Oct. 1, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) and Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) announced today a new sponsorship that will benefit Ronald McDonald Houses in 53 locations around the country. Employees, faculty and students at Career Education Corporation’s headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill., and 68 ground and three online institutions in the U.S. will make monetary and in-kind donations and provide volunteer services to support global and local RMHC operations and programs.
“We are proud to have the opportunity to provide needed resources to local Ronald McDonald Houses so that families can focus on the critical care of their children,” said Gary E. McCullough, president and CEO of Career Education Corporation. “Our employees, faculty and students look forward to sharing their knowledge and skills in their communities.”
After 35 years RMHC continues to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well- being of children. RMHC and its network of local chapters tailor these programs to address the most urgent needs of each community they serve through the Ronald McDonald House®, Ronald McDonald Family Room® and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® programs, as well as through grants to other non-profit organizations. Their superior reputation and good works have made them the Charity of Choice by respected companies like McDonald’s® and BrandSource®, and RMHC is excited about its newest donor relationship with Career Education Corporation.
Career Education Corporation’s more than 90,000 students and 12,000 employees in the U.S. represent a substantial volunteer workforce to support RMHC and the nearly 3.7 million children worldwide it serves every year. The company has established a number of programs with its schools to facilitate relationships and generate monetary donations for individual Houses across the U.S.
“Career Education Corporation provides not only monetary funding, but the valuable skills of CEC employees and students which help us do what we do best – support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children,” said Marty Coyne, CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Over the last six months, CEC engaged in a rigorous selection process to identify the charity partner that would be the best fit for all of its constituents. The process included an audit of the company’s executive leadership team and a survey of its employees and students which resulted in a social responsibility strategy, mission statement and community relations goals. After interviewing a short list of potential partners, CEC selected Ronald McDonald House Charities.
The sponsorship launched with a special Le Cordon Bleu promotion of which RMHC was the beneficiary.
