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CHESTER COUNTY VOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM RE-ELECTS DAVID GARRISON PRESIDENT
West Chester, PA - March 5, 2009 - David A. Garrison has been re-elected to serve a second one-year term as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Volunteer English Program in Chester County (VEP). An attorney with the West Chester-based law firm of Gawthrop Greenwood, he has served as a member of VEP's board since 2002.
A 1986 graduate of Old Dominion University, Garrison earned his law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law in 1989. After working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Stevens & Lee, he joined Gawthrop Greenwood in 2004, where he is a Partner and Chair of the Environmental Law Practice Group. His practice includes air, land, water and indoor air matters for a variety of private and public clients.
"In 2008, VEP worked closely with the Philadelphia Foundation to assess and enhance the operation, and 2009 finds VEP building upon those efforts in order to meet the growing need," said Garrison. In addition to the Volunteer English Program, Garrison serves on the Chester County Agricultural Development Council and the Board of Green Valleys Association.
Founded in 1904, Gawthrop Greenwood comprises 23 attorneys concentrating in comprehensive practice areas including business transactions, litigation, tax and estate planning, environmental issues, elder law, special education, real estate, family law, employment law, municipal law, land use and government relations. Continuing its strong tradition of community service, the firm provides a complete listing of, and links to, some of the most useful and requested resources for business, legal, government and media issues at www.gawthrop.com
About the Volunteer English Program: Governed by a board of directors, all of whom are volunteers, and many of whom have been or still are tutors, the Volunteer English Program in Chester County serves a growing population of adult immigrants and refugees in the Philadelphia area with one-to-one tutoring in English language skills and American culture. Since 1986, VEP has helped thousands of America's most vulnerable newcomers learn English. Of the more than 130 adult education programs across the Commonwealth, VEP was recently rated number one in performance over a three-year period by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education. (www.volunteerenglish.org)