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4imprint Awards Charities $36,500 in 4th Quarter Grants 1/31/2007 OSHKOSH, Wis., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Using an unconventional grant- making approach, 4imprint, an Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based imprinted products retailer, awarded more than $145,500 in in-kind charitable grants, by giving out at least one $500 grant every business day during 2006. Through the company's one by one(R) charitable grants program, nearly 300 non-profit organizations, in the United States, Guam, Canada and Mexico, garnered a $500 promotional products grant in 2006. 4imprint's one by one(R) program also awards community grants to non-profit organizations near the company's headquarters in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In the 4th quarter alone, $36,500 in in-kind grants was awarded. The one by one(R) program awards $500 in promotional products to US-based charitable organizations or $600 in promotional products to Canadian-based charitable organizations. Eligible organizations include those with IRS-approved 501(c)3 status or Canadian registered charities, religious organizations and accredited schools. "It's amazing to see the impact of doing a little bit every day," said Kevin Lyons-Tarr, President, 4imprint. Fourth quarter recipients include:
-- 1st Vedder Scouting Group (Scouts Canada), Chilliwack, British
Columbia
-- Abundant Harvest Outreach, Parkton, North Carolina
-- America's Second Harvest of Greater St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Missouri
-- Arvada Community Food Bank, Arvada, Colorado
-- BC Wheelchair Basketball Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
-- Behavioral Medicine, CPSG, Morrisville, Vermont
-- CAAA Louisiana SenioRx, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
-- Calexico Mission School, Calexico, California
-- Calgary Learning Centre, Calgary, Alberta
-- Camp Wesley Pines, Gallman, Mississippi
-- Capital IDEA, Austin, Texas
-- Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council, Charlotte, North
Carolina
-- Center For Nonprofit Excellence, Colorado Springs, Colorado
-- Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Doraville, Georgia
-- Church Health Services, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
-- Cicatelli Associates Inc., New York, New York
-- Community Counseling Center of Mercer County, Hermitage, Pennsylvania
-- Community Health Centers, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
-- ConnectMichigan Alliance, Lansing, Michigan
-- Delancy Street Foundation, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico
-- DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc., Window Rock, Arizona
-- Educational Talent Search, Alpena, Michigan
-- The Elena Macias Foundation, Livermore, California
-- ERASE, Inc., East Hartford, Connecticut
-- Fairfield Behavioral Health Services, Winnsboro, South Carolina
-- Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, New York, New York
-- Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles, California
-- Food Bank of Corpus Christi, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas
-- Food Bank of Northern Nevada, Inc., Sparks, Nevada
-- Food Bank of Western New York, Buffalo, New York
-- Food for Children, Inc., Manchester, New Hampshire
-- Greater Berks Food Bank, Reading, Pennsylvania
-- Harvest Hope Food Bank, Columbia, South Carolina
-- The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Ashford, Connecticut
-- The Idaho Foodbank, Boise, Idaho
-- Illinois Action for Children, Chicago, Illinois
-- I'm a Kid Foundation, Henderson, Nevada
-- Imperial Valley Food Bank (IVFB), El Centro, California
-- Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, Pennsylvania
-- Island Harvest, Mineola, New York
-- Life Promotions, Inc., Appleton, Wisconsin
-- Malcolm C. Hursey Elementary School, North Charleston, South Carolina
-- MANNA FoodBank: Education/Youth Services Division, Asheville, North
Carolina
-- Nebraska Food Bank Network, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
-- Operation Gratitude, Encino, California
-- People, Incorporated, Fall River, Massachusetts
-- Po'okela Church, Makawao, Hawaii
-- The Priceless Gown Project, Baltimore, Maryland
-- Project PLASE, Baltimore, Minnesota
-- Richmond Technical Center, Richmond, Virginia
-- Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, Iowa
-- The Safest Place, Chicago, Illinois
-- Sandoval County CASA, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
-- Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee
-- Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, Ohio
-- Second Harvest Tri-Cities, Kennewick, Washington
-- Sista2Sista Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-- Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank, Salem, Virginia
-- St. Andrews Kids Cafe, Lexington, South Carolina
-- United Way of Auglaize County, Wapakoneta, Ohio
-- Valley AIDS Information Network, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
-- Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey
-- Virginia C.U.R.E., Alexandria, Virginia
-- Volunteer Connection, Valdosta, Georgia
-- Walter Perry Public School, Toronto, Ontario
-- Women for Health and Wellness, Inc., Carterville, Illinois
-- WV Health Right, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia
-- Wyoming Migrant Health, Powell, Wyoming
-- Young Adult community Development, Inc., Columbus, Ohio
-- Yuma Community Food Bank, Yuma, Arizona
-- YWCA Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
-- YWCA of Bradford - Victims' Resource Center, Bradford, Pennsylvania
-- YWCA of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Missouri
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