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Fundraising

"A Contest of Academic Strength Through Teamwork"

Wisconsin Academic Decathlon is a non-profit charitable organization sponsored

through private donations and team entrance fees. 

Lead Sponsor Extends Partnership

MILWAUKEE - March 18, 2009 - The Wisconsin Academic Decathlon is the recipient of a $150,000 donation from the Assurant Health Foundation, the charitable arm of Assurant Health, a Milwaukee-based national health insurance company.  The donation, paid out over three years, will be used to support the academic competition. It is a continuation of an earlier $150,000, 3-year commitment from the Assurant Health Foundation that ran from 2006 to 2009.

In April of 2006, the charitable arm of Milwaukee-based Assurant Health came forward as a major corporate sponsor, with a minimum three-year commitment.

Assurant Health Foundation President Rob Guilbert explains, "Assurant Health's charitable arm includes a focus on support for education to improve literacy and graduation rates."  Guilbert added, "Assurant Health seeks to promote programs

that demonstrate a commitment to scholastic challenge and excellence that better prepare Wisconsin youth for the job market.  Partnering with Academic Decathlon

is a win-win situation," says Guilbert, "and I encourage other Wisconsin businesses

to contribute as well."

Assurant Health - the company of choice for individual medical, small group, short term and student health insurance products is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI since 1900. Assurant Health employs 3,000 people nationwide including 2,000 locally and was named one of the Best Places to Work by Milwaukee Magazine.

Your contribution will enable us to continue to provide a successful educational

program to the students of Wisconsin. 

Help create the catalyst that changes students' lives forever.

Click here to download Donation Pledge Form.

Tax deductible contributions to the

WISCONSIN ACADEMIC DECATHLON FOUNDATION, INC.

are exempt from federal income tax, EIN. 39-1860126,

under Section 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3). 

For more information, contact:

   Molly Ritchie, State Director

   524 Daisy Court

   Verona, WI  53593

      Phone:  608.845.3544      Fax:  608.845.3850     Email:  mritchie@wiad.org