Germantown High School Bank Grand Opening

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release 
May 11, 2012 

Contact:

Pamela Rich Wheeler

(215) 439-0265

prichwheeler@thebizctr.com

Kendall Hayes
267-591-2009

kendall@hertoday.org

TO: City Editors, Education Editors, Photo Editors, Broadcast Assignment Editors and News Directors.

WHAT: Germantown High School Bank Grand Opening In partnership with the   

Business Center Youth Entrepreneurship Program The School District and PNC Bank Program.

Philadelphia, PA, May 11, 2012 – As part of a 6-month program sponsored by The Business Center Youth Entrepreneurship Program, students at Germantown High School learned the basic characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, the risks and rewards of running a business, life skills (including budgeting and investing), the importance of a business plan, and steps on how to write one.

The program will culminate with the Grand Opening of the Germantown High School Bank; a partnership with the   Business Center Youth Entrepreneurship Program, The School District and PNC Bank.

The banking program encourages students to save money and teaches investment strategies.

WHO: 

• Linda Whitfield, Vice President, PNC Bank
• Pamela Rich-Wheeler, Exec. Dir., The Business Center
• Margaret Mullen, Principal, Germantown High School
• Patricia Harrell, Teacher, Business Technology Department, Germantown High School
• Henrietta Hadley, Entrepreneurship Instructor, The Business Center
  
  

WHEN: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

WHERE: Germantown High School

40 E. High Street

Philadelphia, PA 19144

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