Saint Wenceslaus Catholic School in Omaha is $50,000 richer after being named a 2012 Champion in U.S. Cellular’s (NYSE: USM) Calling All Communities campaign. The contest awards $150,000 to the school that garners the most online votes, and the next 17 schools receive $50,000 each.
All 18 winners in the 2012 campaign were revealed in a video from U.S. Cellular President and CEO Mary N. Dillon, which was posted on the company’s website at uscellular.com.
For the third year in a row, a school in Seymour, Tenn., a suburb of Knoxville with 11,000 residents, has captured the top prize in the wireless carrier’s $1 million nationwide campaign to support education. More than 180,000 votes were cast during the 2012 campaign for 1,368 schools nationwide.
U.S. Cellular’s ongoing commitment to education through Calling All Communities has brought $4 million in funding to schools across its footprint. Since the campaign began in 2008, more than 2.2 million votes have been cast for thousands of schools.
For more information about U.S. Cellular and Calling All Communities, visit: uscellular.com or facebook.com/uscellular or call (402) 917-6001.