Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar Schenectady Breakfast Honors Students, Time Warner Cable and MVP Health Plan

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ALBANY, NY (02/05/2008)(readMedia)-- WHAT: Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, Inc. Schenectady Breakfast,

WHEN: Friday February 8, 2008 (8:00-9:30),

WHERE: Mohawk Golf Club, 1849 Union Street, Schenectady, NY,

Contact: Sheila H Fontenot, 935-1047-Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar sheilasponsorascholar@yahoo.com

For eleven years, Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, Inc. (CRSAS) has remained true to its original mission: increase the number of students in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy City school districts that graduate high school and go on to college. Sponsor-A-Scholar Students are nominated by personnel at their public high schools. They are chosen based on financial need, academic potential, school attendance, and the desire to attend college.

Last June we had our fourth graduating class and the CRSAS success rate is dramatic! Over ninety-six percent of our students graduate from high school and go on to college. Please join us for our annual Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, Inc. (CRSAS) Schenectady breakfast. We now have 272 students in their sophomore year of high school through senior year of college and with your help we can continue to expand this program. Please accept this worthwhile invitation to hear first hand from our students how vital CRSAS is to their future, and how the community at large will benefit from Sponsor-A-Scholar students returning with college degrees to diversify and enrich the workforce of the Capital Region.

Brandan Rainey SHS class of 2008, and Sridavi Rajkumar SHS class of 2003 will talk about their experiences with Capital Region Sponsor-A-Scholar, Inc..

Time Warner Cable and MVP Health Plan will be awarded the CRSAS Community Service Award

We are very pleased to have Mr. Siegman as our guest speaker. Greg Forbes Siegman is the co-author of The First Thirty, a book which focuses on the value of small acts of kindness, education, and volunteerism. He spends much of the year speaking at schools, universities, companies, and organizations around the country. He is also Chairman of The 11-10-02 Foundation. For his civic efforts, Greg has received some special honors including the Jefferson Award for Public Service and being named one of America's Daily Points of Light. In 2005, he was honored at Princeton University as one of the nation's top social entrepreneurs under 40. His efforts have been featured in media like USA Today, Good Morning America, NPR, The Washington Post Co., CBS, FOX and NBC.

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