Buccaneers Coach Tony Dungy speaks to students at Spring Hill Elementary School as "Staples Coach of the Week".WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 19, 1996-- Spring Hill, Fla. School Receives a $5,000 Staples Gift Certificate Staples, Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SPLS) pioneer of the office superstore industry based in Westborough, Massachusetts For other uses of "Westborough", see Westborough (disambiguation).
buccaneer Any of the British, French, or Dutch sea adventurers who chiefly haunted the Caribbean and the Pacific seaboard of South America during the latter part of the 17th century, preying on Spanish settlements and shipping. coach Tony Dungy who was chosen as the "Staples Coach of the Week" for the week of December 9, 1996. Coach Dungy spoke to an auditorium full of students during the award presentation at Spring Hill Elementary School. Coach Dungy discussed what it takes to succeed both on the field and off, then closed the session by taking questions from the students. According to Will Schantl, Spring Hill Elementary School principal, "We're grateful to Staples for the $5,000 in school supplies which will be a great help to us, and having Coach Dungy at our school was a thrill for everyone." As part of the "Staples Coach of the Week" program, in partnership with the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga , NFL representatives choose a head coach each week whose team played an outstanding game. Contest officials then randomly select a postcard sent in by an accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. K-12 school in that football team+s area. The winning school receives a $5,000 Staples gift certificate along with a visit from the chosen "Coach of the Week." A school winner was drawn weekly during the NFL season through December 16 and announced every Sunday during the NFL on NBC The NFL on NBC is the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998, when NBC lost the NFL American Football Conference rights to CBS. . Staples will donate $35,000 to schools this year for the "Staples Coach of the Week" program, and has donated over $100,000 in total for similar NFL partnership programs over the past few years. "Staples has always been a big supporter of educating our youth, and our partnership with the NFL is a great way to continue that support. We're happy to add to Spring Hill Elementary School's resources with these supplies, and we wish the school continued success," said Thomas G. Stemberg, chairman 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. , Staples, Inc. Staples, Inc., headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, is a leading supplier of office products to small, medium and large businesses, as well as the consumer and growing home office market, through its various divisions -- retail superstores, mail order delivery service, and contract office product distributors serving medium to large-sized corporations. Staples recently announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Office Depot, Inc., which is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. CONTACT: Jean Papagni Staples, Inc. (508) 370-8468 or Will Schantl Spring Hill Elementary School (352) 666-2560 |
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