FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Contact:
September 21, 2001 Dane Petersen
PR and Marketing Manager
202/205-7637 or 1-800/634-0245
SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" Partners with SBA in Relief Effort
Washington, D.C.—SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" partners with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide disaster assistance to small businesses affected by the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.
Small business counseling on disaster recovery and filling out SBA loan applications is being provided at the Business Recover Center, Empire State Development office, located at 633 3rd Avenue, NY, NY. SCORE provides free and confidential business advice and mentoring to entrepreneurs. Small business owners and managers can also contact SCORE for business advice online at the SCORE Small Business Web Site (www.score.org); click on Get Email Counseling.
"SCORE is rallying to help small businesses recover from the terrorist attack of September 11 with business counseling about how to recover and restart a small business," says SCORE CEO Ken Yancey. He adds, "SCORE Business counselors will be on-site in New York City to meet with business owners and managers to talk about how to restore a small business to operation."
New York City SCORE Chapter Chair Ray Phillips is coordinating SCORE volunteers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to volunteer daily to advise entrepreneurs about: disaster recovery, reestablishing financial records and preparing a business comeback plan. Counseling is free and confidential. All SCORE business counselors are volunteers with extensive business management or business ownership experience.
SCORE also provides disaster recovery and business planning assistance online through email counseling on its web site (www.score.org). SCORE is offering email advice to small business owners and managers who have been affected by the call-up of military reservists via email counseling; search for business counselors with personnel or human resources experience.
About The SCORE Association
The SCORE Association was formed in 1964 as a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. For information about starting or operating a small business, call 1-800/634-0245 for the SCORE chapter nearest you. SCORE has assisted more than 4.5 million Americans with small business counseling. Visit SCORE on the Web at www.score.org.
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