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Genesys Works Presented with $10,000 Donation by Staples

Mike Sullivan, Houston City Councilmember District E, Cindy Harreld, President of the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Catharine Girouard, Staples Store Manager, Sharon Jacobson, Executive Director, Genesys Works-Houston and Sylvia R. Garcia, Commissioner, Harris County Precinct Two, celebrate the grand opening of the Staples store in Webster. Genesys Works was presented with a $10,000 donation from the Staples Foundation for Learning.
Catharine Girouard, Staples store manager, presents a check for $10,000 from the Staples Foundation for Learning to Genesys Works, Executive Director, Sharon Jacobson.

Houston, TX (September 14, 2009) – Genesys Works, a Houston-based 501 (c) (3) non-profit was presented with a $10,000 check from the Staples Foundation for Learning during the grand opening ceremony of the newest Staples store in Webster on Monday, September 14.

Sharon Jacobson, Executive Director, Genesys Works-Houston, was joined at the grand opening by Sylvia R. Garcia, Commissioner, Harris County Precinct Two; Mike Sullivan, Houston City Councilmember District E; and Cindy Harreld, President of the Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and store manager, Catharine Girouard.

“Genesys Works is pleased to have Staples Foundation for Learning as a supporter as we are now able to purchase additional equipment to enhance the technical training for our students,” said Jacobson.

About Genesys Works:

Genesys Works is a Houston-based non-profit organization founded in 2002 by Rafael Alvarez. The mission is to enable economically-disadvantaged high school students enter the economic mainstream by providing them with the knowledge and work experience required to succeed as professionals. Students are placed into an intensive training program that prepares them to work in a meaningful capacity in large corporations during their senior year of high school. Immersion into the corporate world creates life change for these students showing possibility that they can succeed as professionals.

With more than 35 of Houston’s largest corporations participating, Genesys reaches approximately 250 students per year with more than 95% of the graduates enrolling into college immediately after high school. Many receive major scholarships with the assistance of the Genesys Works College Connection program.

Genesys expanded into Minnesota in 2008 and has plans to expand into Chicago in 2010 and other major metropolitan areas in the country.

For more information, please visit www.genesysworks.org

 

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