Best Buy Children's Foundation Announces New Treasurer.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001 Best Buy Director of Treasury Replaces Retiring Senior VP The Board of Directors for the Best Buy Children's Foundation (BBCF BBCF Bowl Bound College Football (college football sports management game) ) has unanimously approved the appointment of Judy Weigel, Best Buy Director of Treasury, as new Foundation treasurer. Weigel succeeds Robert Fox, former Best Buy Senior Vice President of Finance & Treasurer who served as BBCF Treasurer since 1994. Fox recently announced his retirement. "I am truly pleased to welcome Judy Weigel to the Foundation," said Susan Hoff, president of the Best Buy Children's Foundation. "Judy's business acumen and dedication to charitable causes will be of tremendous value in fulfilling the Foundation's mission of supporting nonprofit youth development programs. We are grateful for the years of service and devotion that Bob Fox gave to the Foundation during its infancy. We wish him all the best in retirement." Weigel, originally from LaCrosse lacrosse (ləkrôs`), ball and goal game usually played outdoors by two teams of 10 players each on a field 60 to 70 yd (54.86 to 64.01 m) wide by 110 yd (100.58 m) long. Two goals face each other 80 yd (73. , Wis., and a graduate of Marquette University Marquette University at Milwaukee, Wis.; Jesuit; coeducational; chartered 1864, opened 1881. The school achieved university status in 1907. Among its graduate programs are those in business, engineering, and law. in Milwaukee, has been employed with Best Buy since 1995 and Director of Finance since 1999. She has a long history of volunteering for a number of youth-related organizations, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during , Junior Achievement, and United Way. Additionally, Weigel served as a committee chairperson for the Best Buy Charity Classic, a pro-am golf tournament fundraiser for the BBCF, from 1996 to 1999. Weigel is a current Executive Board member and Secretary of the St. Hubert Parent Teacher Organization and member of the Parish Finance Council for St. Hubert Catholic Community in Chanhassen, Minn. She is also the past Treasurer and Board Member of the Minnesota Treasury Management Association (MTMA MTMA Mantua Township Missile Agency (Stow, OH) MTMA Military Traffic Management Agency ). Weigel will begin her official term as new treasurer at the next BBCF Board meeting, scheduled for April 23. About Best Buy Children's Foundation The Best Buy Children's Foundation (BCF BCF Billion Cubic Feet BCF Bioconcentration Factor BCF British Chess Federation BCF British Coatings Federation BCF Breast Cancer Fund BCF Bank Credit Facility BCF Bulked Continuous Filament BCF British Cycling Federation BCF Boeing Converted Freighter ) awards grants to nonprofit groups that take an innovative approach to building "life skills" in young people through education, mentoring and leadership development. The BBCF donates proceeds from its "Charity Classic", an annual pro-am golf tournament; other fundraising activities and financial contributions from Best Buy Co., Inc. The BBCF Board of Directors reviews applications and awards grants on a quarterly basis. The BBCF awarded $1.8 million dollars to more than 240 youth programs last fiscal year. About Best Buy Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Enterprise operates retail stores and commercial Web sites under the names: Best Buy, (BestBuy.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, (SamGoody.com), Suncoast (Suncoast.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com) and Magnolia Hi-Fi. The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,800 retail stores nationwide, in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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