As a part of the Vital Link program, sponsored by AT&T, 153 students from four schools spent four days split into groups at different companies in the Mobile area. They shadowed employees and learned how to do some of the work themselves. (Press Register)
The Mobile Area Education Foundation (MAEF) awarded Gigi Armbrecht, AT&T and Sam Covert, Alabama Power for championing the cause for Mobile County public school students during the Business at Burns breakfast meeting held at Cranford Burns Middle School.