USA Gypsum Receives National Recognition as Outstanding Green Small Business from The SCORE Foundation Sponsored by Office Depot

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Aug 08, 2012, 09:00 ET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USA Gypsum has been chosen as this year's recipient for the prestigious Outstanding Green Small Business award given by The SCORE Foundation and sponsored by Office Depot. SCORE, -www.SCORE.org- mentors to America's small business, serves over 350,000 clients annually and honors their most successful clients at The SCORE Foundation's 4^th Annual SCORE Awards Gala celebrating excellence on Thursday, August 16^th in New Orleans, LA. USA Gypsum will be honored for demonstrating unique vision, innovation and achievement as an Outstanding Green Small Business.

SCORE CEO Ken Yancey says, "SCORE applauds the efforts by USA Gypsum to run a successful small business that is environmentally conscious, recycling used drywall to prevent landfills from overflowing." Yancey adds, "It is small businesses like USA Gypsum that achieve success while preventing pollution and useless waste in their community."

The SCORE Foundation President Mark Dobosz says, "We are proud to honor USA Gypsum for dedicating the company's focus to opportunities that respect three bottom lines: social prosperity, environmental stewardship, and profitability. SCORE celebrates USA Gypsum for preserving the beauty of their community while striving for success."

For more about this SCORE Success Story: http://www.score.org/success-stories/agri-marketing-inc-dba-usa-gypsum

About The SCORE Foundation: The mission of The SCORE Foundation is to support and leverage the work of SCORE by soliciting, investing and managing resources for the benefit of SCORE. Learn more about The SCORE Foundation at www.scorefoundation.org.

About SCORE: Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 9 million aspiring entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE provides small business mentoring and workshops to more than 375,000 new and growing small businesses. More than 13,000 business experts volunteer as mentors in 364 chapters serving local communities with entrepreneur education to help grow 1 million small businesses.

For more information about starting or operating a small business, call 1-800/634-0245 for the SCORE chapter nearest you. Visit SCORE at www.score.org. Connect with SCORE at www.facebook.com/SCOREFans, http://twitter.com/SCOREMentors.

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