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Fairway Outdoor Donates to Operation: Military Kids

July 17, 2008

Fairway Outdoor Advertising has donated a billboard package worth $6,000 to promote the state’s “Operation: Military Kids” program which offers opportunities and resources to children of military families. The announcement was made today by Paul Hickman, Fairway general manager.

In North Carolina, this initiative is carried out by the Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

“Operation: Military Kids is a wonderful communication tool for children with deployed parents,” said Hickman. “The billboards are intended to help increase local involvement in this collaborative program.”

North Carolina’s Operation: Military Kids program has developed a statewide partnership with the National Guard, Army Reserves, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina 4-H, Boys and Girls Club, Community-In-Schools, educators, community organizations and individuals.

The program includes the Mobile Technology Lab with its 15 laptop computers, digital cameras, video recorder and other equipment to facilitate connections between deployed soldiers and their families; the youth-led Speak Out for Military Kids program which generates community awareness of issues faced by youth of military families; and the Hero Pack project of community-filled, self-help knapsacks of items designed to help connect kids with their deployed parent. Each Hero Pack costs $35 and more than 45,000 have been distributed to military kids nationwide.

About Fairway Outdoor:

Headquartered in Augusta, Ga., Fairway provides outdoor advertising solutions that gain its clients a solid return on investment in specified markets. In addition, the company has a strong commitment to the communities which it serves. Fairway donates millions of dollars of outdoor advertising space to a variety of nonprofits throughout the state. Fairway has branch offices in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Fairway also provides services to clients in Virginia and Alabama. To learn more about outdoor advertising solutions, visit www.fairwayoutdoor.com or call (919) 755-1900.

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