yep! in the News

I apologize for not posting sooner - this month has flown by. In the last month yep! has hosted several new events and we have been in the news fairly frequently.

On February 17th, about thirty people attended the first Professional and Leadership Development Committee event - Dollars and Sense - at the Erie Technology Incubator. A panel of local experts talked to attendees about banking, litigation, insurance, taxes, and financial planning. The committee is working to hold similar events each quarter throughout 2009. Thanks to Phil Gallagher - and our panelists - for organizing the successful event. WJET featured the event the day before and the day of the event as well.

Yesterday we held a press conference to announce the 2009 recipients of the Generation E Awards. Started five years ago, Generation E recognizes individuals that are making a difference in our community. Rebecca Styn - Generation E Chair - and the entire organizing committee have been working over the last few months to make the 5th Anniversary of the event the most successful in its history. For the first time, yep! will be going green with Generation E. The new logo, materials using recycled paper, and even the awards made out of recycled metal - will encompass an overall green theme that yep! is embracing. Yep! will also award a Green Award to a company or organization during the event and we are accepting nominations at www.generationeawards.com. The press conference - including interviews with Rebecca and I - were featured on several news outlets.

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Last but not least - yep! will be featured this weekend on We Question We Learn on 91.3 FM. The hour program will feature a thirty minute interview about yep!. Once the program airs, it will be available for download in MP3 format and I will post it here. For more information about the program, check out the WQLN website.

Thanks to the yep! leadership team for all of their work on these events. More information will be posted here - on Facebook - or the yep! Website - as we finalize our plans.