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Henkel Helps Schools Contest Awards $25,000 to Help Rebuild, Restock Tornado-damaged School
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The public has spoken, and
Aplington-Parkersburg High School (A-P),Parkersburg, Iowa, is the deserving
grand prize winner of $25,000 in the Henkel Helps Schools Contest, sponsored
by Henkel, one of the country's largest marketers of household brands,
including Dial(R) soaps, Purex(R) laundry detergents, Renuzit(R) air
fresheners, Loctite(R) adhesives and Right Guard(R) antiperspirants. The high
school was destroyed by a tornado this past spring, and will use the money to
replace lost and damaged classroom supplies, such as textbooks, desks,
computers and more.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081029/CLW064LOGO )
Lynne Mulder, a parent whose children attend the A-P middle and high
schools, nominated the school for the prize. "On May 25, 2008, an F-5 tornado
destroyed a third of the community ofParkersburg, Iowa," she wrote in her
submission. "The high school was destroyed. High schoolers will be attending
the middle school inAplington, making cramped quarters this school year, but
everyone is determined to make it work."
The Henkel Helps Schools Contest asked parents, teachers, students and
community members from around the country to nominate a deserving school to
win $25,000 for enhancements. After reviewing more than 1,500 nominations,
Henkel judges narrowed the field to the top 10. The grand prize winner and two
runners-up winners were chosen in a nationwide, public, online vote at
www.henkelhelps.com. The runners-up schools, Donegan Elementary School in
Bethlehem, Pa., and J.B. Atkinson Elementary School inLouisville, Ky., each
won $2,500.
"It is wonderful to see how the communities - and the public in general -
rallied around the top 10 schools during the voting period," said Henkel
spokesperson Natalie Violi. "Henkel is dedicated to lending a helping hand to
children and improving our local communities, and we are proud to award these
three prizes in the Henkel Helps Schools Contest to three very deserving
schools."
Henkel representatives will visit A-P Middle School inAplington, Iowa,
the temporary location of the displaced high school students, on November 7 to
present the $25,000 check.
For more information and to view pictures of the winning schools, visit
www.henkelhelps.com.
Henkel has a special focus on helping children and donates more than $1
million annually for employee volunteer projects that benefit children and
young people all over the world. The Henkel Helps Schools Contest is an
extension of the 2007 "Henkel Helps" program, where concerned citizens from
all over America wrote in to tell how Henkel could improve their community.
After receiving hundreds of entries and thousands of public votes, Henkel
responded by helping to clean up flood damaged areas inGainesville, Texas.
Social Responsibility
Henkel believes in social responsibility, and in addition to a number of
other programs, Henkel has developed the Henkel Smile program. This program
provides financial contributions to organizations in which Henkel employees
and retirees volunteer their time. In some cases, Henkel offers paid time off
to employees to additionally support their volunteer efforts. Since 2001,
Henkel has annually set aside one million euro especially to support children
and young people. More than 2,000 volunteer programs have been supported to
date and over 45,000 children worldwide in 105 countries have been helped.
About Henkel
For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands and
technologies that make people's lives easier, better and more beautiful.
Henkel operates in three business areas - Home Care, Personal Care, and
Adhesive Technologies - and is ranked among the Fortune Global 500 companies.
More than 60 percent of Henkel's sales are in fast-moving consumer goods,
while the industrial business accounts for almost 40 percent of the company's
total sales. In fiscal 2007, Henkel generated sales of $19.218 billion and
operating profit of $1.975 billion. Our more than 55,000 employees worldwide
are dedicated to fulfilling our corporate claim, "A Brand Like a Friend," and
ensuring that people in more than 125 countries can trust in brands and
technologies from Henkel.
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