USO-Metro Receives BWI Business Partnership’s
Organization of the Year Award

Fort Myer, VA, July 22, 2008— The USO of Metropolitan Washington (USO-Metro) today announced that it has received the BWI Business Partnership’s 2008 Organization of the Year Award for dedicated assistance to traveling service members and their families at Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) lounge. USO-Metro provides services throughout the Washington DC and Baltimore metro regions for more than 500,000 service members and their families each year.

USO-Metro’s BWI airport lounge is a “home away from home” for traveling service members and their families offering free internet and long distance calling services, a snack bar and a movie lounge with a fully stocked library of current feature films. The 5,000 square-foot lounge is staffed by knowledgeable volunteers who can help with travel assistance, bag checks and pre-flight wake-up calls. USO-Metro also operates lounges at Washington Dulles, Reagan National and Andrews Air Force Base.

“We take great pride in our ability to provide these lounges to our traveling service men and women,” said Elaine Rogers, President of USO-Metro. “We are truly honored to receive this award for doing something we feel is so worthwhile.”

Each year the BWI Business Partnership recognizes an organization that has done exemplary service for the BWI community. The BWI Business Partnership is a non-profit economic development and transportation management association comprised of nearly 175 top businesses and agencies throughout the region. The partnership focuses on BWI Airport as a centerpiece of the economic infrastructure for the region and recognizes USO-Metro’s impact on the Baltimore-Washington metro community, specifically through the airport lounges.

“We have members who volunteer with the USO, and we see first hand the great work they do,” said Linda Greene, Executive Director of BWI Business Partnership Inc. “They touch so many lives, not only through airport programs, but also through the continued expansion of other programs in our region. The work they do is so important; our annual award was given to them as our Organization of the Year to recognize those programs and their importance.”

In addition to airport lounges, USO-Metro operates support centers at military bases throughout the region. For more information please visit www.usometro.org.

About BWI Business Partnership
The BWI Business Partnership is an organization of more than 150 businesses and agencies dedicated to strengthening the positive business climate and strong transportation network around Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). The Partnership’s programs, including its monthly Signature breakfast series and other forums, bring those interested in the BWI region together to share information, network and address business interests within the BWI Business District. For further information about the BWI Business Partnership, call 410-859-1000 or visit www.bwipartner.org.

Photo: Adrienne Trout, Vice President Communications and Development receives the award from Linda Greene, Executive Director, BWI Business Partnership.