MEDIA ADVISORY
GE Lighting CEO donates $25,000 to Achievement Centers for
Children’s ‘Intensive Therapy Clinic’
WHO:
GE Lighting to officially present $25,000 check to Achievement Centers for
Children
WHERE:
Achievement Centers for Children
4255 Northfield Road
Highland Hills, Ohio 44128
Katherine Henry, Manager of Marketing Communications, 216-292-9700
WHAT:
At the start of each new year, GE Chairman Jeff Immelt selects individuals and
teams that have demonstrated excellent performance and recognizes them at
GE’s annual Global Leadership Meeting of GE officers and other top executives
from around the world. Maryrose Sylvester, President & CEO of GE Lighting,
headquartered in Cleveland, was honored with a “Chairman’s Award” for
External Focus.
With this significant honor comes the ability to support the community with
a prize of $25,000 to a charity of the awardee’s choice, Sylvester has chosen
to donate the full $25,000 gift to the Achievement Centers for Children in
Cleveland -- recognized as one of Northeast Ohio’s most effective agencies for
the care and rehabilitation of children with disabilities. The donation will be
designated to the Achievement Centers for Children’s innovative Intensive
Therapy Clinic.
Achievement Centers for Children is a non-profit organization that provides
support, services, and programs that help children with a wide range of physical,
emotional, neurological, or developmental disabilities achieve their full potential
in life. Comprehensive services to children with disabilities and their families are
provided through education and autism services; family support services;
recreation and adapted sports; and therapy services including the Intensive
Therapy Clinic. Charitable donations help to provide many critical services for
families, regardless of their ability to pay.
Through the Achievement Centers for Children’s Intensive Therapy Clinic,
specially trained and passionate physical and occupational therapists change the
lives of children and young adults living with neuromuscular conditions such as
cerebral palsy. These changes occur as a result of the remarkable progress they
were able to achieve in an innovative and totally individualized model of
treatment used in the Intensive Therapy Clinic. For an 8-year old boy, it is the
ability to walk without his crutches and the hope that someday he’ll be able to
ride a skateboard with his friends ... or, a 15-year-old girl, who has had to totally
rely on the assistance of her wheelchair her entire life, who now proudly stands
with a walker to wash the dishes or take care of many of her personal needs.
Achievement Centers for Children’s President and CEO, Patricia Nobili, said,
“Our sincere congratulations to Maryrose Sylvester in being selected for the
prestigious GE “Chairman’s Award.” We are deeply honored to have been
chosen as a benefactor of this gift for our Intensive Therapy Clinic. This gift will
allow us to give more children and young adults with neuromuscular disabilities
the opportunity to experience sustainable improvement of their skills and abilities,
and make meaningful progress toward their lifetime goals.”
In designating the award to the Achievement Centers for Children, GE Lighting’s
CEO, Sylvester, said, “The Achievement Centers for Children is a beacon of
hope for children with disabilities and to their family members. I’m honored to
donate the GE award money to such a worthy organization. This builds on the
$25,000 award GE presented last year, as well, and on the more than $500,000
in renovations and volunteer hours by our GE Volunteers, who have supported
the Achievement Centers for Children in major United Way Days of Caring –
most recently again in 2011. It’s a wonderful partnership.”
WHEN:
Check to be presented on Tuesday, March 6, during 6:00 p.m.
Achievement Centers for Children Board Meeting
About GE Lighting
GE Lighting invents with the vigor of its founder Thomas Edison to develop energy-efficient
solutions that change the way people light their world in commercial, industrial, municipal and
residential settings. The business employs nearly 17,000 people in more than 100 countries,
and sells products under the Reveal and Energy Smart consumer brands, and Evolve, GTx,
Immersion, Infusion, Lumination and Tetra commercial brands, all trademarks of GE. General
Electric (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter to build a world that works better. For more
information, visit www.gelighting.com.
For further information, contact:
Andrea Timan, GE Lighting Community Relations Manager, andrea.timan@ge.com, cell: 216337-6473
Katherine Henry, Manager of Marketing Communications, Achievement Centers for Children,
216-292-9700.