For Immediate Release

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED AS A 2008 JENZABAR FOUNDATION STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER

Boston (November 17, 2008) The Jenzabar Foundation today announced that Michigan State University is one of seven winners of its 2008 Student Leadership Awards.  The foundation honored student-led campus groups and activities that have exemplified a commitment to making a difference in the world through community service during the 2007-2008 academic year.  The winners receive a $5,000 grant to continue their work and projects.

Michigan State University was honored for SCOUT BANANA (Serving Citizens of Uganda Today Because Africa Needs a New Ambulance).  SCOUT BANANA was created in 2001 by a high school senior with the goal of delivering an ambulance to the St. Ambrose Health Center in Uganda.  When the founder of this group, Alex Hill, entered as a freshman at Michigan State University, the original project launched into an extremely successful organization that provided more medical supplies and healthcare resources to Uganda.  By 2006, fifteen chapters at other universities in the US and Canada were created in order to support the mission.  In the past school year, 2007-2008, SCOUT BANANA raised $11,000 to build two to three wells so that between 850 and 1250 people will soon be provided with clean water.  The students in the chapters of SCOUT BANANA are fully committed to the public healthcare movement and have immensely improved many lives in Uganda.

“We are honored to receive the Jenzabar Student Leadership Award Grant because it will help further our cause,” said Ruth Berger, Vice President of the Michigan State University Chapter of the group.  “The major role of SCOUT BANANA as a student organization is to raise awareness in our community about health care and development in Africa and to encourage others to become involved.”

“I am thrilled at the tremendous response that we received from a wide array of campus groups coast to coast,” said Bob Maginn, Chairman of the Jenzabar Foundation and CEO and Chairman of the Board of Jenzabar, Inc.  The Jenzabar Foundation 2008 Student Leadership Awards are meant to support these groups that continuously help out their own communities or those who are less fortunate.  We are proud to support the missions and projects of our seven winners with funding that will allow them to further their valuable work.

The Jenzabar Foundation reviewed submissions from nearly 200 nominees on campuses across the country in order to select the seven winners.  The foundation selected the winning groups based on their impact and mission; involvement on campus and in the community; and the potential for other institutions to emulate their model of service.

The other winners of the Jenazabar Foundation 2008 Student Leadership Awards are: Arizona State University, Women Beyond Borders; Harvey Mudd College, Engineers for a Sustainable World and Mudders Organizing for Sustainable Solutions (EWS-MOSS); Point Park University, Innocence Institute; Saint Anselm College, Digital Divide Team; Wartburg College, Feed My Starving Children; Wisconsin Lutheran College, New Friends.

About The Jenzabar Foundation

The Jenzabar Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Jenzabar, Inc. The Foundation issues grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations with similarly aligned missions, and helps promote the activities of grant recipients within their communities and on a global level. The Jenzabar Foundation is incorporated as a “charitable”, non-governmental, non-profit, private foundation that receives its funding from the corporation Jenzabar, Inc. whose name it bears. Legally The Jenzabar Foundation is an independent entity and has governance that is distinct from the corporate governance. Foundation grants are managed by the Foundation itself or through partner organizations.

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