Clarke American Spreads `Pride in America' Check Designs.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo/Logo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001 Donations from Check Orders will be given to The September 11th Fund The September 11th Fund was created by the New York Community Trust [1] and the United Way of New York City[2] in response to the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. In response to America's recent tragedy, Clarke American, one of the nation's largest providers of checks and innovative products and services, will donate $1 for every check order and $.50 from every label order of the Pride in America(R) design to The September 11th Fund that was established by The United Way and The New York Community Trust New York Community Trust was founded in 1924 by a group of New York bankers. It is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States with 2006 assets of over $1.9 billion. . The Pride in America check design depicts a simple American flag. "We've seen through these terrible acts the incredible resiliency of the American people An American people may be:
Clarke American will be promoting this relief effort on its Internet ordering systems and call centers. Pride in America will appear as the featured check on clarkeamerican@home for 60 days, however the contributions from these check and label orders will continue for at least 1 year. Dolan continued, "The money we raise in the short term will aide those hurt by these acts of terrorism. But the impact on our spirit of community and our renewed sense of patriotism will endure." About the September 11th Fund The United Way and The New York Community Trust established The September 11th Fund to mobilize resources to respond to the urgent needs of victims and their families affected by these attacks. One hundred percent of donations will be used to support the needed services for victims and their families. United Way and The New York Community Trust are underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. all administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. . About Clarke American Clarke American Checks, Inc., headquartered in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , is one of the largest specialty printers of financial institution checks in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Since 1975, Clarke American has been helping credit unions with unique services such as InTouch(R) Messaging, a direct marketing alternative, and ServiceLine Plus(SM), a co-sourced call center solution. Producing more than 11 billion checks per year, Clarke American has an unmatched 99.92 percent printing accuracy rate in the industry. In 2001, Clarke American was the sole recipient of the Texas Quality Award, which is based on the Malcolm Baldrige
For more information about Clarke Americans Credit Union products and services, contact Don Dolan at don_j_dolan@clarkeamerican.com or 210.690.6485. Visit its Internet site at www.clarkeamerican.com or http://creditunions.clarkeamerican.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.091901/bb6 |
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