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UPS gift to support children's policy research

The Andrew Young School recently received a $125,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of United Parcel Service, to support children's policy research.

The one-year grant will be used to help shape policies aimed at improving access to dental health services; providing support for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren; and studying the state of school nurses, children with special health-care needs and child-care capacity in Georgia, said lead researcher Jennifer Edwards of the Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State.

"The Andrew Young School is fast becoming a sought-after resource for research and policy options for children's policy in Georgia," Edwards said.

The Atlanta-based UPS Foundation also supports initiatives that promote family and workplace literacy, prepared and perishable food distribution, and volunteerism.

"United Parcel Service delivers much more than 12 million packages each day. We deliver support to communities worldwide," said Evern Cooper, the foundation's executive director.

"We are delighted that the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies shares our vision."

Birthday party for Andrew Young planned

A spring 2001 gala celebrating Andrew Young's 69th birthday is planned for March 9 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

Ingrid Saunders Jones, chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation, Atlanta businessman Jesse Hill and Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes are among the co-chairs of the event, which benefit the Andrew Young School's endowment fund.

"Andy and I are enormously proud to be associated with the fine work at the school - work that stretches from South Africa to Uganda to Jamaica to Russia and beyond," said Young's wife, Carolyn, an organizer of the gala and a member of the Andrew Young School's advisory board. "The scholars and researchers at the Andrew Young School share a vision that the key to ending poverty is building strong economies. They, like Andy, are working hard to bring economic well-being to developing nations. Their commitment to diversity, to supporting and strengthening democracies in Africa and elsewhere, mirrors Andy's and is unparalleled in higher education."

Photo above: Carolyn Young