FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MINNEAPOLIS (March 25, 2010) --- Winners of the 20th Annual Quality Of Life Awards, presented by the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, are as follows:

3M | Large Business
Recognized for their leadership and depth of partnership in supporting the life-saving work of the Be the Match FoundationTM and the National Marrow Donor Program®.

Nerdery Interactive Labs, a division of Sierra Bravo Corp. | Medium Business
Celebrated for their unique and impactful “Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge;” organizing volunteer web developers to create new websites for local non-profit organizations, literally overnight.

Priority Integrated Marketing | Small Business
Honored for their partnership with Memorial Blood Centers, Priority Integrated Marketing hosts highly-attended internal blood drives six times a year.

The Quality of Life Awards ceremony publicly acknowledges and honors local businesses and organizations who exemplify outstanding leadership in both the community and workplace and for their superior work in providing desirable places to work and creating sound communities in which to live and do business.

The winning organizations will be honored at the Quality of Life Awards ceremony on Thursday, April 22, 2010, 5:30 to 8 p.m. The dinner and presentation will be at the Marriot City Center, 30 South Seventh Street in Minneapolis.

The dinner is open to the pubic. Registration is available by calling 612-370-9100 or online at minneapolischamber.org. Tickets for chamber members are $75, non-members $95. Tables of 10 are available.

The Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce is comprised of over 1,000 members representing 68 communities throughout the 11-County metro area. Affiliates include the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce and the Northeast Chamber of Commerce. Our mission is to create powerful partnerships to unite and grow member businesses in the region.

CONTACT: Todd Klingel, Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, 612-370-9155