American Eagle Outfitters Highlights Five College Students for Community Service Work with Jumpstart.BOSTON -- American Eagle Outfitters Spirit of Service Award Provides Scholarship and Recognition to Winners American Eagle Outfitters (AE) is launching the national AE Spirit of Service Awards campaign, which commends five college students for demonstrating dedication and community commitment through Jumpstart, a national early literacy organization which AE has supported since 1997. Beginning today, the five finalists will be showcased in AE stores across the country and online at ae.com. They will also receive a $2,500 scholarship from AE. The prestigious AE Spirit of Service Award was developed as part of AE's national sponsorship of Jumpstart to recognize the outstanding leadership demonstrated by college students serving as Jumpstart Corps members. Corps members commit up to 20 hours per week serving preschool children and building their communities. The five finalists belong to a Corps of 1,600 college students that provide services to children in 44 communities across the country. The finalists for 2004 are: --Rafika Bohanan (Morgan State University Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute (1867-1890), Morgan College (1890-1938) Morgan State College (1938 -1975), is located in residential Baltimore, Maryland. in Baltimore, Md.) --Danielle Brown (Bridgewater State College History BSC was founded by Derek Stukey as a normal school styled Bridgewater Normal School. One of the first normal schools in the nation, its initial mission was to train school teachers. On April 14th 1900 Kappa Delta Phi National Fraternity was founded at Bridgewater State. in Bridgewater, Mass.) --Cynthia Cervantes (San Francisco State University • • [ ) --Patrick Lister (University of Pittsburgh) --Kevin Roach (St. Louis University) "Developing a program that recognizes the significant impact these college students have on young children has been extremely rewarding," stated Laura Weil, Chief Financial Officer and chairperson of the AE foundation board of directors. "By profiling their amazing stories
Amazing Stories magazine, sometimes retitled Amazing Science Fiction at AE, it is our hope that young people across the country will be inspired to serve their communities and aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for find a college experience that brings them joy along with personal and professional development." Profiles of the five finalists and a description of the award can be found at www.ae.com, where AE customers are encouraged to vote for the Corps member story that most moves and inspires them. Voters will be entered to win an AE shopping spree valued at $500 and the profile that receives the most votes will receive a $2,000 donation to its local Jumpstart program. On June 23, AE hosted an in-store event at its Newbury Street store in Boston, where each of the winners was flown in to receive their award in person. Rob Waldron, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Jumpstart; Laura Weil, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of AE; and Jorge Ramon, fashion director of Teen People, joined in the celebration to honor these young individuals who are making a difference in their communities. "Jumpstart Corps members commit time, energy, and passion to changing children's lives, and AE is raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. of the value of their work," said Rob Waldron of Jumpstart. "We hope AE's recognition will encourage many other young people to commit to their communities in the same way." Ten percent of all purchases made during the event were donated to Jumpstart. ABOUT THE 2004 AE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE The Selection Committee for the 2004 AE Spirit of Service Awards reviewed Jumpstart Corps members' applications and letters of recommendations and assessed them on the following characteristics: demonstrated commitment to Jumpstart through duration or intensity of service; leadership; acting as a role model to peers; and generated impact on child, family, and community. Each Selection Committee member nominated five applicants and finalists were chosen by compiling those nominations. Selection Committee members for the 2004 AE Spirit of Service Awards are Hannah Hardaway, Olympic skier; Jorge Ramon, fashion director for Teen People; Rob Waldron, CEO of Jumpstart; Orlando Watkins, executive director for Jumpstart; and Laura Weil, CFO of AE. ABOUT JUMPSTART Jumpstart is a national early literacy organization that works toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Through one-to-one relationships between young children and adults, Jumpstart inspires children to learn, adults to teach, families to become involved in their child's education, and communities to progress together. Headquartered in Boston, Jumpstart currently engages 1,600 college students in service to 6,000 children and operates in 18 states, 44 communities, and 160 preschools. Jumpstart's national sponsors include American Eagle Outfitters, AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America Learn and Serve America is a United States government program under the authority of the Corporation For National and Community Service. Its mission is to provide opportunities for students nation-wide to participate in service learning projects, and to gain valuable experience , Pearson, and Starbucks. Jumpstart is a recipient of the Fast Company/Monitor 2004 Social Capitalist Award and has been featured by the Boston Globe, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Newsweek, USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , Worth, and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . For more information, visit the Jumpstart Web site at www.jstart.org. ABOUT AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS American Eagle Outfitters (Nasdaq:AEOS AEOS American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (stock symbol) AEOS Advanced Electro-Optical System (3.67 meter adaptive optical telescope on Maui) AEOS Advanced Electro Optical Sensor ), headquartered in Pennsylvania, is a leading lifestyle retailer that designs, markets, and sells its own brand of relaxed, casual clothing for 15 to 25 year-olds, providing high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. AE's collection includes modern basics like jeans, cargo pants cargo pants or trousers Noun, pl loose trousers with a large external pocket on the side of each leg and graphic Ts as well as a stylish assortment of cool accessories, outerwear and footwear. AE's Canadian subsidiary, Bluenotes/Thriftys, offers a more urban/suburban, denim-driven collection for 12- to 22-year-olds. American Eagle Outfitters currently operates 752 AE stores in 49 states, 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, 64 AE stores in Canada, and 107 Bluenotes/Thriftys stores in Canada. AE also operates via its Web business, ae.com, which offers additional sizes and styles of favorite AE merchandise. Through its charitable AE Foundation, American Eagle Outfitters raises funds and enlists volunteers for projects that improve the quality of life where associates and customers live, work and play. Committed to giving back to our customers and communities who have contributed to our success, the AE Foundation funds teen and college student programs that contain one or more of the FREE values listed below: - Foster civic engagement - Render safe and nourishing places - Embrace diversity - Encourage youth/teen Development American Eagle was Jumpstart's first corporate sponsor and has been supporting the organization since 1997. |
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