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Imagery Concepts, Canon sponsor JA

Firm to provide free software systems to volunteers nationwide

Tulsa-based Imagery Concepts and Canon Computer Systems have formed a philanthropic partnership sponsoring Junior Achievement's National Volunteer Recognition Program.

To kick off the program, Canon is presenting a $97,500 check to Junior Achievement (JA) to help fund the distribution of about 250,000 donated Imagery Concepts Home Organizer™ software systems as gifts to JA volunteers nationwide.

The presentation will be held May 4 at the National Junior Achievement headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. John Walsh, host of "America's Most Wanted" and nationally recognized advocate of child safety, will salute JA volunteers via a two-minute video presentation prepared especially for the event.

Also, Imagery Concepts and Canon are working in conjunction with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to develop a network of software users with a direct link to the NCMEC and law enforcement.

"This partnership not only assists the NCMEC in its efforts to safeguard children, but also provides document scanning and storage capabilities, which means that users would be able to keep a current photos of their children on file at all times," said Tom Quinn, Imagery Concepts president.

Imagery Concepts is the software development company behind the Home Organizer™, a document imaging system for personal use, and FILE•PIC™, a document-imaging system designed to organizer small-to-medium-sized businesses.

Quinn, the mastermind behind Imagery Concept's corporate sponsorship program, believes that fundraising is a key element to the process.

"Our purpose is twofold. First, to thank JA volunteers for their hard work and dedication in educating students. Second, to encourage the sale of FILE•PIC™ software, Imagery Concepts makes a 20-percent donation to Junior Achievement, in addition to contributions from our participating corporate sponsors, their products and services, effectively creating an ongoing source of revenue."

Other corporations who have partnered with Imagery Concepts and Canon and Express Personnel Services and American Business Forms. All have agreed to contribute a percentage of proceeds for products and services obtained relating to FILE•PIC™ and Junior Achievement,

Court Newkirk, president of Junior Achievement of Greater Oklahoma City, Inc., said that JA will use the funds raised to provide additional educational opportunities.

"Profits from the program will assist in the transfer of this technology into the classroom, help fund new classes and potentially reach tens-of-thousands of students," Newkirk said. "That's icing on the cake."

Imagery Concepts and Canon also are partnering to help promote internet and child safety through the MILK Program (managing Information on Lost Kids), a brainchild of Quinn's. By distributing software at no charge through the company's fund-raising efforts with its corporate sponsors. Imagery Concepts aims to raise awareness about safety issues on the Internet and child safety in general.