Video Professor Employees step up to help Jefferson County Kids
LAKEWOOD, Co. - For immediate release
It’s back to school time for thousands of kids in Jefferson County Colorado, home to
Video Professor, Inc. But an uncertain economy is making it difficult for kids to return to school with the necessary school supplies they need. There just aren’t enough dollars to go around even for the basics of back to school.
Working with the Jefferson County Action Center, Video Professor Employees launched a week-long school supply through their employees club, Seasons. The drive netted a station wagon jammed full of school supplies.
“It never ceases to amaze, but never surprises me, of the generosity of our employees,” says John W Scherer, CEO and Founder of Video Professor, Inc. “In just a week they collected dozens of bags of pencils, notebooks, backpacks, calculators and all the necessary supplies to start the school year off the right way for a lot of very deserving kids.”
Jefferson County Action Center Executive Director Mag Stritmatter told Video Professor VP of Public Affairs, Brian Olson that over 500 kids were lined up at their distribution center on Monday, August 4 and that she expected a total of almost 3-thousand kids to be helped with supplies donated by the community.
Video Professor Seasons Club members work with the Jefferson County Action Center on a regular basis. Their next project will be a holiday food drive prior to Thanksgiving. As soon as that project winds up, employees begin work helping out Santa for the annual Salvation Army Angel Tree Project.
Bettye Harrison, President and COO of Video Professor is an active Seasons Club Member herself. “We wish we could solve all the problems that exist in this world,” she says but adds “We believe as a team if that everyone gives just a little, together we can accomplish a lot.”
To learn more about Video Professor visit their website at www.videoprofessor.com.
Just part of the bags of school supplies donated.
Samples of the types of supplies donated by employees.
About Video Professor, Inc.
Based in Lakewood, Colo., VIDEO PROFESSOR has been the leader in comprehensive self-paced computer software tutorials for more than 20 years. The core of Video Professor’s learning initiative is to provide home users as well as corporate professionals with valuable, user-friendly learning solutions for today’s most common software Video Professor currently ships over 250,000 CD-ROMs every month and has helped more than 10 million households learn the computer skills they need to remain competitive in today’s computer-driven marketplace. The complete Video Professor library is also available online, downloaded directly to computers.
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Media Contact or to arrange for a Video Professor review lesson:
Brian Olson, Vice President of Public Affairs
Video Professor, Inc.
303-232-1244 Ext 380
bolson@videoprofessor.com
