St. John’s, NL (Wednesday, February 10, 2010) - Jason Oakley, owner of RECESS! and full time student at Memorial University, has been named the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Newfoundland Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and proud program supporter, CIBC.

Since 2008, Jason has owned and operated RECESS! Weekly, a company whose mission is “to generate profit while creating job opportunities for post secondary students to make money and gain professional experience.” RECESS! is a free, unique student publication that consists of several games and activities that students can enjoy in their free time. Within the first year of creating his company, Jason had made a profit of over $10,000 through advertising space sales.

Jason’s largest business accomplishments to date include; turning his one campus business into a national franchise opportunity by developing a profitable and easy to use business model, having the first RECESS! Franchise at Mount Saint Vincent University where they are putting that model to the test, as well as, launching recessweekly.com - a website that allows franchisees to easily publish their weekly editions of RECESS! using an online publishing tool.

“Being able to compete in this competition has been a goal of mine for a long time”, explains RECESS! owner Jason Oakley. “This is an amazing opportunity to not only promote the RECESS! Franchise to the perfect audience, but also compete with some of the most successful student entrepreneurs in Canada.”

As a provincial champion, Jason will now move on to represent Newfoundland in the regional round of competition taking place at the 2010 ACE Regional Exposition in Halifax on February 26, 2010. Provincial Champions will each present their business to a panel of entrepreneurs and industry professionals who will determine two Regional Champions, who will each receive a $1,000 cash prize and move on to the final round of competition at the 2010 ACE National Exposition in Calgary on May 12th, 2010. The National Champion will receive a $10,000 cash prize and represent Canada at the international level of competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

“With today’s ever changing economic situation, ACE is proud to continue its work developing leaders, creating connections and impacting communities, explains President of ACE, Amy Harder    . Our 2010 Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champions will no doubt contribute meaningfully to the Canadian economy for years to come.” 

About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, ACE is a national, charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. Through a collaborative partnership between higher education and industry, ACE delivers programming that provides university and college students access to real world experience that compliments in-class studies. By creating and delivering business ventures and outreach projects, students make a meaningful contribution to their communities today, while also discovering their potential to achieve an even greater impact as the leaders of tomorrow.

CIBC became a founding corporate sponsor of ACE in 1995 and has sponsored the Student Entrepreneur Competition since its inception in 1997.

Contact:
Jaime Szegvary
Communications Consultant, ACE
416.619.8994

jaime@acecanada.ca   
www.acecanada.ca
www.aceexpos.ca  

Jason Oakley
Owner, RECESS!
709.737.4555
oakleyjason@gmail.com
www.recessweekly.com

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