Manheim Auto Auction Partners with Auction Inn to Provide Job Skills Training to Boys & Girls Club Youth

Business Wire, Feb 16, 2005

LANCASTER, Pa. -- Auction Inn today announced an agreement with Manheim Auto Auction, the world's largest dealer-to-dealer automobile auction company, to develop and implement an automotive condition report section in the Work-Able (TM) job skills training program. The partnership will establish training curriculum based on job skills in the automotive industry relative to Auction Inn's new service, Auction Inn Motors.

"We are extremely excited about working with Manheim Auto Auction," said Bob Musser, Chief Executive Officer of Auction Inn. "They are one of the most respected companies in the automotive industry and will be invaluable in helping us fulfill our mission of providing marketable job skills to members of the Boys & Girls Clubs."

"We have seen tremendous value in the mission of Auction Inn," said Ronald St Denis, Director of Online Operations for Manheim Auto Auction. "The skills we will be teaching these young adults are hard to find in today's marketplace, and we are thrilled to be able to work with them and possibly hire some of their graduates."

"The partnership between Manheim Auto Auction and Auction Inn is a great example of the business sector working together with a not for profit to help Boys & Girls Club members develop marketable employment skills," commented Mary Ellen Kiernan, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster. "The kids are eager to begin learning credible skills in the automotive industry."

About Auction Inn

Auction Inn provides a community eBay marketing service that includes an embedded job-training program. They have partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster to raise additional revenue and provide marketable first time job skills to their members. For more information go to www.auctioninn.com.

To learn about the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster go to www.connectionscafe.com, or call (717) 295-3474.

About Manheim Auto Auction

Founded in 1945, Manheim Auto Auction provides dealers with everything they need to do business in a friendly atmosphere. They are the largest auto auction in the United States with a 29-lane auction complex on 160 contiguous acres, over 1800 employees and 9,000 cars weekly.