KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.,
March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL
Behring announced that it is partnering with Children's Scholarship
Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) to support scholarships for low-income
students. CSL Behring will contribute $80,000 to fund scholarships in 2015 and 2016,
enabling low-income students in grades K-8 to attend private and
parochial schools that partner with CSFP.
Scholarship Fund boasts impressive success
record
"Since its founding in 2001, Children's Scholarship
Fund Philadelphia has awarded more than 16,500 four-year
scholarships to K-8th grade students," said Ina B. Lipman, CSFP Executive Director.
"Scholarship recipients' on-time high school graduation rates are
greater than 96 percent, well above their peers in public schools
who graduate on time at a rate of about 57 percent, with a large
majority unprepared to enter the workforce or college."
"We are grateful for partners like CSL Behring, who help to
provide hope, opportunity and success to children from low-income
families in our community. CSL Behring's dedication to providing
youth in Philadelphia with
financial access to a quality education is the key to improving our
community and educating our future workforce."
Developing next generation of scientists and business
leaders
Karen Etchberger, CSL
Behring's Executive Vice President, Quality & Business
Services, said the company and its employees are committed to
supporting key programs in communities in which it operates. CSL
Behring's operational headquarters is located in King of Prussia, Pa.
"Partnering with education-based organizations, like the
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia, sets a strong foundation
for our future as a global biopharmaceutical company, helping
prepare the next generation of scientists, researchers and
leaders," said Etchberger.
The partnership is the latest in a host of philanthropic and
outreach programs that are the foundation of CSL Behring's culture
of supporting key community programs year-round.
Other 2014-2015 philanthropic and outreach
highlights
The partnership with CSFP follows another
record-breaking United Way campaign, which raised $787,000 across CSL Behring sites throughout the
U.S.:
- $243,000 was raised in CSL
Behring's King of Prussia location
for United Way of Greater
Philadelphia and Southern New
Jersey.
- More than $411,000 was raised by
CSL Plasma, a subsidiary of CSL Behring, and its employees for
United Way chapters where the company's plasma collection centers
are located;
- $133,000 was raised by CSL
Behring's manufacturing site in Kankakee,
Ill.;
- CSL Plasma raised $80,000 in a
separate campaign for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
Numerous other charitable works by CSL Behring employees in the
past year contribute to the culture of giving.
Culture of giving is year-round
Etchberger emphasized
that while CSL Behring and CSL Plasma generated the majority of
funds for the United Way, employees gave many hours of their time,
as well as monetary donations, supporting a host of other charities
such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Arthritis Foundation, Toys for
Tots, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, United2Feed, American Cancer
Society and Ronald McDonald House,
to contribute to the culture of giving.
About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a leader in the
plasma protein therapeutics industry. Committed to saving lives and
improving the quality of life for people with rare and serious
diseases, the company manufactures and markets a range of
plasma-derived and recombinant therapies worldwide.
CSL Behring therapies are used around the world to treat
coagulation disorders including hemophilia and von Willebrand
disease, primary immune deficiencies, hereditary angioedema and
inherited respiratory disease, and neurological disorders in
certain markets. The company's products are also used in cardiac
surgery, organ transplantation, burn treatment and to prevent
hemolytic disease of the newborn.
CSL Behring operates one of the world's largest plasma
collection networks, CSL Plasma. CSL Behring is a global
biopharmaceutical company and a member of the CSL Group of
companies. The parent company, CSL Limited (ASX: CSL), is
headquartered in Melbourne,
Australia. For more information, visit
http://www.cslbehring.com/.
Contact:
Chris Florentz, CSL
Behring
610-878-4316
Christopher.Florentz@cslbehring.com
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