PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Zina McGowan-Thomas , Public Information Officer, 301-475-5511, ext. 193

FORREST CENTER TO HOST YARD SALE & CAR WASH

LEONARDTOWN, MD -- The Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center will host a yard sale and car wash on Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:00-11:00 a.m., at the school site located at 24005 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD.

Tables/spaces are available for rent at a cost of $20 per table/space. The school is also accepting donated items to be sold at a student table.  The car wash requests a minimum donation of $5.  All proceeds from this event will benefit the school’s SkillsUSA chapter which is attempting to raise $36,000 needed to send 24 of its students to the national competition next month in Kansas City, MO.   For more information about this event, or to donate items or funds toward the chapter’s fundraising efforts, please contact Ms. Bonnie Skinner at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center at 301-475-0242, ext.129.

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