AT&T Teams with
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
to Create Successful Career Path for Youth
Job Training Made Easy, Exciting and Fun through Hands-on Experience
ATLANTA, June 16, 2008 – Underscoring the
company’s commitment to youth, AT&T (NYSE: T) today announced the national
sponsorship of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BCGA) Junior Staff program
to foster career and leadership skills and provide professional experience
for teens. AT&T will underwrite and help implement the Junior Staff program
at Boys & Girls Clubs around the country, while several AT&T retail
locations welcome select Club members as summer “apprentices.”
“AT&T has a longstanding commitment to foster youth development,” said Steve
Sitton, president, Southeast Region for AT&T’s wireless unit and a BGCA
National Trustee. “With approximately 3,000 Clubs throughout the country
serving teens, BGCA offers us a unique opportunity to reach millions of
young people. Through the Junior Staff program, AT&T can help teens build a
solid foundation for success, be that in their education endeavors or in
their future careers.”
Promising teens will be identified from local Boys & Girls Clubs across the
country to participate in Junior Staff, a small-group program that assists
Club teens in exploring a career in youth development and other human
services. Eleven teens will be selected to participate in a first-ever,
six-week apprenticeship at their local AT&T store where they will gain
experience in many facets of the company’s retail operations.
In addition to practical work experience as apprentices at AT&T stores this
summer and as “Junior Staffers” at Boys & Girls Clubs, teens will explore
their individual strengths, weaknesses and interests through team building
exercises and community service projects. The Junior Staff program will also
teach teens how to build a resume and conduct a job interview.
In conjunction with the Junior Staff program and apprenticeship, AT&T will
support local Boys & Girls Clubs through continued wireless education and
other events. The company will also encourage its employees to work with
local Clubs in a variety of ways.
“Building the career skills of Boys & Girls Clubs members is essential to
their future success,” said Judith J. Pickens, senior vice president of
program & youth development services for BGCA. “We’re extremely grateful
AT&T has joined us to support the development of these skills in our
members. Through the Junior Staff program, we hope our young people will be
encouraged to pursue careers in youth services, sparking the next generation
of Boys & Girls Club leaders.”
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In
2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America’s Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and
the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is
available at http://www.att.com.
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