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Dear Tom Boswell, Even though Erin Shay is the Vice President of Global Citizenship at Abbott, it is not rare to see her in some disadvantaged Chicago neighborhood as she is walking into a storefront charity in jeans and sneakers. In fact, the only thing that Erin Shay doesn’t add to corporate giving is time wasted on red tape. In her eight year career spent at this major pharmaceutical and healthcare company, Erin Shay has increased corporate contributions from a million dollars to $10.5 million a year. However, when it comes to charity, Erin Shay does not discriminate: she visits even the smallest of local battered spouse clinics or prenatal and neo natal care to provide funding. From Rogers Park to West Pullman, Ms. Shay has traversed the city to provide resources to Chicagoans in need. On Jan. 3, 2012, Ms. Shay will leave Abbott to replace Harold Melton as the president of the David S. Fullerton Foundation. Although she will be the head of a charity with an endowment of over $1 billion dollars, Erin Shay and her board of directors are still committed to the little guy. In addition to giving over $100 million to the Mayo Clinic and other medical research facilities, Ms. Shay and her team are looking forward to provide more grants to the local area. I believe that this remarkable woman’s success story would make a perfect addition to your show on WBEZ. As a Chicagoan myself, I find Erin Shay’s ambition to be an inspiration for my desire to give back to my local community. Her amazing career could inspire thousands of other residents to improve the city they call home. Erin Shay is available for an interview anytime after her news conference on Thursday, Oct. 27. I will be calling in a few days to see you agree that Erin Shay would be an entertaining and inspiring guest. Thank you for your consideration. Best Regards, Paul McCormack

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This document, written as an excersize in class, was drafted to attract local radio attention towards Erin Shay, the fictional new president of the David S. Fullerton Foundation.

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 Dear  Tom  Boswell,      Even  though  Erin  Shay  is  the  Vice  President  of  Global  Citizenship  at  Abbott,  it  is  not  rare  to  see  her  in  some  disadvantaged  Chicago  neighborhood  as  she  is  walking  into  a  storefront  charity  in  jeans  and  sneakers.  In  fact,  the  only  thing  that  Erin  Shay  doesn’t  add  to  corporate  giving  is  time  wasted  on  red  tape.        In  her  eight  year  career  spent  at  this  major  pharmaceutical  and  healthcare  company,  Erin  Shay  has  increased  corporate  contributions  from  a  million  dollars  to  $10.5  million  a  year.  However,  when  it  comes  to  charity,  Erin  Shay  does  not  discriminate:  she  visits  even  the  smallest  of  local  battered  spouse  clinics  or  pre-­‐natal  and  neo-­‐natal  care  to  provide  funding.  From  Rogers  Park  to  West  Pullman,  Ms.  Shay  has  traversed  the  city  to  provide  resources  to  Chicagoans  in  need.        On  Jan.  3,  2012,  Ms.  Shay  will  leave  Abbott  to  replace  Harold  Melton  as  the  president  of  the  David  S.  Fullerton  Foundation.    Although  she  will  be  the  head  of  a  charity  with  an  endowment  of  over  $1  billion  dollars,  Erin  Shay  and  her  board  of  directors  are  still  committed  to  the  little  guy.    In  addition  to  giving  over  $100  million  to  the  Mayo  Clinic  and  other  medical  research  facilities,  Ms.  Shay  and  her  team  are  looking  forward  to  provide  more  grants  to  the  local  area.        I  believe  that  this  remarkable  woman’s  success  story  would  make  a  perfect  addition  to  your  show  on  WBEZ.    As  a  Chicagoan  myself,  I  find  Erin  Shay’s  ambition  to  be  an  inspiration  for  my  desire  to  give  back  to  my  local  community.    Her  amazing  career  could  inspire  thousands  of  other  residents  to  improve  the  city  they  call  home.    Erin  Shay  is  available  for  an  interview  anytime  after  her  news  conference  on  Thursday,  Oct.  27.        I  will  be  calling  in  a  few  days  to  see  you  agree  that  Erin  Shay  would  be  an  entertaining  and  inspiring  guest.    Thank  you  for  your  consideration.    Best  Regards,    Paul  McCormack