Harris Corporation Wins 2010 Stevie® Award for Communications Campaign of the Year - Community Relations

MELBOURNE, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, was honored with a Stevie® Award in the category Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – Community Relations for its 2009 United Way campaign.  In addition, the company's corporate responsibility program, "A Trusted Neighbor," was a finalist in the category Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year – More than 2,500 Employees.  

More than 2,700 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories.  The winners were announced June 21 during the American Business Awards dinner in New York City.

The 2009 Harris United Way campaign raised more than $1.2 million for the Brevard County, Florida community, where the company is headquartered, and more than $330,000 for other communities across the U.S. where the company has operations. Harris augmented this through an initiative where additional support for basic needs programs was triggered by reaching pre-set milestones in United Way donations.  A Harris "CANthropy" competition among employees also resulted in nearly 10,000 cans and other food items being donated.

The company's Trusted Neighbor program encompasses a variety of philanthropic efforts.  These include the Harris Foundation, which contributed more than $4.3 million to charitable and educational organizations in fiscal year 2009.  In addition, Harris employees donated more than 54,000 volunteer hours to help strengthen the quality of life in the countries and communities where Harris has operations.  

"The annual United Way campaign is our company's largest and longest-running fundraising program, as it provides a broad distribution of services through many individual agencies," said Jeff Shuman, senior vice president, Human Resources and Corporate Relations.  "It's an honor to be recognized  by other business professionals for our efforts in this area and also for our overall corporate responsibility program."

Details about The American Business Awards and the complete list of finalists are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.  

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.  Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and more than 15,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.

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