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Career Education Corporation Announces Ronald McDonald House Charities Sponsorship

"We are proud to have the opportunity to provide needed resources to local Ronald McDonald Houses so that families can focus on the critical care of their children," said Gary E. McCullough, president and CEO of Career Education Corporation. "Our employees, faculty and students look forward to sharing their knowledge and skills in their communities."

After 35 years RMHC continues to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well- being of children. RMHC and its network of local chapters tailor these programs to address the most urgent needs of each community they serve through the Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile programs, as well as through grants to other non-profit organizations. Their superior reputation and good works have made them the Charity of Choice by respected companies like McDonald's and BrandSource, and RMHC is excited about its newest donor relationship with Career Education Corporation.

Career Education Corporation's more than 90,000 students and 12,000 employees in the U.S. represent a substantial volunteer workforce to support RMHC and the nearly 3.7 million children worldwide it serves every year. The company has established a number of programs with its schools to facilitate relationships and generate monetary donations for individual Houses across the U.S.

"Career Education Corporation provides not only monetary funding, but the valuable skills of CEC employees and students which help us do what we do best - support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children," said Marty Coyne, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Over the last six months, CEC engaged in a rigorous selection process to identify the charity partner that would be the best fit for all of its constituents. The process included an audit of the company's executive leadership team and a survey of its employees and students which resulted in a social responsibility strategy, mission statement and community relations goals. After interviewing a short list of potential partners, CEC selected Ronald McDonald House Charities.

The sponsorship launched with a special Le Cordon Bleu promotion of which RMHC was the beneficiary. In Columbia Pictures' Julie & Julia, Julia Child attends and graduates from Le Cordon Bleu Paris before becoming a culinary icon for professional and home cooks. Fourteen of the Le Cordon Bleu schools in the U.S., owned by Career Education Corporation, celebrated the film's release with an exclusive "Dinner and a Movie" series. On Aug. 5, Le Cordon Bleu students created and served a special movie-inspired menu. Each dinner guest also attended a private screening of the movie in his or her area. More than $13,000 was raised and donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

For more information on RMHC, please visit www.rmhc.org. For more information on CEC, please see the company's website at www.careered.com, which includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to its colleges, schools, and universities.

About the Ronald McDonald House Charities

Ronald McDonald House Charities, a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) corporation, creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of children. Families and children being cared for at seventy-three percent of the most prestigious children's hospitals in the world benefit from one or more of the RMHC core programs. Its programs are grassroots-driven to enable the Charity to offer help where children need it most - right in their own communities. RMHC makes an immediate, positive impact on children's lives through its global network of local Chapters in 52 countries and its three core programs: the Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. RMHC and its global network of local Chapters have awarded more than $460 million in grants and program services to children's programs around the world. These programs and grants provide a bridge to accessible health care and allow families more time together which helps in the healing process.

About Career Education Corporation

The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation (CEC) family offer high-quality education to a diverse student population of over 90,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The more than 75 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's and associate degrees, and diploma and certificate programs. Approximately one-third of CEC's students attend the web-based virtual campuses of American InterContinental University and Colorado Technical University.

CEC is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized globally. Those brands include, among others, American InterContinental University; Brooks Institute; Colorado Technical University; Harrington College of Design; INSEEC Schools; International Academy of Design & Technology; Istituto Marangoni; Le Cordon Bleu North America; and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. CEC is committed to providing quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding careers.

For more information, see CEC's website at www.careered.com. The website includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to CEC's more than 75 colleges, schools, and universities.

Career Education Corporation
Media Contact:
Mollie Cole
Phone: 847 851-7569
mcole@careered.com