Joseph's Children's Hospital, Giggles
performances are broadcast via St . The GTTN
currently operates two distinct applications. Supported by an open
architecture, they integrate seamlessly with leading telephony and
presence-based networks..
The Board of Fellows is a diverse group of men and women whose
goal is to increase the community's awareness and support of the
University. For
more information on the event, please call 408-554-6985 or e-mail
jcstone@scu .edu

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Joseph's
Children's Hospital are able to transmit their events across the globe to
children's hospitals in developing countries.
Tickets may be reserved on-line at www.

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Giggles Theater is celebrating its one year anniversary in conjunction
with the New Jersey Theatre Alliance (NJTA) and its 9th annual Family Week.scu.

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Joseph's closed circuit television system
and over the MMC Global Telemedicine + Teaching Network, a multi-stage
communications platform utilizing state -of-the-art technologies, to nearly
40 affiliated hospitals in the U. The
GTTN also broadcasts an extensive program of continuing medical education and
supports dialogue exchange among a global network of medical specialists.

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Giggles Children's Theater, a 75-seat
theater, which is able to accommodate children in wheelchairs and hospital
beds, brings local and regional performing artists directly to pediatric
patients -- through performances and hands-on activities. With its market-driving technologies , best-in-class
products, alliance partnerships, and world-class service, Polycom is the smart
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U.

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Because the theater
features the latest telecommunications technology -- including Polycom's
videoconferencing units and a global satellite system -- MMC and St.S.org. The GTTN predominantly uses Internet Protocols (I/P) and
satellite technology to enable its services and programming. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative
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"By providing programming to children who suffer from illnesses of all kinds,
we have seen firsthand that fun and laughter really are the best medicine.
"Polycom is proud to be the conduit for entertaining and educational
content to those children and their families who are struggling with the
anxieties and stresses related to illness," said Tim O'Neil, global healthcare
market director for Polycom.S. Medical Missions for Children continues to work toward its
goal of touching the lives of over one million children each year.

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Medical Missions' Giggles Theater Brings Laughter to Critically Ill Children Through Polycom Interactive Video

"We are thrilled to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Giggles," said
Lissa Romaine , director of Giggles Theater at Medical Missions for Children. The evening festivities will begin with a mass at the Cathedral
Basilica of St. masters' universities, California's oldest higher-education
institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social
justice.

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Since the organization was founded, more than 23,500 children
have been helped.

REMINDER/Annual Fundraiser at Santa Clara University to Feature Jay Leno; SCU's Golden Circle Theatre Party Raises Scholarship Funds

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Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the world's leading provider of unified
collaborative communications solutions, and Medical Missions for Children
(MMC), a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the medical needs of
catastrophically ill children in underserved areas of the United States and in
international communities, today announced the one-year anniversary of the
Giggles Children's Theater, a hospital-based program designed to offer sick
and infirm children the opportunity to view and participate in performing arts
activities through interactive video conferencing technology ."
Through the use of Polycom's videoconferencing equipment, the Giggles
Theater regularly sponsors live, interactive video field trips that allow
children and their families to "visit" such places as the Cincinnati Zoo, NASA
Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York
City. The proceeds benefit the Golden Circle
Endowed Scholarship fund, and supports many talented students who
choose SCU and could not otherwise afford tuition. "A scholarship is one of the most direct and immediate
ways a donor can have an impact on the life of a student," said Helen
Owens, 2004-2005 chair of the Board of Fellows.
Distinguished nationally by the fourth-highest graduation rate among
all U.

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"We congratulate MMC and the Giggles Theater
program on their successful year and look forward to supporting their goals,
clinically and artistically , in the future.

About Giggles Theatre:
Medical Missions for Children, in partnership with the Peterson, New
Jersey-based St. Since the theater
features the latest telecommunications technology -- including the use of
Polycom videoconferencing units and a global satellite system -- Medical
Missions for Children and St. Joseph's Children's Hospital will transmit
around the world to children's hospitals in developing countries.

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Since the beginning of this program, children have been able to swim
with sharks in Florida, visit elephants in Tennessee, and build butterfly
marionettes with the Center for Puppetry Arts in Georgia.for Saturday (Jay Leno,
host of NBC's Emmy Award-winning "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,"
will headline the Santa Clara University's Board of Fellows 39th
Annual Golden Circle Theatre Party on Jan.edu

About Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic
university located in California 's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,047
students' rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences ,
business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees.

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Giggles brings local and regional performing artists directly to children
through live performances and hands-on activities.
Medical Missions for Children's global network encompasses pediatric
healthcare facilities in 36 medically underserved countries and the volunteer
services of 26 tier-one U.mmissions.

About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

Sites related to the teaching of the performing arts, including academic institutions offering such teaching.

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Upcoming tours
include a visit to the Missouri Discovery Center and the Manhattan School of
Music. "I am honored to have
the opportunity to work with this hardworking group of people who are
dedicated to raising funds for SCU scholarships."

About Jay Leno

Leno's "everyman" style and personality have helped him earn
millions of fans worldwide, but primarily in the regions where people
can relate to his personable style and work ethic. More information is online at www.

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On March 7, children will experience the
cultural heritage of Spain and Latin America with "Cuentos Del Arbol" -- a
bi -lingual musical drawn from Spanish and Latin American folklore.polycom..
One of the country's premier comedians, Leno has appeared in
hundreds of comedy shows around the United States for the past 20
years.

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Headquartered
in Paterson, New Jersey's St.
To commemorate Giggles' successful year , the NJTA is offering two performances
for the children and their families.-based and four international medical
institutions.S. Joseph, followed by Leno's performance at the Center
for Performing Arts and dinner and dancing at The Fairmont Hotel in
San Jose.

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Through the use of its Global Telemedicine + Teaching Network(TM)
(GTTN), a satellite and Internet-based communications platform, MMC
facilitates the real-time treatment of remote, critically ill children. For more
information please visit http: //www. Joseph's Children's Hospital, has developed a unique healing
experience for its young patients .

About The Global Telemedicine and Teaching Network(TM)
Medical Missions for Children 's Global Telemedicine + Teaching Network(TM)
(GTTN) is a multi-stage communications platform utilizing state-of-the-art
technologies.

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For additional information
call 1-800-POLYCOM (765-9266) or +1 -408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom Web
site at http://www.

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and international
communities. and various countries.

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S. Polycom's
high quality, standards-based conferencing and collaboration solutions are
easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use.com. "The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno " has experienced numerous highlights during its 12-year
reign, including winning two Emmy Awards -- the first in 1995 for
Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Series, and the second in 1996
for Outstanding Technical Direction. In 1999 and 2000, "The Tonight
Show" took home the trophy for Favorite Late Night Show in the annual
TV Guide Awards determined by voting viewers.

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Since its opening in February
2005, the Giggles Theater has offered 88 performances -- reaching more than
800 children and their family members.

Calendar Editors/Entertainment Editors
REMINDER.

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J. and around the world. On
March 9, participants will take part in an interactive poetry performance
called "Slam in the Schools" by the a group of four wordsmiths
who share a love of the written and spoken word .

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Giggles Theater Celebrates Successful First Year and Plans to Expand Program
to Other Hospitals

PLEASANTON, Calif."

About Medical Missions for Children:
Medical Missions for Children (MMC) is dedicated to serving the medical
needs of catastrophically ill children in underserved U.
SCU's Board of Fellows has raised over $19 million, since its
inception in 1966, to support students and faculty of SCU through an
annual black-tie fundraiser.

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