Teachers, police, firefighters military and medical personnel, non profits and other local heroes go to Herocare nuAlerts to instantly get big discounts and special offers via text messaging, social networks, email, widgets and more

Herocare announced today the launch of their own Herocare community on nuAlerts today. Herocare is an established program in 48 counties and 19 States connecting local heroes with discounts. Local heroes such as teachers, firefighters, police officers, military and medical workers, non profit and government employees can now be the first to know about exclusive discounts from local businesses via Herocare nuAlerts. They can take the Discounts Dashboard with them via Google, Yahoo, AOL and 20 other networks in order to get real-time discount alerts as they are posted. They can also view Herocare Events on the nuAlerts Community Calendar for exclusive invitations to local events.

It is important during these tough economic times that we support the heroes that do so much for our community. Local businesses can make a significant difference in the lives of these heroes by providing exclusive discounts and offers. Herocare brings together local businesses willing to offer a wide range of exclusive offers and discounts to help local community heroes survive the economic crisis. Over 245 businesses have joined the Herocare program in the Bay Area to offer discounts to heroes in computers and electronics, food and entertainment, clothing and beauty, home and garden, sports and recreation, medical services, travel, housing and financial/debt management.

“Getting the word out about our program to both businesses and local heroes is critical to our launch. Making it easy to connect businesses offering discounts with local heroes is critical to long term success. nuAlerts is the ideal solution as it gets the word out locally and connects our community via social networks, text messaging, widgets, email, community calendar and more. Best of all, it’s free, easy and quick to launch,” said Tom Wardrope, Program Director of Herocare the Pleasanton Chapter.

“We’re committed to helping local communities market themselves more effectively through new media such as social networks and new formats such as text messaging,” said Reena A Jadhav, Founder, CEO of nuAlerts. “Herocare is a great program for our turbulent times and we’re honored to be the social media marketing platform of choice for their entire community.”

The Pleasanton Chapter of HeroCare invites businesses located in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties interested in joining the program to email Tom Wardrope at  twardrope@herocare.org.

Herocare invites all local heroes interested in signing up to receive discounts by signing up for Herocare Alerts or contacting Tom at 925-474-1125.

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Student Contest Runner-up: Wai-Sze Wu

Wai-Sze is a Dean’s list student and junior at the Santa Clara University majoring in accounting. She is a fast-learner, a valuable team player, and able to work independently. She is a well-rounded person who loves to face challenge and take on new responsibilities. Her top skills include working with many different computer softwares, which will help her advance in her future career plans. Her leadership skills include Student Government Association, Finance Agent, Asian- Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Marketing Committee, Circle K International, Treasurer Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps, Hong Kong Leadership, and self-disciplined and aviation knowledge training non-profit organization, First Class Cadet (4 years).

Wai-Sze was the runner-up for the December 2008 Government Star Student Contest. The judge for this contest was Daniel Homsey from the City Administrator’s Office of the City of San Francisco. To find out more about Wai-Sze, check out her awesome nuresume page at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/100798/.

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We interviewed Heather Flynn who’s a judge for our Marketing Star Student Contest!

What are you looking for in the winning student?

Passionate about PR, has knowledge about digital media, social networking, interested in innovation, build a long term career in PR. Any demonstration of writing skills – such as blog posts or writing for student newspaper will help students stand out.

What prizes are you offering?
The winner will be given an interview for an internship at any of the offices across US as well as a Trophy.

Why is Waggenstorm a great place for students?

We provide real world experience of an account co-coordinator to the intern. In addition, we have global offices and several examples of interns who are now VPs and above. Last year we had 40 interns across US and this year we’re looking to hire 25 to 30 interns.

Learn more about getting an internship here or to get alerts at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/101865/.

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Student Contest Runner-up: Jesse Flatt

Jesse Flatt is a Dean’s list student and senior at the California State University, East Bay. He is self-motivated, responsible, and a team player. He believes in working hard and bringing value to his profession. Some of his top skills include communication, financial modeling and analysis, and program/project design and development. He has taken on many leadership positions such as being the program coordinator for the Covenant Workshop Center Community Outreach Ministry in 2003. He participated in Youth and Young Adult Ministry activities and was the counselor/team leader for the 2004 Sickle Cell Camp of 8-10 year-old boys. With these achievements, he gained the experience of planning, organizing,  overseeing, designing, promoting, and much more to prepare him for his desired profession in finance and economics.

Jesse was the runner-up for the December 2008 Accounting/Finance Contest as well as the Energy Contest. Along with Jesse, Thea Smith was a runner-up for the Accounting Star Student Contest and Mario Jaramillo was the winner. The Accounting/Finance Contest was judged by Mala Butani of Kaiser Permamente, AJ Major of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, LLC, and John D. Sensiba of Ireland San Filippo. The Energy contest had one other runner-up, Max Niu and the winners were Daniel Ruffoni and David Liang. The Energy Contest was judged by John B. Gajan and Jody Cardo from Chevron Energy Solutions as well as Julie Bonnie who is a College Relations Manager of Pacific Gas and Electric. To find out more about Jesse, check out his fantastic nuresume page at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/jmflatt/.

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Student Contest Runner-up Interview: Sarah Chan, University of California, Santa Barbara

Sarah Chan, a cell and molecular biology major at UC Santa Barbara had top qualities that strongly stood out to the judges. She is a Dean’s List student who is a part of the Golden Key International Honor Society. She is a strong team player and loves learning new things. She is a part of the UC Santa Barbara College of Letters and Sciences Honors Program, Golden Key Honor Society, Street Health Outreach, Undergraduate Researcher, and Health Profession Association. She even volunteers 20 hours at St. Francis Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. She is currently doing undergraduate research under a professor, studying the plant species Aquilegia where she learns scientific techniques that cannot be learned from studying.

Sarah Chan was the runner-up for the Dec 2008 Government Star Student Contest, judged by Judge Daniel Homsey of the San Francisco City Administrator’s Office. Her nuResume page is at http://www.nuresume.com/profiles/101379/. I had the privilege of interviewing her. Here it is:

What are your career dreams, ambitions, and why?

With her passion for science, Sarah is currently a cell biology major at UC Santa Barbara working towards her dream to become a physician. After experiencing the science lab environment, she learned she was missing something from being in the lab- the opportunity to work with people! Therefore, she decided that being a physician would be the perfect job for her! With her desire to care for people, she will surely succeed in this field.

What are some of the top companies you would like to work for?

She is not sure yet, however, if her plan to be a physician does not work out, she would like to work for a pharmaceutical company or participate in health care research for companies such as Genentech.

What is your motto or what drives you to excel?

She believes in working hard! She knows that even the smart ones have to work hard to accomplish their goals in life.

The Government Star Student Contest provided Sarah Chan along with many other outstanding students with a wonderful opportunity to shine. The winner of this contest was Bethany Wallace and the three runner-ups were Sarah Chan, Wai-Sze Wu, and Megan Snyder.

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