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Express Press Releases - 2008
| News Release - April 17, 2008 Budding Artist Wins $30,000 in Supplies and Furniture for Her El Paso School |
Broomfield, Colorado – April 17, 2008 –Corporate Express US Inc. announced today that Stephanie Flores, a seventh grader at Jane A. Hambric School in El Paso, Texas, beat out hundreds of other entries from across the country to win the Corporate Express 2009 School Catalog Cover Contest. The judges loved her whimsical interpretation of the catalog’s “Corporate Express Products Are Winners, Hands Down!” theme and awarded her school more than $10,000 worth of school supplies and $20,000 worth of furniture for a classroom makeover. Corporate Express US Inc., part of the Dutch-based Corporate Express NV (NYSE: CXP), is a leading business-to-business supplier in the US of office and computer supplies, office furniture, facility supplies, document and print management, imaging and computer graphic supplies, promotional products and other similar products. Hambric School is a Title I school with 85 percent of its students qualifying for free or reduced lunches, and like many other schools, it suffers from a budget crunch. Stephanie’s award couldn’t come at a better time according to school administrators, who say they desperately need white boards and computer monitors. Likewise, the new supplies and furniture from Corporate Express free up funds for books and educational field trips. “Stephanie is such a talent and we’re extremely proud of her accomplishment,” said Danny Gurany, principal of Hambric School. “She has won several other art awards, but this one truly helps her school and her peers way beyond our expectations. We are grateful to Corporate Express for recognizing Stephanie’s talent with such a generous award and donation.” Not only was Stephanie’s artwork exactly what Corporate Express was looking for to represent its 2009 School Catalog, but also it also showed true artistic talent. Stephanie used crayons to draw a precise yet fun mural-like image. Corporate Express will present Stephanie and Hambric School with the school supplies and furniture during a ceremony at the school on Thursday, April 17, 2008. “Corporate Express is committed to helping schools maximize their budgets by giving them the best, most cost-effective supplies, furniture and equipment,” said Walter Scott, vice president of marketing for Corporate Express. “This contest is designed not only to showcase our products, but also to recognize and reward student creativity. We’re thrilled to award such a deserving student and school top prize in our School Catalog Cover Contest.” In addition to Stephanie’s artwork, Corporate Express awarded first and second runner-up prizes to John R. Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio, and Joliet Central High School in Joliet, Illinois, respectively. The winning artwork is on display on the Corporate Express education Web site at www.cexpschools.com. About
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