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Young Business Leaders Council
Mercerville, NJ – April 16, 2008—The Young Business Leaders Council (YBLC) of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce announced today its newly formed partnership with Children’s Futures, Inc., of Trenton to contribute to their annual holiday toy and book drive fundraising event in December. The council, composed of thirty-one young professionals from a wide array of Mercer County-based organizations, chose the nonprofit Children Future’s, Inc. from a pool of fifteen nonprofit applicants seeking assistance from the YBLC in 2008.
“Each applicant we considered makes a positive impact on Mercer County,” said Alex Opiela, YBLC member and Business Advisor at PNC Bank in Hamilton. “We felt that our group could collectively make the biggest difference for Children’s Futures through the council members’ diverse employment backgrounds, network of contacts and personal skill sets.”
The YBLC is comprised of emerging business leaders seeking to enhance their leadership skills, network with colleagues, and participate in competitive projects that will benefit them professionally, while at the same time positively impacting the Chamber of Commerce and its surrounding business community. The Class of 2008 has representatives from twenty-nine Mercer County-based organizations and is exclusively sponsored by Merrill Lynch.
“We are honored, excited and eager for the opportunity to partner with the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce Young Business Leaders Council to strengthen our 2008 holiday toy/book drive event,” said Spencer L. Lester, Financial Officer of Children’s Futures. “We all have an interest in children; therefore, together we can build a stronger community to help build awareness of early childhood issues as well as continue to create smiling faces not only on children, but on parents as well!”
The YBLC will be involved with planning the eighth annual fundraising event for Children’s Futures, Inc., whose mission is to improve childhood health and development outcomes in Trenton from prenatal to age three. Additionally the council will generate sponsorships, create a network of collections points for drive and distribute the donations. On average, the toy and book drive generates enough donations (toys & cash) to reach nearly 500 Trenton families. Gifts cards in the amount of $25 are purchased with cash donations and distributed to the families throughout Trenton.
Following the annual installment of new YBLC members, the council issues a public RFP notice, allowing any Mercer County–based nonprofit organization to apply for assistance from the group. Since its inception in 2006, the project has been one of the culminating pieces making up the council’s community involvement and has drawn significant attention from the public sector.
The council would like to acknowledge the following organizations who submitted a RFP this year:
To become a sponsor of the Annual Children’s Futures’ Holiday Toy and Book Drive or for more information on how to become involved, please contact Alex Opiela III at alex.opelia@pnc.com.
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