ADVISORY/Prudential Financial Honors Spirit of Community Student Volunteers in Greater Houston.News Editors/Business Editors/Education Writers ADVISORY...for Tuesday (April 27) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: "Spirit of Community" award presentation for Greater Houston
area student volunteers. The Prudential Spirit of Community
Awards program, a partnership with the National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP), honors outstanding
student volunteer efforts.
VISUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
State Honorees Kevin Kalra, 17, and Kristin Farris, 14, both
of Houston, will be recognized as the State's top winners
and Texas' representatives at the national awards ceremony
in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 2004.
Approximately 75 Local Honorees, accompanied by their parents,
teachers and school administrators, will be honored for
their volunteer efforts in the Greater Houston community
with a gift and certificate of recognition.
Honored Guest Speaker
Mayor Bill White, City of Houston, will speak on the
importance of community service and youth volunteerism as he
addresses honorees and guests during the reception.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 27, 2004
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Houston, Texas 77027
(713) 622-4191
From the West Loop South (610), take the San Felipe exit,
and turn onto San Felipe going east, inside the Loop. At the
second traffic light, take a left on Briar Oaks Lane.
1811 Briar Oaks Lane is the second building on the right after
the St. Regis Hotel.
About The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. The awards program, now in its ninth year, is conducted by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is a United States educational advocacy organization consisting of secondary school principals. To promote excellence among middle school and high school students, NASSP founded and still sponsors the National Honor (NASSP NASSP National Association of Secondary School Principals NASSP North American Society of Social Philosophy ). More than 20,000 high school and middle level students nationwide submitted applications for this year's program. All public and private middle level and high schools in the country were eligible to nominate a student for a local Prudential Spirit of Community Award this past November. Girl Scout councils, county 4-H organizations, American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. chapters, YMCAs, Camp Fire USA
Camp Fire USA is a nationwide youth organization that began on March 17, 1910 as Camp Fire Girls. The organization has been co-ed since 1975 and has youth from pre-kindergarten through age 21. councils and Volunteer Centers were also eligible to nominate student volunteers for the awards program. All local honorees were reviewed by state-level judges, who selected state honorees and distinguished finalists based on criteria such as personal initiative, creativity, effort, impact and personal growth. State honorees, each will receive $1,000, an engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. silver medallion and an all-expense-paid trip in May to Washington, D.C., where they will join the top two honorees - one middle level and one high school youth - from each of the other states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. for several days of national recognition events. Ten of them will be named America's top youth volunteers for 2004 on May 3, 2004. Prudential Financial companies, with approximately $432 billion in total assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. as of December 31, 2003, serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies in the U.S. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement related services and administration, asset management, securities brokerage, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises and relocation services Relocation services or "employee relocation" includes a range of internal business processes that are engaged to transfer employees (and often their families) or entire departments of a business to a new work location. . For more information, visit http://www.prudential.com. Editor's Notes Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Darcy Todia is the onsite event coordinator for Prudential Financial and may be reached the day of the reception via cell phone at 415-830-7091. Prudential Financial executives are available for interview to discuss Spirit of Community and additional community outreach efforts. Logos are immediately available upon request. A post-event news release with photography and profiles of each of the student volunteers will be available after the honoree hon·or·ee n. The recipient of an honor. Noun 1. honoree - a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments recipient, receiver - a person who receives something reception. |
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