ATAPCO EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BALTIMORE

May 16, 2011

Baltimore, MD:  Members of “Atapco Strike Force” participated in the “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” event this past Friday at AMF Pikesville Lanes to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maryland.

The team, named “Atapco Strike Force”, led by team captain Stephen Bass, consisted of Robert Handy, Michael Carter, Corrie Wade, Pat Kilroy, Faye Cook, Dave Polonsky, Corrie Wade and Boston Chinsenga.  The event brought out teams from local business, who raised money to compete in the event, with trophies, small prizes and bragging rights going to the winners. The money raised at Bowl for Kids’ Sake is used to help fund their local mentoring program, the Maryland Mentoring Partnership, which matches area children with supportive mentors in an effort to help the kids reach their full potential.  While Atapco Strike Force didn’t take home a trophy this year, they did manage to raise $1,190- which is more than enough to provide a child in Baltimore with a years’ worth of one-on-one mentoring. Overall, the Bowl for Kids’ Sake event raised over $56,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, which will undoubtedly go a long way in helping Baltimore area children facing adversity to realize their potential, and build their futures.

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.  Most children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters are in single-parent and low-income families or households where a parent is incarcerated. Headquartered in Philadelphia with a network of about 370 agencies across the country, Big Brothers Big Sisters serves nearly 250,000 children.  Learn how you can positively impact a child's life, donate, or volunteer at BigBrothersBigSisters.org.

Atapco Properties is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Trading and Production Corporation, which was originally formed in 1931 to consolidate, expand and diversify the business activities of the Blaustein family, the founders of the American Oil Company (AMOCO).  For more information, please visit www.AtapcoProperties.com.

Atapco Properties Media Contact:  Corrie Wade 410-347-7254 cwade@atapco.com