PRESS RELEASE
Team Azalea Charities welcomes
2010 Marine Corps Marathon sponsors
Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.,
Howard & Company and
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
Montclair, VA October 8, 2010 – Azalea Charities announces its three sponsors for the 2010 Team Azalea Charities Marine Corps Marathon team. Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc., Howard & Company and Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. have contributed over $9000 to help defray expenses and support team efforts to raise money for Azalea Charities’ Aid for Wounded Warriors program. This year, Azalea Charities is partnering with the new Allied Forces Foundation to sponsor a 150-person team including one Canadian, nine Danes, seventeen British and 123 Americans. The group includes ten international active duty personnel who have been wounded in action, some of whom will compete on crutches and in wheelchairs.
Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc. provides technical and engineering services to government and commercial clients, specializing in Global Positioning System (GPS) and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT). Considering his company’s support for Team Azalea Charities, Doug Taggart, President of Overlook and CEO of Azalea Charities, remarked, “Working with military contracts, we come into contact with a lot of dedicated people who give so much to our country in so many ways. Supporting Aid for Wounded Warriors is a way for Overlook to show our appreciation and support for their commitment.”
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), provides leading edge technical services in unmanned systems engineering, ballistic missile defense, air vehicle survivability and flight test operations. They have supported Azalea Charities as a part of their community outreach efforts for many years. Phil Soucy, MTSI’s CEO says, “Our company mission includes making important and lasting contributions to our nation’s defense. We consider helping our wounded veterans a vital part of what we do and who we are. We have the deepest admiration and respect for their unselfish sacrifices.”
Howard & Company provides IT services, primarily in the area of intelligence.
Last year Team Azalea Charities welcomed over 20 British soldiers, airmen, and marines and raised approximately $100,000 for U.S. and British service personnel. According to Frank Lasch, Chairman & Founder of Azalea Charities, “Community involvement in the support of wounded warriors lets these brave men and women know that we appreciate their sacrifices and are behind them 100%.”
About Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.
Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc. is a specialized professional technical services and engineering firm. Overlook provides a wide spectrum of timely, responsive, and cost-effective engineering, professional, technical, and programmatic services to government and commercial clients. Overlook has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technologies, operations and applications, as well as Electronic Warfare, Space and Information Operations and Space Control. Overlook is a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, with regional offices in California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nebraska.
About Howard & Company
Howard & Company expertly adapts commercial best practices for IT to Government enterprises, primarily in the intelligence community. H&Co.’s seasoned professionals excel at solving complex problems rich in both technical and managerial challenge. Their staff excels at partnering with Government leaders and other contractors to deliver real and lasting value.
About Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI)
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., a fast paced and dynamic "engineer-owned and operated" technology firm, provides leading edge technical services in unmanned systems engineering, ballistic missile defense, air vehicle survivability and flight test operations. From co-presidents to project team members, MTSI employees stay actively engaged in multiple engineering activities and programs. They are respected throughout the aerospace industry and work hard to protect a reputation of providing quality technical and programmatic work by using ethical, honest, and fair business practices.
About The Allied Forces Foundation
The Allied Forces Foundation is designed to recognize and further the Steadfast Alliance of the United States and the United Kingdom, which nations' long history of cooperation and comradeship is currently tested in Iraq and Afghanistan. The mission of the Allied Forces Foundation is to raise funds for Allied comrades wounded in these conflicts and to raise awareness of the ongoing challenges faced by injured warriors and their families.
About Azalea Charities
Azalea Charities is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization in Prince William County, Virginia. The organization is staffed entirely by volunteers who donate their time, talent and money. Azalea Charities raises funds for its community charities and Aid for Wounded Warriors through membership fees, private donations and sponsorship of Team Azalea Charities in the Marine Corps Marathon and the Azalea Classic Pro-Am Invitational Golf Classic, the organization’s keystone event held each May at the Piedmont Club. Beyond minimal expenses, all the funds they raise go to their charitable core causes.
For more information, contact:
Frank Lasch, Chairman, Azalea Charities, Inc.
703-670-5238, azaleacharities@aol.com