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SOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH ADDS NEW BOARD MEMBER

Irvine, Calif. – June 23, 2014 – South County Outreach today announced that Andrew Oberweger, Senior IT Director at Strottman International and founding Director of Generation Give, was appointed to the organizations board of directors, increasing the board’s size to 14.

 

“Andrew has extraordinary technology and nonprofit expertise, and we are delighted that he is joining South County Outreach’s board of directors,” said Debby Thrailkill, South County Outreach president.

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Oberweger is a Senior IT Director at Strottman International, a family marketing agency focused on creating fun experiences for millennial family customers with some of the top retailers in the country. Andrew has spent 18 years developing solutions and managing systems for all facets of the company’s IT operations. With headquarters in Irvine California, Strottman also has offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Henderson, Tennessee, Hong Kong, and Southern China. (www.strottman.com)

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Oberweger is also a founding Director of Generation Give, a 501(c)(3) organization that supports Children’s Education, Feeding the Hungry and Relief from Suffering. Gen-Give employs fun and unique tactics to raise funds like their $1000 Match program, Party Partnerships, and Super Celebration / Charity Championship Sunday™ parties! All overhead expenses for Generation give are borne by the Board of Directors. (www.gen-give.com)

 “Andrew brings a wealth of experience, from a technology perspective, as well as, insights that come from founding a successful nonprofit organization like Generation Give. He will be a great addition to our board,” said Lara Fisher, South County Outreach executive director

He lives in Rancho Santa Margarita with his wife, Dina, and two daughters, Samantha and Abbey. Andrew is a lousy golfer, prefers the window seat, can make a perfect pancake, and has the world’s largest collection of postcards from Stamford, CT.

In addition to Oberweger, South County Outreach’s board of directors consists of Debby Thraikill, Lighting Supply, Inc.; Larry Mount, Edison Capital (Retired); Mathew Conrad, Conrad LLP; Andrew G. Morrow, CBRE Brokerage Services; Ken Bowen, The Bowen Team, Re/Max Real Estate Group; Mark Cody, Cox Communications; Patricia Flack, Yamaha Corporation of America; Christina Mahr, Applied Medical; Steve Severy, American Diversified Dental Systems; Mike Thompson, UBS – The Thompson/Katzaroff Financial Group; Robert VanEvery, Board of Directors, Rockwell Collins; Melinda White, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.; Kathy Wilbur, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. 

South County Outreach, founded in 1989, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing hunger and homeless prevention services to low-income families in crisis in South Orange County.  South County Outreach helps those in crisis reach self-sufficiency by providing services that include: a food pantry, transitional housing to support homeless families, utility and rental assistance, homeless prevention counseling, computer, and clothing.   For more information about South County Outreach, visit http://www.sco-oc.org.

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