Brady Corporation Foundation Donates VariQuestâ„¢ Products Valued at $264,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs
March 05 2009 - 5:22PM
Business Wire
The Brady Corporation Foundation has donated VariQuest� Visual
Learning Tools to Boys & Girls Clubs in 12 cities across the
country. Each gift includes a VariQuest Design Center, Poster
Maker, Cutout Maker, Awards Maker and Cold Laminator, with a total
value of $22,000 for each set of products.
VariQuest Visual Learning Tools are designed to help teachers,
administrators, volunteers and students effectively create
personalized posters, banners, cutouts, awards and stickers to help
improve and reward student achievement, participation and positive
behavior. The products are manufactured by Varitronics, a Brady
business, located in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
�We believe in the mission of Boys & Girls Clubs which
closely aligns with the objectives of the Brady Corporation
Foundation to develop future leaders for our communities, and we
view our support for them as a multi-faceted partnership,� said
Brady Corporation Foundation Director Allan Klotsche. In 2007, the
foundation awarded $130,000 over three years to the Boys &
Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee for its SPARK Early Literacy
Program at the Daniels/Mardak branch in Milwaukee where Brady
employees also volunteered and built a playground.
�We are excited to provide these VariQuest product suites to the
Boys & Girls Clubs in the communities where Brady is located.
These innovative tools will help kids and staff at these Clubs
better educate, communicate and motivate one another,� said Richard
Garrity, Brady Varitronics director of sales and marketing, and
head of the Brady Corporation Foundation�s Gift-In-Kind
program.
The Boy & Girls Clubs were selected based on their proximity
to Brady locations in the U.S., and include Milwaukee, Wis.;
Buffalo, NY; Dallas, Tex., Memphis, Tenn.; Newark, NJ;
Philadelphia, Penn.; Pomona Valley, Cal.; Rochester, NY; San Diego,
Cal.; Syracuse, NY; San Jose, Cal; and the Twin Cities, Minn.
�We are grateful to the Brady Corporation Foundation for its
on-going support and the generous donation of VariQuest products to
our Clubs,� said BGCA Executive Vice President Cyndi Court. �These
unique products offer our Club members the tools to express their
creative skills, so essential to their success now and later in
life.�
The Brady Corporation Foundation was established in 2005 as the
primary source of charitable contributions for Brady Corporation
(NYSE:BRC) and focuses on developing a pipeline of future leaders
who will positively impact the communities in which Brady operates.
In addition to its Gifts-In-Kind program, the foundation make
multi-year cash grants to non-profit organizations focusing on
three primary areas of development: formative development that
ensures a positive start through youth outreach programs and
community outreach organizations; skills development that provides
the right building blocks through primary and secondary school
programs; and leadership development to refine skills at the
college level and beyond.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America provide daily programs and
services to young people, primarily from disadvantaged
circumstances. Its programs emphasize character and leadership
development, education and career enhancement, health and life
skills, the arts, sports, fitness and recreation. More than 4,300
neighborhood-based facilities annually serve some 4.8 million young
people through membership and community outreach.
More information is available on the Internet at
www.variquest.com, www.bradycorp.com, and www.bgca.org.
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