Company’s CEO Brian Philips to Serve as Regional Board Member
DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2011—FedEx Office®, an operating company of FedEx Corp.(NYSE: FDX), today announced it has awarded a three-year grant totaling $300,000 to Teach For America in Dallas-Fort Worth. The Dallas-based company will award $100,000 each year for the next three years in support of expanding opportunities for local students growing up in low-income communities. In addition, FedEx Office president and CEO Brian Philips will join Teach For America’s regional advisory board.
The FedEx Office grant will support Teach For America’s efforts in partnership with the community to close the achievement gap between students growing up in low-income communities and their more affluent peers. This year, some 300 corps members are reaching nearly 20,000 students in Dallas and Fort Worth public schools, while more than 130 Teach For America alumni in the region continue working from all sectors for educational excellence and equity. Through this new relationship, FedEx Office will positively impact students throughout the DFW metroplex, which is home to the company’s corporate headquarters.
“We’re committed to leveraging resources in ways that make a difference for the community,” said Brian Philips, president and CEO, FedEx Office. “Our commitment to Teach For America Dallas-Fort Worth enables FedEx Office to assist corps teachers in providing a solid education for students to build a foundation for a lifetime of success.”
FedEx Office parent company FedEx Corp. has supported Teach For America on a national level for over five years, and since 2009 FedEx executives have participated in the annual Teach For America Weekcelebration as guest teachers in the classrooms of corps members. FedEx Office also provides Teach For America corps members with discounts on printing, lowering their out-of pocket expenses for classroom materials.
“FedEx Office is a valued partner in the local effort to ensure all our kids receive the excellent education they deserve,” said Charles Glover, executive director of Teach For America in Dallas-Fort Worth. “We know it will take leadership from all sectors, including our business community, to create the educational opportunity for DFW’s highest-need students that will help them get on the path to success in school and in life.”
About Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. This year, more than 9,000 corps members are teaching in 43 regions across the country, while nearly 24,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity. For more information, visit http://www.teachforamerica.org.
About FedEx Office
FedEx Office has the world’s largest retail printing network, providing access to printing and shipping expertise with reliable service. The company’s network of more than 1,900 locations includes 1,800 in the U.S. and features retail centers, centralized production centers, corporate on-site print centers, and on-site business centers at hotels, convention centers and universities. Services include copying and digital printing, professional finishing, document creation, direct mail, signs and graphics, computer rental, free Wi-Fi, corporate print solutions, FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping, and more. In addition, the company offers the award-winning FedEx Office® Print Online and FedEx Office® Print & Go solutions. Products, services and hours vary by location. For more information, please visit www.fedex.com/office.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $40 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 290,000 team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit news.fedex.com.
CONTACTS:
Kim Kelley | FedEx Office
214-550-7431 | kim.kelly@fedex.com
Kaitlin Gastrock | Teach For America
646-315-1396 | kaitlin.gastrock@teachforamerica.org
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