Congressional Leaders and Celebrities to Help Raise Awareness and Funds for Nveees National Not On My Watch Anti-Bullying Campaign June 5

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 02, 2011

National Voices for Equality, Education, and Enlightenment (NVEEE) will welcome entertainment and sports celebrities, elected officials, business leaders, educators, to kick off its National Not On My Watch Anti-Bullying Campaign with The Art of Liberation Fundraiser + Art Auction at the W Washington DC on June 5. The event is hosted by Kevin E. Hooks, Executive Vice President of Weber Shandwick Integrated Media.

"At Weber Shandwick we believe in advocacy as a powerful tool to help people, said Hooks. We are proud to add our strength at building advocates to NVEEEs fight against bullying."

Representatives from the offices of U.S. Reps. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and Yvette Clarke, D-NY, will present NVEEE with a joint resolution honoring the organization for its work within the community and its national Not On My Watch anti-bullying campaign, which features workshops led by NVEEEs Teen Mentors and Peace Ambassadors. This campaign increases awareness of the violence surrounding youth and young adults, and empowers students and communities to take action by refusing to be bystanders. Proceeds from the reception will help the successful initiative reach more students and parents who are coping with bullying on multiple levels, including physical, emotional, verbal, and cyber bullying, which is a major cause for increasing levels of suicide.

I firmly believe bullying does not discriminate, said Danielle Mazzuchi, a 17-year-old student from West Springfield High School in Virginia. From cheerleaders to quarterbacks, NO ONE is immune. As an NVEEE Peace Ambassador, I am committed to taking a stand in honor of my peers who are mistreated, isolated, or worse, left behind. Each of us have a responsibility to embrace equality, to be comfortable in our own skin, and too understand that we are responsible for drawing the line of too much.

NVEEE is proud to be a part of the solution, said Jowharah Sanders, NVEEEs Founder and Executive Director. We are honored and thankful to our sponsors and countless volunteers because without their dedication, generous donations and unwavering support, NVEEEs work would not be possible. This reception is about honoring the community and paying tribute to the families we serve-families of extraordinary teens like: Jamia Barber, Danielle Mazzuchi, Kaylyn Schubert, Brianna Spencer, Ruth Sanders, Megan Braun, and a very special family who I personally hold dear to my heart, Hilda Gotay the mother of Josie Lou Ratley.

To honor NVEEE and their teens, internationally recognized artist John Holyfield will unveil a commissioned painting dedicated to the organization.

I am so honored to be involved with NVEEE, said Holyfield. Im extremely gratified knowing that my art will help raise awareness of those who have been bullied, ridiculed, or shunned. Every life is a valuable gift, and organizations, such as NVEEE, are there for them to come as they are.

Special guests will include television and screen actor Omari Hardwick of the A-Team Movie and For Colored Girls, and NFL Player Visanthe Shiancoe of the Minnesota Vikings, with music by celebrated jazz recording artist Art Sherrod, Jr.

"God gave the child hands to lift up his/her fellow angel... Not to destroy or beat down the wings with which He gave them to soar, said Hardwick.

Other special guests include:

Centice Corporation Closes on $6.1 Million Series C Financing - Funds to Support Commercialization of Innovative PASS Rx

Morrisville, NC (PRWEB) October 21, 2009

Centice Corporation, a pioneer in drug verification and safety products, announced today the successful completion of a $ 6.1 million Series C financing from its existing investors along with a new investor, Fulcrum Financial Group, LP. The funds will be used to support ongoing commercialization efforts for Centice's innovative PASS Rx prescription verification product for the retail and hospital outpatient pharmacy marketplace. Along with Fulcrum Financial Group, L.P., existing investors participating in the $ 6.1 million financing include The Aurora Funds, Inc., S-Group Direct Investments Ltd., Innovation Ventures LP and several individuals.

"We are pleased to have received the new funds. This shows the continued support of our current investors. We are also very excited about the addition of Fulcrum Financial Group to our investor base and we look forward to working with them", said Scott Albert, CEO and Chairman of the Centice Board of Directors. "Release 3.0 of our PASS Rx system will be out in the near term and these funds will allow us to appropriately position, market and sell the product to pharmacies nationwide", he added.

Increased script volume, fewer resources and manual subjective verification methodologies can unfortunately result in a greater risk of medication errors in the pharmacy. PASS Rx is the first and only product that utilizes patented spectroscopy and machine vision sensor technologies to confirm the accuracy of a pharmacy's dispensed solid dose medications in a matter of seconds. Centice technologies have additional applicability beyond just the verification of solid medications in the pharmacy, and the company has plans to develop future products for solid drug identification, liquid medication verification and counterfeit drug detection.

About Centice Corporation

Centice, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Morrisville, NC, is commercializing patented and patent-pending computational sensor and machine vision technology. The PASS Rx

Former Wasatch Team Launches Grandeur Peak Fund Family-- Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities and International Opportunities Funds Launch Today, October 17, 2011

Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) October 17, 2011

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, the firm founded by former Wasatch portfolio managers Robert Gardiner and Blake Walker, announced today the launch of two new mutual funds: the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund.

The Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund (GPGOX/GPGIX) will be a portfolio of 100-150 global equities, with a strong bias towards small and micro cap companies. Investments will include companies based in the U.S., developed foreign countries, and emerging/frontier markets. The portfolio has flexibility to adjust its investment mix by market cap, country, and sector in order to invest where the portfolio managers believe the best global opportunities currently exist. See the Prospectus for additional fund detail.

The Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund (GPIOX/GPIIX) will be a portfolio comprised of 100-150 small and micro cap growth companies outside of the United States. Said co-portfolio manager, Blake Walker Given the vast number of high quality, growing, and underfollowed small/micro cap companies abroad, we believe this is the single most interesting segment of the global equities landscape for the coming decade. See the Prospectus for additional fund detail.

Robert Gardiner, Grandeur Peak CEO and Portfolio Manager, said In a world where business is increasingly global and country boundaries continue to blur, we believe the best long-term investment opportunities can be uncovered by investors who are fully canvassing the world to find and consider each company within its global context. Mr. Gardiner continued Our vision for global investing includes disciplined screening to find interesting companies in every part of the world, thorough hands-on research to sort the wheat from the chaff, and careful monitoring of valuations in an effort to maximize investment results. We are long-term investors, looking for smaller companies that we believe have great growth potential over the next five years and beyond.

Co-Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer Blake Walker added, Our bias is towards small and micro cap companies because we believe we can find faster growth among these firms, and often at better valuations due to the lack of analyst coverage. The universe of impressive yet underfollowed small and micro cap companies around the world is extensive and growing every day. There are a tremendous number of high quality companies with strong growth potential which are simply too small to catch the eye of Wall Street analysts and larger mutual funds.

The Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities and the International Opportunities funds will each have a management fee of 1.25%. This is the lowest management fee of any fund that Mr. Gardiner or Mr. Walker has managed. The Funds also have an expense cap in place to help control the impact to shareholders of the significant start-up and global expenses. Please read the Prospectus carefully before investing. Note, the Investor Share Class has a minimum investment of just $ 2000, while the Institutional Share Class has a minimum investment of $ 100,000.

Eric Huefner, president and co-founder, described how investors can purchase the new funds: Investors can go to http://www.grandeurpeakglobal.com to open a Grandeur Peak Funds account on-line, or to download an application. Applications can also be requested by calling 1.855.377.PEAK (7325). We are working with Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, Pershing, Vanguard, and other third party intermediaries to get selling agreements in place as quickly as possible. We hope our funds will be available on these and other platforms shortly.

About Grandeur Peak Global Advisors

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors is comprised of a highly seasoned and collaborative research team taking a bottom-up approach to investing using disciplined global screening, rigorous company due diligence, and close attention to valuation to find what we believe to be the best investment opportunities around the world. Our bias is towards small and micro cap companies because we believe we can find faster growth among these firms, and often at better valuations due to the lack of analyst coverage. Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC is an employee-owned investment adviser headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

The objective of both the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund is long-term growth of capital. These funds are new and have limited operating history.

Mutual fund investing involves risks and loss of principal is possible. Investing in small and micro cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investments in emerging markets are subject to the same risks as other foreign securities and may be subject to greater risks than investments in foreign countries with more established economies and securities markets.

This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please read it carefully before investing.

Grandeur Peak Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Valuation is the process of determining the current worth of an asset or company.

Wasatch Advisors is not affiliated with Grandeur Peak Global Advisors or with ALPS Distributors, Inc.

Grandeur Peak Funds are distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc (ADI). Eric Huefner is a registered representative of ADI.

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