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Office Depot and AT&T Present $50,000 Grant to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition at its Success Strategies Luncheon
Office Depot and AT&T Present $50,000 Grant to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition at its Success Strategies Luncheon
Published 02-25-04
Submitted by Office Depot, Inc.
The grant will fund the launch of a national public educational and informational campaign focused on hereditary ovarian cancer risks during National Ovarian Cancer Month in September.
The donation was presented at Office Depot's Inspirational Luncheon at their fourth annual Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference, which took place this week at the Boca Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida.
NOCC President Maria Ciesla accepted the donation from Office Depot's Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Jocelyn Carter-Miller and AT&T's Vice President of Business for Florida, Randy Fairbank.
"The opportunity to launch a public information campaign represents a vitally important enhancement to NOCC's ability to serve and educate women about ovarian cancer," said Ciesla. "We are grateful to Office Depot and AT&T for their investment in this critically important campaign."
According to Carter-Miller, the campaign is aimed at raising awareness about ovarian cancer and providing information and support to women who have or are at risk of contracting the disease. "We believe the campaign will, quite literally, help save lives. More than 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2004 which sadly results in nearly 16,100 deaths -- roughly 6 percent of all cancer deaths in women."
According to Ciesla, many deaths occur because women and their health care providers do not have the information necessary to detect the disease at an early stage, when the survival rates are much higher.
"As the world's largest networking company we are proud to help spread the word about a disease that affects so many women," said AT&T's Fairbank. "Education is one of the best defenses to help combat ovarian cancer and by actively communicating with one another about it lives can be saved."
In addition to financial support of the grant, AT&T provided the more than 800 women in attendance at the luncheon with AT&T Prepaid phone cards so they can "Phone a Friend" and encourage them to become informed about who is at risk for the disease as well as its symptoms.
The campaign will be carried out in collaboration with FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered -- the only national nonprofit organization for women whose family history or genetic status puts them at high risk of developing ovarian and/or breast cancer.
About Office Depot
With annual sales of nearly $12 billion, no one sells more office supplies to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, FL, the company conducts business in 23 countries and employs nearly 50,000 people worldwide.
Office Depot is an industry leader in every distribution channel - from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. The company is the world's number two online retailer - on target to generate $2.6B in sales for FY'03. In North America, Office Depot has more than 900 retail stores in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers.
The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com.
About AT&T
For more than 125 years, AT&T (NYSE "T") has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.
About National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC)
NOCC is the leading ovarian cancer public information and education organization in the United States. NOCC initiated the first toll free ovarian cancer information line (1-888-OVARIAN), maintains the most comprehensive website for ovarian cancer support in the world (www.ovarian.org) and has built a network of many state divisions across the U.S. NOCC's Board of Directors are diverse professionals from around the country. The prestigious Medical Advisory Board is comprised of physicians and researchers active in the discovery of new treatments and early detection for ovarian cancer. NOCC is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
About Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)
FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered is a nonprofit organization which provides support, information and advocacy for women at risk - of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and families affected by this risk. For more information about FORCE, please visit: www.facingourrisk.org or call (866)824-RISK.
Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company. Incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., Office Depot has annual sales of nearly $15 billion, and employs approximately 50,000 associates around the world. Currently, the Company sells to customers directly or through affiliates in 42 countries. Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel -- from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. Office Depot serves a wide range of customers through a dedicated sales force, telephone account managers, direct mail offerings, and multiple web sites.
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