Piper Jaffray Receives Quality of Life Award from the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce
22 May 2004 - 1:00AM
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Piper Jaffray Receives Quality of Life Award from the Minneapolis
Regional Chamber of Commerce MINNEAPOLIS, May 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piper Jaffray & Co. received the 2004
Quality of Life Award from the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of
Commerce at the 13th annual Quality of Life Awards Dinner May 20.
The firm was one of six companies honored at the ceremony for its
exceptional community commitment to area businesses in 2003.
Specifically, Piper Jaffray was recognized for its workplace
tutoring program, which helps students prepare for the Minnesota
Basic Standardized Test by matching students with Piper Jaffray
employees for weekly one-on-one tutoring sessions held at Piper
Jaffray headquarters. "We are extremely proud to receive this great
award," said Tad Piper, vice chairman of the board of Piper Jaffray
Companies. "We have worked hard on this program and our employees
take great pride and passion in tutoring these students each week.
It is an integral part of our guiding principles at Piper Jaffray
to give back to the communities in which we live and work." Piper
Jaffray launched the Workplace Tutoring program in Spring 2003 with
25 seventh graders at Harry W. Davis Academy in Minneapolis.
Following the success of this partnership, the firm added an
additional school partner, working with 20 seventh graders at
Benjamin Banneker Middle School also in Minneapolis. In addition,
the firm coordinated a uniform and coat drive with the schools. In
August, Piper Jaffray employees held a back to school drive,
collecting school supplies and donations to help purchase uniforms
for students at Harry W. Davis Academy. This past winter, the firm
held a coat drive, providing a new coat, hat and mittens for all
247 students at Benjamin Banneker Middle School. The Minneapolis
Regional Chamber of Commerce started the Quality of Life Awards in
1991 as a way to recognize the role businesses play in enhancing
the region's quality of life. Winners are selected by a panel of
representatives from Twin Cities businesses, public and non-profit
sectors. Other 2004 award recipients included: Adolfson &
Peterson, Allianz Life North America, Gray Plant Mooty,
MetroConnections and Rider Bennett, LLP. Headquartered in
Minneapolis, Piper Jaffray & Co., a subsidiary of Piper Jaffray
Companies (NYSE:PJC), is a focused securities firm dedicated to
delivering superior financial advice, investment products and
transaction execution within selected sectors of the financial
services marketplace. The company operates through two primary
revenue-generating segments -- Capital Markets and Private Client
Services. Investment Research, an independent group reporting to
the CEO, supports clients of both segments. The firm serves
corporations, government and non-profit entities, and institutional
investors on a national basis and serves the financial advisory
needs of private individuals predominantly across the western half
of the United States. The firm has approximately 3,000 employees in
111 offices in 23 states across the country and in London, England.
For more information about Piper Jaffray, visit us online at
http://www.piperjaffray.com/ . Since 1895. Member SIPC and NYSE.
DATASOURCE: Piper Jaffray & Co. CONTACT: Dana Wade, Public
Affairs and Media Relations of Piper Jaffray, +1-415-277-1556 Web
site: http://www.piperjaffray.com/
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