Correct Rx Pharmacy Receives Maryland Chamber's Business Philanthropy Award
January 8, 2008

Linthicum, Md.— Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc., received the 2007 Business Philanthropy Award for a small business (under 100 employees) by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes businesses that have provided outstanding support for local nonprofit organizations and/or schools during 2007.

“Correct Rx is committed to being good corporate citizens,” said company President and CEO Ellen Yankellow, Pharm.D. “Being part of an organization that reaches out to the community to help the less fortunate is something to celebrate, and Correct Rx is just that kind of company. Philanthropy is an integral part of our mission, and we believe this philosophy of giving has contributed to our success.”

Correct Rx exhibits its commitment to philanthropy every day through its involvement with numerous charities and organizations, including the Alzheimer's Association's Greater Maryland Chapter, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, American Heart Association, Chimes, United Way of Central Maryland's Alexis de Tocqueville Society Women's Leadership Council (WLC), The Catholic High School, Catholic Charities of Maryland, Network 2000, David Stewart Associates - University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Keswick Multi-Care Center, The Beacon Institute, the Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation, the University of Baltimore Entrepreneur Center, the Deal Island Lions Club, and the Maryland Food Bank, among others.

Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc., currently provides institutional pharmacy services to over 140,000 lives in over 140 correctional facilities, dozens of juvenile facilities, many residential treatment programs and multiple assisted living and nursing home facilities. President and CEO Ellen H. Yankellow, Pharm.D., founded Correct Rx as a woman-owned business enterprise in 2003.

For more information, please contact:
Courtney Dunevant
(410) 654-0000 xt.4
courtney@bonnieheneson.com

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