CORPORATIONS

CONTENTS:

• Twinkies - IBC
• Mr. Potato Head - Hasbro
• Ronald McDonald House Charities

Although the largest wholesale baker in the U.S., this Ding Dong company apparently doesn't have its own Website yet. I dare you to find one of its 65 local bakeries. While you're looking, amuse yourself with these Twinkies links.

Twinkies' 72nd birthday will be celebrated on or near April 1, 2002. Jimmy Dewar of the (then) Continental Bakery, said, "Twinkies was the best darn-tootin idea I ever had."

IBC headquarters:
12 E. Armour Blvd.
Kansas City, MO, 64111.

As of December 2001, Nestle Purina PetCare owns about 30 percent of IBC. Wonder what's in Wonder Bread now?

TWINKINDULGENCE - PEOPLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
http://www.twinkies.com/wackiness.html

T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. PROJECT
Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes in Extreme Stituations http://www.twinkiesproject.com/

MR POTATO HEAD - HASBRO

Another celebration! April 30 is the Golden Anniversary of the date in 1952 when the first toy (Mr. Potato Head) was advertised on TV.

Hasbro is the maker of Mr. Potato Head and many popular brands of games and toys -- Playskool, Tonka, Milton Bradley, among others. Hasbro supports children worldwide though philanthropic programs administered by Hasbro Charitable Trust and the Hasbro Children's Foundation.

http://www.hasbro.org/

For fans of Mr. Potato Head:
http://www.cyberstreet.com/users/lynn/potalink.htm

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES

"How did Ronald McDonald celebrate his marriage to Wendy?"
"He gave her an onion ring."

McDonald's first franchised restaurant opened on April 15, 1955, in Des Plaines, Illinois. Celebrate by reading about the good works of Ronald McDonald House Charities. For application guidelines, click on Grants From RMHC, in the left margin. RMHC was named one of America's Top 100 Charities by WORTH Magazine in December 2001.

http://www.rmhc.com/mis/mission/index.html

Beverly Goodwin