Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Media Pitch

Help circulate our media pitch and get the word out to the public about DePaul's great efforts and achievements in New Orleans!


DePaul MBA Students Help Impoverished in New Orleans during the Holidays

At a time when news headlines are filled with stories of corporate greed and misconduct, a new breed of business leaders from DePaul University are volunteering their time to help New Orleans businesses still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina six years later.
For the fifth year in a row, MBA students from DePaul University travelled to New Orleans Nov. 27 to help local businesses rebuild and recover from the devastating hurricane. This year, 30 DePaul students offered their time and services to help struggling New Orleans businesses as B-Corps, an organization founded by DePaul MBA students. Students used the business skills and knowledge acquired through their MBA educations to help businesses who cannot afford professional help. All three organizations the students worked with were thrilled about their efforts and commitment:
"We were incredibly lucky to have the savvy aid of a group of DePaul students this week. Today they gave an incredible presentation to our staff and select board members about a few new initiatives we are working on here at HandsOn! Thanks so much to DePaul! We hope to work with you again next year!"
(Cathy Puett, HandsOn New Orleans, December 2011)

We can't thank all of you enough for your immense help re-framing our ongoing conversation about how to strategically plan and develop our programs in the coming years. This really was the absolute perfect time to have your help, and I feel like we're better able to make important decisions based on the information you collected and presented to us,
(Peyton Juneau, HandsOn New Orleans, December 2011)

The students have also been blogging about their experience at http://depaulinneworleans.blogspot.com/.

For more information, contact Sabrina Fruehauf at Sabrina.Fruehauf@gmx.com

DePaul B-Corps 2011, New Orleans

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