An annual partnership between Gorton's of Gloucester and a Gloucester High School class has paid dividends again this year — with the students and a pair of local nonprofit agencies as beneficiaries.
Gorton's employees Bruce Horne, Andrew Rae, Donald Lynch, Cinda Sally, Somia Cardoos and Greg Lancaster all played roles over the past four months, working with teacher Kathy OReilly's Business Management/Junior Achievement program at Gloucester High School as the class set up its 2009 business model, marketing and selling gloves under the company name G-Love.
And in the end, the company produced a net income of $450.75 off $1,880 in sales. That will mean $225.38 apiece for the Nicastro Fund and/or the fund to Prevent Homelessness, the two nonprofits chosen by the students to receive any profits.
O'Reilly and the class — whose officers for the project included President Max Millfoglie and vice-presidents Charlene Porter, Santo LoGrasso, Kevin Hurd and Vinny Terranova — honored the Gorton's team last week for their contributions.
Horne, who has contributed with Gorton's to the GHS project now for 21 years, and Rae, who has worked with the students for four years, served throughout the four months as "consultants" for the class, while other Gorton's employees made presentations as well.
"Bruce and Andrew have helped run our chosen business from capitalization to liquidation," O'Reilly and class members said in their "Gorton's Volunteer Appreciation Day" statement. "They have been great mentors, helping us discover how effective management and hard work are the keys to business success.
"This success depends on the combined efforts of everyone involved," the class statement said.
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