November 2011
AUTIUM JEWELLERY Singapore will donate 5% of their revenues from the end of October to the end of January 2012 to the PISTORIO FOUNDATION
AUTIUM Revolutionary Jewellery raises over 5,500 S$ in Singapore on October 28 through a live auction of three rings in benefit of the Pistorio Foundation at the launch of their new collection and announces committment for long term support of the Foundation by donating 5% of their revenues to the Foundation for the next three months until the end of January 2012.

The event in support of the foundation was held at the Autium Rivervalley Showroom at 10 Hoot Kiam Road. www.autium.sg

Thank you to Autium Jewellery, to all the guests who attended the event and volunteers who helped out.

September 2011
The Pistorio Foundation donates USD 20,000 to CESVI towards emergency relief to the ongoing hunger and humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. CESVI, http://www.cesvi.org/, operates in Mogadiscio and in Daadab, the largest refugee camp in the world, providing medical support and social, psychological and material assistance to women and children in the camp.

August 2011
Pasquale Pistorio is awarded the 2011 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal Award on August 20 in San Francisco. "The medal, sponsored by the Intel Foundation, recognizes Pistorio for contributions to, and leadership in, the technology, business and environmental development of the global semiconductor and electronics industry." IEEE News Release
"The Noyce Medal (is) among the most prestigious awards in microelectronics... past recipients of IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal include Morris Chang of TSMC, Craig Barrett of Intel, Wilfred Corrigan of LSI Logic, Aart de Geus of Synopsys and James Morgan of Applied Materials, among others. " EETimes Aug 19.
As part of the award, Pasquale Pistorio recieved US$ 20,000 which he has donated to the Pistorio Foundation and will be devolved by the Foundation to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

May 2011
Pistorio Foundation Springtime Lunch 2011

The Pistorio Foundation annual Springtime Lunch was held on May 26 and was hosted and sponsored by the chic Oso Ristorante with distinguished guests from the financial and fashion industries as well as prominent local socialites. The event was a great success and over
$43,000 was raised from ticket sales and the Live and Silent auctions.

While guests enjoyed delicious Italian canapés, an inspiring speech was given by founder Pasquale Pistorio. The live auction was then conducted exuberantly by Gianluca Lionetto, with singer and artist Amy Aziza as MC.

The Pistorio Foundation would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our Event Partners, Stephan Colleoni and Diego Chiarini from Oso, to our Media Partner Harper's Bazaar, to our generous Sponsors and Live and Silent Auction Lot Donors: Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Caran d’Ache, Bruno Gallery, Asiatique Collections, Emilio Pucci, Furla, Gaia restaurant, Passion, Carolyn Strover and Havoc Studios, The Frame Society, Carrot Banana Peach, The AVL Sound, Crabtree & Evelyn, Georgie Ohlsson, Havoc, Kaffe & Te, Nestlé, Moschino Cheap and Chic, Sportsac, and Bim Bam.

The money raised will be put towards our Chiang Rai Village Project in Northern Thailand for the minority hill-tribe children’s education.

$10,000 will go to towards the renovation and expansion of a nursery school in the village of Pakia to include sanitation facilities, a kitchen and a canteen for 30 pre-school children. The rest will go to support the education for an entire year for over 100 underprivileged minority hill-tribe children.

The Foundation would like to thank all our volunteers who have organized the event and our generous donors for helping us further our cause and reach out to more needy children, providing them with education, nutrition, and primary health care, for a better and brighter future.

April 2011
"The Ugly Duckling Family Fundraising Event"
Together with the Singapore Repertory Theatre’s production of the re-telling of the children’s classic ‘The Ugly Duckling, Pistorio Foundation hosted a fundraising event for guests on April 2^nd, 2011 in Singapore.

More than 200 children and their families enjoyed this inspirational adaptation of being the ‘odd one out’ told through the magic of songs and puppetry.  Guests at the special showing of this performance included renowned actress from India, Shebana Azmi, along with many Singaporean and expatriate families.

The fundraising event raised more than SGD 5,000 from ticket sales, donors and sponsors of the raffle prizes & refreshments. Proceeds will go toward Pistorio Foundation’s Chiang Rai Village Project for underprivileged children of hill-tribe communities in Thailand, and will help complete the construction of a kindergarten in the village of Baan Mai Pattana.

Many thanks to the sponsors, including: The Little Company and Singapore Repertory Theatre, Fantastic Holidays, TFL Training Consultants, Skygym, Seb’s Bistro, Amy Azyza, GeorgieOhlsson Jewelry, and Sophie and Friends.
Also thank you to Nestle for providing refreshments of San Pellegrino sparkling drinks for all the guests.

A special thanks also to Santa Fe Relocation Services for generously purchasing tickets to the show and providing these to the Singapore Children’s Aid Society to enable 25 less priviliged children in Singapore to attend the show who otherwise would not be able to see it.

March 2011
Doing good on all fronts
Pasquale Pistorio Speaks at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on Sustainable Solutions to the Energy Challenge, March 2011, Singapore
Pasquale Pistorio has been an industry champion and pioneer for the environment while CEO and President at STMicroelectronics. In 2001 he founded STMicroelectronics Foundation to tackle the problem of the digital divide, and the Foundation to date has provided basic IT skills to over 110,000 people in marginalized and impoverished communities around the world. Upon his retirement in 2005, he has founded the Pistorio Foundation and at the same time continued to champion the cause of the Envrionment, advocating for this publically in Italy, during his tenure as Confindustria Vice President at the Head of Research and Development, and is frequently called upon to give a testimony of the STMicroelectronics experience both in terms of the industrial success and growth of the company as well as for its pioneering environmentally responsable corporate policies.

The speech outlined the risks still inherent in Nuclear Power, the need for governments, business and individuals to pursue more aggressively Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energies as the only viable options in the few decades to come, until Nuclear can really be considered a safe option (will happen with 4th generation), and how governments, business, and individuals actually save money and profit in the process, making it foolish not to choose this options.

Some comments from participants:

• "Energy is an area quite new to me, and I learnt much from Mr Pistorio's discourse on energy efficiency and renewable energy in particular."
• "He is a very enlightened man & we all have much to learn from his example."
• "I was truly inspired by him."
• " He is very inspiring on what businesses can do (to help the environment) and make money (in the process)!"
• "His speech gave a very interesting and relevant outline of how businesses can reduce emissions and make money."

February 2011
Toys and Book Drive led by Intel Staff
We would like to thank Tan Ee Lin, Kristin Lim, Peggy Khoo, and other Intel staff in Singapore who organized in February a soft toy and books collection drive amongst their colleagues.

Thanks to their initiative and action, we were able to send 250kg worth of children’s books in English, board games, and soft toys for preschool and primary school children in Chiang Rai.  Well done!!!

We would also like to express our  deep gratitude to DHL for sponsoring the shipment of these items.