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eLynx Sponsors City Year’s Annual Youth Leadership Celebration
Starry Night event celebrates volunteers’ year of service to children and communities.
May 7, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 7, 2012 –
On May 2, over 400 citizen supporters, business and community leaders, and friends and alumni gathered for City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley’s annual Starry Starry Night benefit gala to celebrate a dedicated group of individuals who serve in the community’s schools. This year’s event commemorated the City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley site’s 18th year of service, and honored the contributions of Dr. Aart de Geus, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys Corporation.
For the second consecutive year, eLynx proudly sponsored the group’s efforts as a Silver Sponsor.
President and CEO of eLynx, Sharon Matthews, has been a long-time supporter of City Year and a member of the board for 7 years. “These young adults are doing transformative work for at-risk students in the community,” said Matthews. “We are very happy to support these growing leaders, who are coaching and inspiring young people to make positive choices and stay in school.”
According to City Year, every 26 seconds a student in America drops out of school, resulting in 1.1 million drop-outs annually. These people cost their communities over $400,000 each over their lifetimes. To combat these statistics, City Year places young college-aged people in schools to serve as mentors and tutors for students struggling with their ’A, B, Cs’. The mentors focus on attendance, behavior and course issues in literacy and math to combat the nation’s high school drop-out crisis. In just the first 4 months of this school year, the San Jose team’s work has resulted in a 48 percent attendance improvement, 54 percent behavior improvement, 75 percent increase in students’ raw literary scores, and a 64% increase in student’s raw math scores. Additionally, corps members work with local businesses to rebuild and beautify schools and communities in need.
“City Year enjoys partnering with organizations who understand corporate social responsibility,” said Beach Pace, Executive Director of City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley. “eLynx’s investment in City Year’s support of social change and academic achievement is fueling our member’s ability to positively transform the lives of at-risk students. It also is an investment in the leadership development of our City Year corps members – skills they can continue to use and share throughout their lives in any community.”
“Great needs are being met by these motivated individuals,” said Matthews. “We are proud to sponsor this event and will continue to personally support this important organization going forward.”
About eLynx
eLynx, a portfolio company of American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS), helps customers in the financial services and real estate industries capture and manage documents and associated data electronically throughout the document life cycle, ensuring compliance with industry regulations, reducing costs, improving workflow efficiency, and automating paper-intensive processes. The company’s expedite® cloud-based platform and network supports a comprehensive suite of on-demand document collaboration, distribution, and connectivity services that can be deployed independently or as a fully integrated end-to-end eMortgage solution. eLynx serves more than 4,000 clients of all sizes worldwide, including 25 of the top 50 U.S. banks and maintains the largest and most comprehensive database of validated real estate agents in the U.S. More than 4 million users have adopted eLynx's enterprise document output solutions. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It has offices and redundant data and print centers in Cincinnati and Beaverton, Oregon. For more information, visit www.elynx.com.
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