NEWS RELEASE

DATE: June 28, 2006
FOR RELEASE: Immediately
CONTACT: Alicia Hollis, Director of Community Relations
PHONE: (302) 422-4014 ext. 3015

KSI Receives Grant from Carl M. Freeman Foundation 

Kent-Sussex Industries, Inc. (KSI) recently received a F.A.C.E.S. grant (Freeman Foundation Assists Communities with Extra Support) from the Carl M. Freeman Foundation (CMFF). 

KSI is a not for profit agency, providing vocational training and employment services to individuals with disabilities throughout Kent and Sussex Counties.  Funding from the F.A.C.E.S. grant will be used to offset costs in KSI’s transportation program.  Since 1962, KSI has provided transportation services to its program participants.  Almost all KSI program participants who receive services do not have access to alternative transportation services.  Only through KSI’s unique daily door-to-door, round-trip transportation system is it possible for 250 participants to reach their potential for employment and independence. 

CMFF is committed to giving back to the communities where its employees and customers live, work, and play.  As the Freeman Companies has grown, so has the scope of the Foundation’s philanthropic work.  Since Carl M. Freeman established CMFF in 1960, more than $12.5 million has been contributed to worthy groups serving the community. 

KSI is committed to making all reasonable accommodations in order to ensure that our programs and services are as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. To learn more about KSI call Alicia Hollis, Director of Community Relations, at (302) 422-4014 ext. 3015.

Josh Freeman, Carl M. Freeman Foundation (CMFF) Board Chair, (second from left) and Cheryl Kagan, CMFF Executive Director, (far right) congratulate and present a F.A.C.E.S. grant to representatives of KSI, Michelle Cain, (far left) and Alicia Hollis (third from left).