WEEI-NESN Telethon for the Jimmy Fund
Thursday, September 1, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dave Zelandi
Granite City Electric Supply
617.472.6500
davez@granitecityelectric.com
GRANITE CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY
PARTICIPATES IN 2nd ANNUAL
WEEI/NESN JIMMY FUND RADIO-TELETHON
- - Company donates $5,000 to the Jimmy Fund
Quincy, MA – August 2005
Chairman and CEO of Granite City Electric Supply Company, Phyllis P. Godwin, participated in the WEEI-NESN Radio Telethon to benefit the Jimmy Fund on Friday, August 26, 2005. Granite City Electric sponsored the “noon hour” of the broadcast during which time Phyllis Godwin was interviewed by Dale Arnold and Michael Holly of WEEI Dale & Holly Show. Ms. Godwin and John Rudicus (Sullivan & McLaughlin Companies) appeared on air with NESN Host Tom Caron. Sullivan & McLaughlin Companies matched Granite City Electric’s donation of $5,000. The event raised $2,358,961 for cancer research.
“The Jimmy Fund Clinic is a place where children with cancer and their families find hope.” said Phyllis P. Godwin, Chairman and CEO of Granite City Electric. “We are proud to support the world’s premier center for pediatric cancer treatment and research.”
Steve Helle, President and COO of Granite City Electric Supply Company, commented “Our Company remains committed to supporting the Jimmy Fund in finding a cure for childhood cancer. We recently raised over $7,000 to benefit “Joshua’s Run” for the Jimmy Fund.”
Granite City Electric, a family owned and operated electrical distributor, is headquartered in Quincy, MA since 1923. The company has 19 locations in New England and is the Official Distributor of Electrical Supplies and Lighting to the Boston Red Sox.
