Solutions Provider to Sponsor, Raise Awareness for Charity Benefiting Severely Injured Service Members 

15 December 2008 – Chantilly, VA – AMERICAN SYSTEMS today announced that it has partnered as a Corporate Sponsor of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness and enlisting public support for severely injured service members.  

“Through this sponsorship, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is making every donated dollar stretch further by encouraging our employee-owners to pool our collective contributions for the benefit of those injured in service to the country,” said William C. Hoover, president and CEO, AMERICAN SYSTEMS. “There is no more deserving organization than the Wounded Warrior Project, which will ensure that severely injured service members receive the resources and care they need.”  

The Wounded Warrior Project’s mission is to Honor and Empower wounded warriors. WWP assists in overcoming the challenges facing severely wounded soldiers — many of whom are recovering from traumatic amputations, gunshot wounds, burns and blast injuries — during the post-active duty transition to civilian life. The organization partners with individuals and corporate sponsors to offer innovative awareness and assistance programs, including the Soldier Ride, a rehabilitative cycling program; TRACK and Warriors to Work, which provide college preparatory courses and training to prepare wounded veterans for civilian life and employment; and the Wounded Warrior Backpacks, provide essential care and comfort items for those abroad who have been wounded in battle.

The Wounded Warrior Project sponsorship is part of AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ overall corporate citizenship efforts that support, through both financial contributions and volunteer activities, national (the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Wounded Warrior Project) charitable causes as well as those on a local level in communities where the company’s employee-owners live and work. AMERICAN SYSTEMS launched its sponsorship with a holiday fundraising campaign. The company has agreed to match donations made by its employee-owners through the end of 2008 up to a maximum of $25,000.

To learn more about the Wounded Warrior Project, please visit: www.woundedwarriorproject.org