Tampa, FL – (July 30, 2012) – Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, announces the launch of its seventh annual “Just a Dollar” campaign, designed to raise funds for local education foundations in the 17 Florida counties where Amscot has branches. The 2012 campaign expands this year to include Miami-Dade and Marion counties, where Amscot has recently opened new branches.
Beginning Wednesday, August 1, and continuing throughout the month of August, Amscot Financial associates will ask each customer if they would like to voluntarily contribute a dollar to their local education foundation. Amscot will track each contribution by county and ensure that it is donated directly in September to the education foundation serving the county in which the branch is located. Amscot will match the overall contributions up to the first $10,000.
Including customer contributions and Amscot matches over the past six years, more than $550,000 has been distributed to local education foundations via the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF), a Gainesville-based umbrella organization.
Funds raised on behalf of Florida’s county-based educational foundations are used to support reading and scholarship programs, said Mary Chance, CFEF executive director.
“Education foundations in Florida are non-profit organizations that serve as a conduit for private sector investment in education. Our foundations focus their fund-raising efforts on programs that are not supported by tax dollars,” Chance said.
Chance credits Amscot for continuing to make a commitment to local education foundations. “Year after year, Amscot encourages everyone to invest a little in education in their community. It’s an outstanding way to generate more investment in our local schools.”
Ian MacKechnie, founder and CEO of Amscot Financial, said: “Over the years, we have been very pleased with the results of the ‘Just a Dollar’ campaign. The feedback that we get from both our customers and our associates is this is one way in which everyone can do a little part in creating a big impact for public education.”
Founded in 1989, Amscot Financial employs more than 2,000 associates who work at the company’s retail branches and at the company’s corporate headquarters in Tampa.
Amscot Financial’s service centers are open seven days a week and are typically open Mondays through Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday hours are typically from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Select Amscot locations are open 24 hours a day. The company currently operates retail locations in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Sarasota, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Volusia, Brevard, Marion and Miami-Dade counties.
About Amscot Financial
Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., Amscot Financial is a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, including check cashing, bill payment, money transfers, cash advances and money orders through its wholly owned division, Amscot International Money Order Company. Amscot also offers the Amscot Card, a pre-paid debit card that enables owners to make purchases from any location that accepts MasterCard™. Amscot Financial currently operates more than 200 retail financial service centers throughout Florida and employs more than 2,000 employees. Amscot Financial has been recognized by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as one of Tampa Bay’s Best Places to Work for five years. For additional information, please visit the company’s website at www.amscot.com.
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