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立博中文版's Ocean Bank Center Receives 2009年NOVO大奖 From Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2009年NOVO大奖 to The 海洋银行教材中心 is accepted by Linda Lecht, 总统, 立博中文版 (second from right) and Terry Curry, 海洋银行首席运营官(右一).

迈阿密, 4月2日, 2009 -- 立博中文版’s Ocean Bank Center for Education Materials has received the 2009年NOVO大奖 from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (GMCC), which honors excellence in non-profit business innovation.

立博中文版 works side-by-side with the private sector to direct resources where they are needed most in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. 立博中文版 fulfills its mission by designing and implementing initiatives to improve schools and bring excellence to public education. In three decades we have raised $51 million to increase academic achievement in Miami-Dade's public schools.

立博中文版主席, 琳达·莱赫特和海洋银行的首席运营官, Terry Curry accepted the award from GMCC Chairman Carlos Guzman at the Chamber’s monthly Board of Trustees meeting.

The Ocean Bank Center’s primary objective is to meet teachers' intense demand for educational tools, 供应, and resources that create the supportive environment students need to learn.

自1993年以来，海洋银行中心已经捐赠了8美元.1 million worth of 供应 during 26,000 teacher visits, reaching more than 1,000,000 students. 该中心位于市中心, 11,000-square foot warehouse where teachers "shop for free" for classroom materials donated by more than 650 area businesses.

While resources are made available to the entire district’s 20,400多所公立立博中文版我们的时事通讯的000多名教师, its inventory of classroom 供应 is especially critical to teachers in low-income neighborhoods, where students sometimes don’t even have pencils or 纸. Items available at the warehouse range from the traditional staples of pencils, 蜡笔, 纸, 书, 还有尺子，更多样化的物品，包括织物, 纸板, 和油漆.

Before the Ocean Bank Center, there was no mechanism in place for businesses to donate to schools. 现在, 一声呼唤, a company can ensure that its goods are efficiently and effectively picked up and distributed. 事实上, the center was the first facility in Florida established specifically to distribute 供应 to public schools. Its success as a reuse/recycle center continues to serve as a model for similar programs across the country.

The Center spawned another first-of-its-kind program upon receipt of 100 used computers. 通过FamilyTech, the Ocean Bank Center solicited and refurbished computers for impoverished families. 10个以上,000 needy families and 500 needy classrooms received computers, 以及对学生的培训, 他们的父母, 和老师. FamilyTech led the way in helping our school district fully incorporate technology in the classroom.