Career and Life Planning

Charitable Efforts:

A message from Donna E. Beardsworth, President and CEO: “Beardsworth commits a portion of its profits to charitable efforts each year. We focus on projects that impact the health of the world community as well as our local community. In addition, the Company supports projects of particular interest to our employees. Beardsworth is pleased to support the Career and Life Planning Center.”

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Denise Brown Kahney

908-788-1453

http://www.hcesc.com/C_LP.html

CAREER & LIFE PLANNING RECIPIENT OF GIFT

“It’s through the support of organizations like Beardsworth Consulting Group, Inc. of Flemington that we are able to provide unique and necessary services to our clients,” states Denise Brown Kahney. Coordinator of the Educational Services Commission’s Career and Life Planning Center, Brown Kahney has been seeking additional funding to help women who are displaced homemakers. A displaced homemaker is one who is widowed, separated, divorced, or who has lost the financial support of a spouse due to illness or disability. The Center serves approximately 150 women per year primarily in Hunterdon County. However, since Somerset and Mercer counties do not have a Displaced Homemakers Center, women from those counties are also being helped.

Beardsworth Consulting Group former employee, Jean Rubin, approached the Center after developing and teaching a computer course to the Center’s clients. “Jean called one day to tell me she was filling in an application to request financial assistance for a program that she has a passion for—Career and Life Planning. We were already grateful to her for her volunteer work and she wanted to do even more,” says Brown Kahney. “She’s one of our guardian angels! We have a few but there’s always room for more!”

The donation of $500 will be used to underwrite expenses related to the Center’s computer training program, an important component in helping clients to return to the workforce. The six-week program is offered four times per year and covers basic computer applications such as Word, Excel, and Power Point along with an introduction to Internet usage.

For more information on the Center located at 215 Route 31, Flemington, NJ, call 908-788-1453

The Educational Services Commission was organized under the Education Laws of the State of New Jersey in 1980. The Commission has no tax base and receives no state aid for its operations. Its income is derived primarily from fees for services with a small amount raised from various grants. All assets belong to its member districts.