NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OfficeMax®
(NYSE: OMX), a leader in office products and services and sponsor
of the Jonas Brothers Live In Concert with special guest
Demi Lovato and the cast of Camp
Rock 2, is donating 1,000 tickets to the Saturday, August 7 tour kick-off concert to the
Chicago Public Schools to help
give kids a special summer treat.
The 1,000 tickets will be distributed by the Chicago Public Schools to children at five
multi-track, or year-round, schools. The tickets will reward
good grades, attendance, citizenship and leadership skills.
Each child selected will receive three tickets to the
concert. In addition to attending the concert themselves,
they may share their experience with parents, siblings or friends.
In exchange for the concert tickets, the Chicago Public Schools will ask the students
to pledge to continue to earn good grades, attend classes and
demonstrate good citizenship and leadership skills.
"We are pleased that OfficeMax has partnered with Chicago Public Schools to encourage
attendance, academic discipline and leadership. CPS and OfficeMax
are committed to the notion that students should be in school every
day to grow and achieve. This incentive is a welcome way of
demonstrating to students in our multi-track schools -- many of
whom have already been in school for a month -- that we recognize
and appreciate their hard work and commitment," said Barbara Lumpkin, Deputy CEO, External Affairs
and Partnership.
The children attending the concert will enjoy special OfficeMax
activities at the concert, including a poster and card making
station, where kids can write their own messages on either a poster
to hold up during the concert or on a card that will be delivered
backstage to the artists after the show. Other OfficeMax
activities presented are a photo station, where kids can pose with
life-sized cut-outs of the Jonas Brothers in a school setting and
upload photos online for printing and sharing, and a temporary
tattoo station.
"As a Chicago-area company that
dedicates its support to teachers, education and the community,
OfficeMax wanted to bring the opportunity to see a summer
blockbuster concert to area children," said Bob Thacker, senior vice president of marketing
for OfficeMax. "We commend the Chicago Public Schools for their work with
children and are extremely pleased to collaborate with them in this
and many more worthwhile projects in the future."
Concert tickets will be distributed to children attending
year-round classes at the following Chicago area schools:
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Louis Pasteur Elementary
School
5825 S Kostner Ave
Chicago, IL 60629
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Edward N Hurley Elementary
School
3849 W 69th Pl
Chicago, IL 60629
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Socorro Sandoval Elementary
School
5534 S Saint Louis
Ave
Chicago, IL 60629
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Richard Henry Lee Elementary
School
6448 S Tripp Ave
Chicago, IL 60629
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Mariano Azuela Elementary
School
4707 W Marquette Rd
Chicago, IL 60629
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About OfficeMax
OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) is a leader in both
business-to-business office products solutions and retail office
equipment. The OfficeMax mission is simple. We help our customers
do their best work. The company provides office supplies and paper,
in-store print and document services through OfficeMax ImPress®,
technology products and solutions, and office furniture to
businesses and individual consumers. OfficeMax customers are served
by more than 30,000 associates through direct sales, catalogs,
e-commerce and approximately 1,000 stores. For more information,
visit OfficeMax.com.
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