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USCI Education Savings Plans Inc. Chooses GCI Group to Promote its Postgraduate Award Program

November 11, 2009 | gci news

Project to reaffirm the company’s commitment to promoting the value of post-secondary education

Leading public relations agency GCI Group announced today that four new full-time members have been added USCI Education Savings Plans Inc. Chooses GCI Group to Promote its Postgraduate Award Program
Project to reaffirm the company’s commitment to promoting the value of post-secondary education

Toronto, Ontario, November 11, 2009 – USC Education Savings Plans Inc. (USCI), the company that has been helping Canadian families maintain sound education saving strategies for more than 40 years, announced today its affiliation with leading Canadian public relations agency GCI Group. GCI will manage the media relations program surrounding the firm’s post-graduate awards program.

“The team at GCI Group really impressed me with their complete understanding of the scholastic awards market and their keen sense of news value,” said Jo-Anne Wong, Public Relations Manager, USC Educations Saving Plans. “Each year, as a demonstration of our commitment to the value of post-secondary education, we offer the Postgraduate Awards to students who have benefitted from RESPs from USC Education Savings Plans. We are confidant that GCI’s passion, creative thinking and communications expertise will help us gain attention for our deep-seeded commitment to promoting the value of post-secondary education.”

“We are excited about working with USCI,” said Marion MacKenzie, president, GCI Group. “USC Education Savings Plans has a long history of successfully working with families to ensure their children can benefit from a post-secondary education without the burden of financial struggle. We look forward to fostering awareness of the advantages of an RESP from USCI can provide especially through its postgraduate award program as it increasingly becomes more and more difficult to save for the future.”

About USCI Education Savings Plans

USCI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the International Scholarship Foundation, is the distributor and administrator of USC Education Savings Plans. For more than 40 years, the company has been helping Canadian families enjoy the peace of mind that comes with a sound education savings strategy. As one of Canada’s leading providers of RESPs, USCI administers assets of more than $2.5 billion (as of April 30th 2009).