High Sierra Gardens provides eternal rest amidst eternal beauty. High Sierra Gardens company specializes in placing cremated remains in natural settings within the majestic Sierra National Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, just south of Yosemite National Park. It files all needed forms, scatters remains, and provides a photo of the site and locating information for about $225. High Sierra Gardens can also bury ashes and burn or bury final letters or other mementos with the ashes. It does not allow family members to be present for the scattering due to the difficulty of planning around changing weather. High Sierra Gardens company is owned by the founding Rose family.

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) makes the written word accessible to individuals with print disabilities, such as blindness, visual impairments, and dyslexia. The not-for-profit group makes tapes and CDs of textbooks for students in kindergarten through postgraduate studies, as well as recordings of reference and professional materials. In 2008 its 240,000 members borrowed or purchased some 530,000 books. RFB&D operates recording studios through half a dozen regional offices and is beginning to use digital recording. Funded by private donations and government support, RFB&D was founded by Anne MacDonald in 1948 to record textbooks for blind WWII veterans.

AmeriCares Foundation provides emergency medical aid around the world. The not-for-profit charitable organization helps victims of natural disasters and supports long-term humanitarian programs by collecting medical supplies in the US and overseas and delivering them to places where they are needed. AmeriCares has provided aid in more than 135 countries worldwide. In the US, the organization offers medical assistance, runs a camp for kids with HIV/AIDS, and conducts HomeFront, a program that renovates housing for the needy in parts of Connecticut and New York. Robert C. Macauley founded AmeriCares in 1982. Since its founding, AmeriCares has provided more than $9 Billion of aid to 137 countries. To accomplish these results, AmeriCares assembles product donations from the private sector, determines the most urgent needs and solicits the funding to send the aid via airlift or ocean cargo to health and welfare professionals in the indigent locations.

The World Gold Council’s mission is to stimulate and sustain the demand for gold and to create enduring value for its stakeholders. The organisation represents the world’s leading gold mining companies, who produce approximately 60% of the world’s annual corporate gold production in a responsible manner and whose Chairmen and CEOs form the Board of the World Gold Council (WGC). As the gold industry’s key market development body, WGC works with multiple partners to create structural shifts in demand and to promote the use of gold in all its forms; as an investment by opening new market channels and making gold’s wealth preservation qualities better understood; in jewellery through the development of the premium market and the protection of the mass market; in industry through the development of the electronics market and the support of emerging technologies and in government affairs through engagement in macro-economic policy issues, lowering regulatory barriers to gold ownership and the promotion of gold as a reserve asset.

Birmingham-Southern College is the result of a merger of Southern University, founded in Greensboro, Ala., in 1856, with Birmingham College, opened in 1898 in Birmingham, Ala. These two institutions were consolidated on May 30, 1918, under the name of Birmingham-Southern College. 192 wooded acres three miles west of downtown Birmingham. The college has 45 academic, residential, administrative, and athletic buildings/facilities, including 25 new facilities/structures, additions, or renovations completed since 1976. New facilities since 1998 include a campus center, fitness center, 100,000 square-foot science center, and a new Fraternity Row. In addition, renovation was completed in Fall 2002 to reconfigure North Residence Hall to three- and four-bedroom suites for male students, and a renovation project to convert the Phillips Science Building into a center to accommodate the academic needs of the college's Division of Humanities was completed in February 2003.

Cosco Fire Protection, a subsidiary of Consolidated Fire Protection, a Minimax company, is the West Coast's largest fire protection and life safety specialist. Established in 1959, Cosco Fire Protection is a full service company that designs, installs, repairs, services and inspects a wide variety of fire suppression and life safety systems. Cosco services corporate, government and military facilities in the western United States from our strategically located offices in the region's major metro areas, including the greater Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle and Anchorage.

Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) America is a network of more than 45 chapters across the US that works to prevent child abuse by raising awareness and providing education. Prevent Child Abuse America programs at the national level include Healthy Families America for newborns and their parents, National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research, prevention education, and resource development. Prevent Child Abuse America also lobbies all levels of government, advocating policies to protect children and strengthen families. PCA America publishes comics on topics like preventing bullying and puts out parenting and advocacy newsletters and tip sheets for parents. Local chapters host conferences and do other advocacy and education work.

PSA International doesn't have to rely on public service announcements to make its name known in the marine transportation industry. PSA International Pte Ltd, originally known as the Port of Singapore Authority, provides container terminal services in more than 25 ports in about 15 countries in the Asia/Pacific region, Europe, and the Americas. PSA International Pte Ltd operations in Singapore account for about half of its overall container traffic. Along with operating terminals, PSA International provides marine services such as pilotage and harbor towage, as well as port-related logistics services. Singapore's state-controlled Temasek Holdings owns PSA International.

PowerSkills Solutions (formerly Archer Development) aims to improve the business relationships of its clients by focusing on alignment, leadership, partnering, retention, and revenue. Its consultants use seminars, workshops, and on-the-job coaching to get their point across, and the company provides Excel-based software that employs its proprietary PowerSkills methods in day-to-day activities. PowerSkills company also provides services to reduce problems associated with corporate acquisitions and helps companies in the construction, distribution, financial, manufacturing, and technology industries. Clients include Apple, Cisco Systems, and Millipore.

Mini-Mailers prefers that the world turns to more direct methods of communication and marketing. The company specializes in printing and distributing direct-mail pieces. It provides laser printing, bindery services, mailing list maintenance, data conversion, and fulfillment. Mini-Mailers also offers online ordering and digital print capabilities to its customers. The firm provides additional marketing services, such as concept development, branding, copywriting, and design, through its Imago Digital business. Founded in 1986, Mini-Mailers operates three locations in Southern California.

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