MEDALLION
PRESS IS AN OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE MISS ILLINOIS
SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION AND THE MISS CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION!
St. Charles,
Illinois—April 1, 2009—Medallion Press, Inc., in partnership with
Triple Threat Mentoring, is proud to be an official sponsor of the Miss Illinois
Scholarship Association and the Miss Chicago Scholarship Association.
Medallion Press and Triple Threat Mentoring, along
with Miss Illinois
and Miss Chicago, are working together to empower urban youth to develop
confidence, character, and life skills.
Through strategic programming in the areas of athletics,
academics, and arts by Triple Threat Mentoring, the needs of under-resourced
youth are addressed.
The Miss Illinois and
Miss Chicago
Scholarship Associations provide young women the opportunity to showcase their
accomplishments and award the most outstanding young women with scholarship funds. The
organizations promote scholastic achievement, community involvement, creative
accomplishment, and healthy living. Their new partnership with Triple Threat
and Medallion Press, with their shared values, offers exciting opportunities
for disadvantaged youth.
“We’re excited about this new
partnership,” said Heather Lewis-Eng, director of sales and marketing for
Medallion Press. “It gives us an opportunity to reach out
to today’s youth, in the areas of literacy and the arts, through Miss Illinois’ and Miss
Chicago’s participation in the events and activities organized by Triple
Threat.”
Miss Illinois and Miss Chicago
will volunteer in Triple Threat programs, serving as positive role models while
providing direction, encouragement, and a caring personal influence as youth
pursue their goals. It’s the goal of these four organizations to join
forces to be a catalyst for social change while offering hope to youth of under-resourced
communities.
"All of us associated with the Miss Illinois Scholarship
Association are so excited about our new partnerships. Triple Threat Mentoring
and Medallion Press both exemplify the values that the Miss Illinois and Miss
America Programs believe in and strive to promote to young women everywhere,”
states Amalia Sherdtmann, Executive Director of the Miss Illinois Scholarship
Association. "We look forward to working hand-in-hand with these
outstanding organizations through 2009 and for many years to come."
Caleb
Luper, executive director of Triple Threat Mentoring, states, “When we
combine our passions and resources and align them with a purpose, amazing
things can happen.”
For more information on the Miss Chicago Scholarship Association, please visit www.misschicago2009.com.
For more
information on the Miss Illinois Scholarship Association, please visit www.missillinois.org.
About Triple Threat Mentoring:
Triple Threat Mentoring is a nonprofit organization
whose mission is empowering urban youth to develop confidence, character, and
life skills.
For more information about Triple Threat Mentoring, or
to get involved, visit www.triplethreat.org.
About
Medallion Press, Inc.:
Medallion Press, Inc., is a genre fiction and
nonfiction publisher dedicated to creating the highest quality product, both
inside and out.
