The Brady Corporation Foundation has donated VariQuest™ Visual Learning
Tools to Boys & Girls Clubs in 12 cities across the country. Each gift
includes a VariQuest Design Center, Poster Maker, Cutout Maker, Awards
Maker and Cold Laminator, with a total value of $22,000 for each set of
products.
VariQuest Visual Learning Tools are designed to help teachers,
administrators, volunteers and students effectively create personalized
posters, banners, cutouts, awards and stickers to help improve and
reward student achievement, participation and positive behavior. The
products are manufactured by Varitronics, a Brady business, located in
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
“We believe in the mission of Boys & Girls Clubs which closely aligns
with the objectives of the Brady Corporation Foundation to develop
future leaders for our communities, and we view our support for them as
a multi-faceted partnership,” said Brady Corporation Foundation Director
Allan Klotsche. In 2007, the foundation awarded $130,000 over three
years to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee for its SPARK Early
Literacy Program at the Daniels/Mardak branch in Milwaukee where Brady
employees also volunteered and built a playground.
“We are excited to provide these VariQuest product suites to the Boys &
Girls Clubs in the communities where Brady is located. These innovative
tools will help kids and staff at these Clubs better educate,
communicate and motivate one another,” said Richard Garrity, Brady
Varitronics director of sales and marketing, and head of the Brady
Corporation Foundation’s Gift-In-Kind program.
The Boy & Girls Clubs were selected based on their proximity to Brady
locations in the U.S., and include Milwaukee, Wis.; Buffalo, NY; Dallas,
Tex., Memphis, Tenn.; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia, Penn.; Pomona Valley,
Cal.; Rochester, NY; San Diego, Cal.; Syracuse, NY; San Jose, Cal; and
the Twin Cities, Minn.
“We are grateful to the Brady Corporation Foundation for its on-going
support and the generous donation of VariQuest products to our Clubs,”
said BGCA Executive Vice President Cyndi Court. “These unique products
offer our Club members the tools to express their creative skills, so
essential to their success now and later in life.”
The Brady Corporation Foundation was established in 2005 as the primary
source of charitable contributions for Brady Corporation (NYSE:BRC) and
focuses on developing a pipeline of future leaders who will positively
impact the communities in which Brady operates. In addition to its
Gifts-In-Kind program, the foundation make multi-year cash grants to
non-profit organizations focusing on three primary areas of development:
formative development that ensures a positive start through youth
outreach programs and community outreach organizations; skills
development that provides the right building blocks through primary and
secondary school programs; and leadership development to refine skills
at the college level and beyond.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America provide daily programs and services to
young people, primarily from disadvantaged circumstances. Its programs
emphasize character and leadership development, education and career
enhancement, health and life skills, the arts, sports, fitness and
recreation. More than 4,300 neighborhood-based facilities annually serve
some 4.8 million young people through membership and community outreach.
More information is available on the Internet at www.variquest.com,
www.bradycorp.com,
and www.bgca.org.
Brady Corporation
Carole Herbstreit, 414-438-6882
