20.

Today, April 22, e-waste collection continues at the Kaiser Permanente corporate
headquarters in Pasadena (393 East Walnut Street, 91188), and the Los Angeles,
South Bay, Riverside, Anaheim and Irvine medical centers, as well as the Kern
County-Ming Avenue and East Hills locations.

This year`s campaign will conclude with collections at the Baldwin Park and West
Los Angeles medical centers and the San Diego-Otay Mesa site on April 23. Some
locations will collect donated clothes or personal documents for shredding.
Goodwill representatives will assist with heavy items, and will provide receipts
for all donated e-waste goods they accept.

Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health plan. Founded in 1945,
it is a nonprofit, group practice prepayment program with Southern California
headquarters in Pasadena, California. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care
needs of 3.3 million members in Southern California. Today it encompasses the
nonprofit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and
their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Southern California Permanente Medical
Group. Kaiser Permanente's Southern California Region includes more than 49,919
technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than
6,000 physicians representing all specialties. More information about Kaiser
Permanente can be found at www.kaiserpermanente.org.

About Goodwill Southern California: GSC operates 63 retail stores, 41 attended
donation centers, three campuses and 24 workforce/training centers in the
counties of Los Angeles (north of Rosecrans Ave.), Riverside and San Bernardino.
Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator, gave GSC its highest
four-star ranking for eight consecutive years, because GSC spends 91 percent of
its budget on programs that transform lives through the power of work. For more
information about GSC and its programs, visit www.goodwillsocal.org.

Goodwill Southern California
Christianne Ray, 323-539-2095
Cell: 323-833-1468
cray@goodwillsocal.org
or
Kaiser Permanente
Southern California Region
Socorro Serrano, 626-405-3004

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