FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Focus America Brings “Project Pencils”
to Morristown

July 7, 2003-CONVENT STATION, NJ: Focus America, a NJ Non-Profit Corporation, announced that they have begun collecting school supplies such as backpacks, pens and pencils, dictionaries, notebooks, erasers, and calculators for distribution in August to underserved and poor communities in Northern New Jersey. Donations may be dropped off at the Presbyterian Church of Morristown’s Parish House on South Street in Morristown, NJ until July 31st.

Collected items will be distributed to children in need in Morris, Essex, and Passaic County, NJ before the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year. Additional packages will be shipped to Focus America’s out-of-state adopted communities in Illinois.

Focus America provides high school and college students with business experience through the management of social service and charity projects that address the needs of poverty-stricken and destitute communities around the country. Their focus is on addressing basic needs (shelter, food, and clothing) then introducing educational programs to help the communities achieve self-sufficiency. Their ultimate goal is to help eliminate poverty in these underdeveloped communities.

For more information about Focus America or how to donate items, contact Shelly Zimmerman at szimmerman@focusamerica.org or visit their website at http://www.focusamerica.org.

CONTACT: Shelly Zimmerman, President and Founder
PO Box 267
Convent Station, NJ 07961
862-812-0648 (cell) or 973-993-8639 (home)
szimmerman@focusamerica.org