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 2006 WINNERS

First Prize 

Double Dutch Magazine                Jennifer N. Threat

Digital online magazine for urban tweens and teen girls. Unlike any other teen girls magazine this concept focuses on empowering girls to be smart, confident leaders, building self esteem, community involvement, and volunteerism. Topics addressed include entrepreneurship, volunteerism, fitness, beauty, fashion, entertainment. www.doubledutchmag.com

Runner Ups

Kleveille, Inc.                                    Karleen Leveille

A company that specializes in the educational development and enhancement of individuals through music and other media products.

Art, Stamps and More                   Joselyn E. Smith-Greene

Retailer of Art stamps, stencil products, creative tools, and companion products that are used to embellish a variety of surfaces in various ways to crafters and home enthusiasts via an E-commerce website. To distinguish itself from its competitors, ASM plans to emphasize product versatility with respect to surface applications.  A major part of it’s mission will be to encourage its customers to think of their living and work spaces as a blank canvas on which they can embellish, personalize and express who they are.

Merit Awards

SPR International                            Jose Ramon Rocha -Claudia Patricia Silva -Monica Patino Lopez

An organic coffee importer

DJG Cafe                                           Gloria Amparo Urrego

A retail café offering pastries and beverages, newspapers and magazines that cater to the immigrant community of Woodside;

Chilingual                                          Zhaohui Peng

Interactive on-line graphical and audio Chinese language learning program.

Honorable Mention

Learning Direct                               Jessica Wang -Jennifer S. Cheng -Karen S. Wang

Tutoring and educational center for youngsters

ER Medical Billing Services         Elsy D. Rivera -Angie

Home based customized, state-of-the-art medical billing services to medical practices

Your Beautiful Light                       William P. Coyle

Your Beautiful Light is a combination product and service business founded on the premise that “there are no ordinary lives.”  The service will videotape detailed conversational and narrative interviews of individuals who wish to memorialize their lives and accomplishments.  The service, founded by William Coyle, who is a successful creative writer, will also include a unique poem or prose piece specifically written for the subject.  The final product will include photographs, documents and video clips to commemorate and document a life well lived, special accomplishments and anything else that families and individuals wish to impart to their loved ones.   The product will serve as a lasting memorial, honor to the past, and provide successive generations with historical tributes to human dignity and dreams.

2006 FINALIST

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