Oxygen Awards $10,000 Grants To Winners Of "Build Your Own Business" Contest.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 Winners Will Appear On Finance Show "Laura Pedersen's Your Money & Your Life," And Daily Live Talk Show, "Pure Oxygen" Oxygen Media, the cable and online network for women, has selected three winners for its second annual "Build Your Own Business" program, which was created to encourage and support female small business entrepreneurs, it was announced today by Tricia Melton mel·ton n. A heavy woolen cloth used chiefly for making overcoats and hunting jackets. [After Melton Mowbray, an urban district of central England.] , vice president of marketing, Oxygen. Sponsored by 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 Life, "Build Your Own Business" provides winners with a $10,000 grant, Dell computer equipment and business consulting with oxygen.com's small business expert Jennifer Kushell. The women will be featured in a special episode of Oxygen's finance show "Laura Pedersen's Your Money & Your Life," on December 14, 2001 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. They will also appear live on "Pure Oxygen," the network's daily news and information program on January 15, 2002 at noon ET/PT, and will be profiled on oxygen.com. The three winners are: - Myrna Hoffman, Annandale, VA (Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. ) Ms. Hoffman won for her company, OOZ OOZ Out of Zone (emergency evacuation; school enrollment) OOZ Oil Ocean Zone (Sonic 2 level) & OZ, and its "Party Fun Kits," a line of educational toys What is an educational toy? ''' Toys, and educational toys, are typically built for and used by children. One could make the argument that an educational toy is actually any toy. Most children are constantly interacting with and learning about the world. and party goods. Hoffman created "Party Fun Kits" as an affordable and educational birthday party activity kit targeting "tweens." The concept is based on the "anamorphoscope," a curved mirror A curved mirror is a mirror with a curved reflective surface, which may be either convex (bulging outward) or concave (bulging inward). Most curved mirrors have surfaces that are shaped like part of a sphere, but other shapes are sometimes used in optical devices. that un-distorts pictures and re-forms their reflections into normal images. - Lou Ann White, Windermere, FL (Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. ) Ms. White won for Identity Theft Management, which assists victims of identity theft, occurring when personal information is used to fraudulently obtain items such as credit cards. A victim herself, White created the company to help others navigate through the confusing process of proving they have been the victims of this crime. The company works with creditors to resolve victim's fraudulently accumulated debts and re-establish their identity. - Sonja Horoshko, Cortez, CO (Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. ) Ms. Horoshko won for "Art Juice Native Willow Drawing Charcoal," a high quality but rare drawing material. In 1995, Horoshko, began "Drawing Together," a mentoring program for local Navajo students. A need for art supplies and a lack of money prompted her to produce the prohibitively expensive product from indigenous materials. The "Art Juice Native Willow Drawing Charcoal" serves as the cornerstone for the Art Juice Studio, a local center for young artists. |
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