For more information, please contact:
Marie McGeehan
Director of Communications
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri
Phone: 314-535-7911
Fax: 314-535-6632
marie.mcgeehan@great-circle.org

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Supports
Boys & Girls Town’s Foster Children

St. Louis, Mo. (March, 2009) – The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation awarded Boys & Girls Town of Missouri a $5,000 grant for the Community Treatment Homes program in St. Louis. The gift will be used to support foster families in St. Louis.
           
“Boys & Girls Town is truly thankful to the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation for their generous gift of support for our Community Treatment Homes in St. Louis,” said Kathy O’Brien, regional vice president of Boys & Girls Town. “Our goal is to find safe and loving home environments for our children.”

Community Treatment Homes are provided by Boys & Girls Town of Missouri as a foster care program. The program provides a stable, safe and encouraging home environment for children as they prepare to re-enter the community from residential care. The generous gift from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation will provide these children with opportunities to participate in specialized therapeutic programming this year, including a mentor program for young women and a wilderness retreat.

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About Boys & Girls Town of  Missouri
Founded in 1949, Boys & Girls Town of Missouri is a nationally accredited organization that provides extensive treatment through residential, foster care case management, outreach and family therapy programs for troubled youth with a history of abuse, neglect, severe behavior disorders and psychological problems. The organization's mission to "improve the lives of children with emotional and behavioral problems through superior, family-focused services" is fulfilled through campuses in St. James, St. Louis, Springfield and Columbia, MO.  BGTM helps redirect the lives of more than 4,000 boys and girls and their families annually.  For more information, please visit the website at www.bgtm.org

About Edgewood Children’s Center
Founded in 1834, Edgewood Children’s Center provides compassionate care and treatment to restore children and strengthen families through intensive therapy, education, case management and support services. Many of the children served have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused; neglected; or abandoned. Edgewood offers a broad array of treatment, education, prevention and support services for children and families, active child advocacy, professional consultation and training. Edgewood Children’s Center is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit, nonsectarian, United Way agency. For more information please visit the Web site at www.eccstl.org.