April 16, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2003

Irvine Valley College Foundation to Honor Sheriff Mike Carona at Annual Dinner

The Irvine Company joins the scholarship fundraiser to benefit deserving students.

Irvine, CAThe Board of Governors of the Irvine Valley College Foundation is pleased to announce that The Irvine Company has signed on as the major sponsor for the Sixteenth Annual IVC Foundation Awards Dinner. The gala affair will honor Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona on Wednesday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Irvine Marriott Hotel. Sheriff Carona will present a $10,000 donation to a scholarship fund for students enrolled in the colleges popular Administration of Justice program.

We are singularly pleased to announce that the Michael S. Carona Foundation will present a $10,000 check to support the IVC Administration of Justice program, said Board Chairman Duane Cave. Also, the Irvine

Company and our other major sponsors have lent our fundraising efforts significant momentum. We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our honoree and our sponsors, he added.

Other major sponsors include: the Enterprise Counsel Group, IVC Associated Students, IVC Student Services, Oakley, the Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union, Sempra Energy Utilities, Rogers & Faubel, Smith Public Affairs, Southern California Edison, Tait and Associates, Ware Disposal, and former IVC Associated Students president Anthony Kuo.

Each year, the Irvine Valley College Foundation Awards Dinner raises funds for student scholarships, classroom resources and educational equipment.

For more information, please contact Bill Christiansen at the Foundation offices: (949) 451-5290.

The mission of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is to develop friends and raise funds to assist Irvine Valley College in the achievement and maintenance of a superior program of public education and community participation.