SPECIAL MENTION: THE CREST FOUNDATION

Consider donating to CREST, a very worthy cause! And, get the word out about CREST!

I know that many of you (with the exception of my International visitors) are aware of THE CREST FOUNDATION. But, since some of my blog-site readers are not IRGA members, it is likely that some of you may not be aware of what CREST is and what CREST does.

CREST is all about ……….
…… Funding College Opportunities For Our Children!
The mission of the CREST Foundation is to fund and award scholarships to children - of reprographics industry employees - who wish to pursue a better education, but who lack the financial means to do so. This foundation provides opportunities for the reprographics industry to unite for the benefit of the children of our long-term employees who provide so much value to the industry.

An industry friend (who, himself, is involved in CREST’s efforts) gave me a very recent update about CREST’s activities. He said:

“Recently, we were able award $125,000 to 21 deserving kids of repro industry employees from across the country.

While we are proud to have made the awards, our concern is that the number of students applying for the grants each year has been small.

We've heard repeatedly that reprographics company employees (especially at the production floor level) are simply not aware of the scholarship program, despite promotional efforts through the IRgA, vendor forums, newsletters and public relations activities.

As a result, kids who need the kind of financial assistance that CREST can provide are missing opportunities to fund their college costs.”

So, I ask my industry friends to support CREST, and to do that in two ways:

1) DONATE to CREST!

2) MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF CREST, AS THIS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO APPLY FOR CREST SCHOLARSHIPS!

For further information about CREST, please visit this web-site address:

http://www.crestfoundation.org/

Season’s Greetings to all of you!

Joel