Folsom IT Company Receives Top Honors At 2006 Dottie Awards

FOLSOM, Calif. (March XX, 2006) - Folsom-based First Source Consulting was recently honored with two prestigious Dottie awards for developing an innovative Web site (www.sackomen.org) for the Sacramento Valley Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. In fact, the local company was recognized with a "Dottie Award" in the "Best Site in the Nonprofit, Clubs and Associations" category and also earned the highly-coveted "Top Dot" award in the "Best Site Overall" category. The 9th Annual Dottie Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2006 at the Towe Auto Museum.

Designed to honor the best Web sites in Northern California, the Dottie Awards acknowledge the accomplishments and creativity of Northern California businesses, governmental agencies and organizations that provide information and resources online and through the Internet. The award-winning Web site design was created for the Sacramento Valley Affiliate of The Komen Foundation, which consists of a national network of more than 75,000 dedicated volunteers, making the foundation the most progressive grassroots organization in breast cancer awareness today.

Priding themselves on their belief that every organization deserves high-quality IT services - ranging from Web site design and development to ongoing IT maintenance and support - First Source Consulting worked closely with the affiliate to produce a site that educates visitors about breast cancer, volunteering, event registration, cancer awareness, and much more.

"We are extremely proud that our expertise could support and extend such a worthy cause that impacts the lives of so many local women and their families," said James Brooks, co-owner, of First Source Consulting. "By tapping into our talented staff, we hope our creative efforts in Web design only serve to increase the effectiveness of and community support for the affiliate and its mission."

About First Source Consulting

Founded in 2004, First Source Consulting is a partnership of professional consultants with a wide range of experience and expertise that have one thing in common: a belief that high-quality, personalized service can be affordable and profitable. First Source Consultants offers affordable IT services that include Web Site design and development, software development, complete network design, onsite PC and network Support, on call response services, data security protection, data backup solutions, ongoing IT maintenance and support, security audits, technology procurement services, disaster recovery services, and more. Whether your company has one PC or 100, First Source Consulting makes technology easier to understand and to use.

About the Komen Foundation and the Sacramento Valley Affiliate

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of volunteers working through local Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure® to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. A global leader in the fight against breast cancer, the Foundation fulfills its mission through support of innovative breast cancer research grants, meritorious awards and community-based outreach programs.

About the Affiliate: The Sacramento Valley Affiliate is one of the top 15 fundraising affiliates out of more than 100 throughout the United States. In its 10th year, the Affiliate's Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure® will have raised over $10 million in total for breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment.