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CONTACT: Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama Hilary Perry, Director of Communications & Advocacy OFFICE 205/453-9524 or 800/734-4541 x1003 CELL 205/213-8862
The local initiative, called “IMAGINE Yourself, Alabama,” is funded through an AT&T Aspire contribution designed to young women to a variety of career options in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. The Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama will receive a $45,000 grant to conduct the program from November 2011 through summer 2012 and is one of 18 councils, selected through a national competitive grant process, to participate. “We have some of the most promising young women eager to learn and make a positive impact in both their personal lives and future careers, said Trish Coghlan, chief executive officer of GSNCA. “AT&T’s contribution enables us to expand our focus to help them explore educational and workforce options.” “IMAGINE Yourself, Alabama” program offers opportunities for high school girls to team up with AT&T employees and other volunteers to participate in interactive activities and visual experiments, such as extracting DNA from a banana. These activities are designed to help students imagine a future STEM career and spark interest in taking additional STEM courses in high school and college, while opening doors to new career options. Experts say the country’s need for a world-leading STEM workforce will continue to grow. Recent research from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce predicts 2.8 million STEM job openings by 2018, including 1.2 million new jobs and an additional 1.6 million replacement openings. “The
STEM disciplines are at the heart our business and we understand how
essential they are becoming to every business and the growth of our economy,”
Terri Gualano, Regional Director of Legislative and
External Affairs for AT&T Alabama. “We are committed to helping teens
succeed and are excited that Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama has been
selected to participate in this program and will help these young women
develop more skills to enjoy productive and rewarding careers.”
As an additional contribution, AT&T will match employee gifts to the Girl Scouts up to $500,000 until December 31, 2011. *AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc. Pictured: Margaret Ritchie, GSNCA VP of Resource Development; Terri Gualano AT&T Alabama; and Trish Coghlan, CEO of GSNCA.
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