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Key Foundation Events for 2009-2010
Charlotte, NC. March 24-26, 2010. The Phoenix Challenge Foundation, the flexo industry’s only educational foundation exclusively dedicated to promoting and attracting high school students to flexographic careers, announces the dates for the 2010 Phoenix Challenge Competition.
The 13th annual Phoenix Challenge Competition is an energetic two and half-day event designed to heighten the awareness of and excitement for flexography among students and teachers across the educational system, both domestically and internationally. The annual contest consists of a variety of skills tests, including flexo print knowledge, pre-press, plate-making, critical math skills and hands-on printing techniques. Students compete in teams for the top seat in the Flexo Challenge, and can walk away with thousands of dollars in scholarship funds, as well as the prestigious “Harper Trophy Cup” to display permanently at their school. The competition continues to grow year after year, and has attracted students across North America.
The 2010 Phoenix Challenge Competition will take place March 24-26, 2010, at the Harper National Flexographic Center (HNFC), located on the Harper campus of Central Piedmont Community college in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“The Phoenix Challenge Flexo Skills Competition is a great forum to promote flexo to our youth, and to provide a great career path in a fun, interactive and challenging way. The Foundation continues to make our future flexographers a priority, but not without the support and funding from the entire industry. We can’t do it without them,” said Bettylyn Krafft, Executive Director of The Phoenix Challenge Foundation.
To make this event a success and the Phoenix Challenge Foundation a possibility, the organization depends on the generous support of industry suppliers, converters and organizations.
The Foundation is always looking for supporters eager to bring the future of flexography closer to the industry. For more detailed information and to register, please contact Bettylyn Krafft at the Phoenix Challenge Foundation, 704-309-3748.
About the Phoenix Challenge Foundation
Founded in 1998, the Phoenix Challenge Foundation is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization of industry professionals dedicated to the recruitment and development of the future workforce for flexography. Each year flexo students and teachers from throughout the U.S. and Canada are invited to the Phoenix Challenge Competitions. The High School event is a two and half-day skill-based competition with hands-on and comprehension testing in operating a flexo press, prepress, plate-making, and overall flexo knowledge. Winners are eligible for scholarships funded by the Phoenix Challenge Foundation. To date, $30,000 in scholarships has been awarded to encourage students to pursue further education and a career in flexography. The Phoenix Challenge College Competition is a school year long event in which an industry problem is presented to the students and requires both market and manufacturing research. Students then present to a panel of industry judges which grade them in four different categories research, concept, graphics and execution. For additional information or to make donations please visit www.phoenixchallenge.org
The Foundation exists solely through donations made by the flexographic industry to cover operating expenses, scholarships, and to support the Phoenix Challenge Flexo Skills Competition. Major sponsors of the Phoenix Challenge Foundation have included:
• All Printing Resources, Inc.
• Anderson & Vreeland, Inc.
• Anagram
• Avery Dennison
• Benton Graphics, Inc
• Bryce Corporation
• E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
• ECONO Products, Inc.
• FFTA/ TEST
• Flexo Exchange, Inc.
• Harper Corporation of America
• Howard B. Vreeland, Jr.
• Jet USA
• JR Cole, Industries
• Mark Andy, Inc
• Parks Printing
• Raflatac
• Ron and Katherine Harper
• Southern Graphics
• Sun Chemical
• The Charlotte Observer
• Water Ink Technologies
For additional information or to make donations, please visit www.phoenixchallenge.org or contact Bettylyn Krafft, chairperson of the Phoenix Challenge Foundation, 704-309-3748.
Source: Phoenix Challenge Press Release
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