UNICCO Donates $25,000 to Mayor's Office of New Bostonians; Grant supports English for New Bostonians program...

BOSTON -- The City of Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino's MONB (Mayor's Office of New Bostonians) is the recipient of a $25,000 donation from UNICCO Service Company, based in Newton, Mass. The grant, which specifically supports the English for New Bostonians (ENB) program, represents the company's minimum donation for 2006.

ENB is a public-private-community partnership that was launched in 2001 by the MONB to help low-income immigrants learn English. In its first phase it helped bring English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes to 700 additional individuals per year. Now, in its second phase (June 2005-June 2008), its goal has been raised to bring ESOL access to a minimum of 1,000 additional participants per year.

"Diversity is one of Boston's greatest strengths and it is essential for recent immigrants to engage in economic and social opportunities," commented Mayor Menino. "The public-private-community nature of the ENB program relies on companies, such as UNICCO, to be key participants in this initiative. This donation is greatly appreciated and will help us reach our aggressive goals."

MONB is under the management of Director Rev. Cheng Imm Tan, who said, "ENB is a major aspect of our initiative to strengthen the ability of people from diverse cultural and linguistic communities to fully participate in the economic, civic, social and cultural life of the City of Boston. UNICCO's participation as a donor, as an employer, and as a provider of training to its employees makes it a valuable partner in promoting access for immigrant communities."

"UNICCO sees the benefits of ESOL every day," said UNICCO Senior Vice President, Michael Dunn. "It helps our employees move into supervisory roles and become part of the rich and varied community that is Boston. We support language classes for our employees and encourage them to further their education. Our support of the MONB extends our commitment to the greater community."

About UNICCO

UNICCO Service Company is one of North America's largest integrated facilities services companies with more than 18,000 employees and $700 million in annualized revenues. The privately-held company has over 55 years of facilities outsourcing experience and maintains an industry-leading 95% customer retention rate. UNICCO offers maintenance, operations, cleaning, lighting and administrative/office services for industrial, corporate and multi-tenant office, education, retail, government and public venue facilities. The company is also committed to green services through its UNICCO GreenClean(sm) program. It delivers on the commitment through collaboration with leading edge partners and the use of green products and best practices, as well as through customer awareness programs. UNICCO's advanced facilities technologies include the myUNICCO.com portal, UNI-Q(R) palmtop inspection system, eProcurement, and a 24x7 national call center. For further information, call 888-751-9100 or visit http://www.unicco.com.

Information on the UNICCO GreenClean program is available at: http://www.greenclean.com.

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