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Upbound Donates Nearly $149,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Annual “Spring for Kids” Fundraising Campaign Supports Youth Empowerment and Child Development Efforts PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Coworkers at Upbound
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAnnual “Spring for Kids” Fundraising Campaign Supports Youth Empowerment and Child Development Efforts\n\n\n PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCoworkers at Upbound Group, Inc., recently joined forces for their annual family and youth empowerment fundraiser, Spring for Kids, to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America, a national nonprofit organization that provides safe places, positive mentors and life-enhancing programs to over three million youth across the nation.\n\n\nDuring the course of the campaign, coworkers across all stores under the Upbound umbrella — including Rent-A-Center, Get It Now!/Home Choice, and select AcceptanceNow and Acima stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico — raised nearly $37,500 for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Corporate employees at the company’s Field Support Center (FSC) in Plano, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah, offices joined in to donate to their local Boys & Girls Clubs; the team in Plano donated nearly $9,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, a local Club in North Texas, while the Acima team in Salt Lake City donated nearly $3,000 to support Boys & Girls Clubs of Salt Lake City. With an additional Upbound company match, the 2023 Spring for Kids initiative provided a total of nearly $149,000 for youth empowerment efforts across Boys & Girls Clubs in the United States and Puerto Rico.\n\n\n“Family and youth empowerment is at the forefront of Upbound’s community efforts,” said Anthony Blasquez, executive vice president of Operations. “Each year, we are honored to continue our partnership with Boys & Girls Club of America and support its efforts to help children thrive in their local communities. Thank you to our coworkers in our Field and corporate offices who dedicated their time, effort and money to support this important cause.”\n\n\nUpbound has proudly partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America for over 10 years and supported its work through company-sponsored rooms in select Clubs across the country and through the annual Spring for Kids fundraiser. In the last few years, the company has raised over $460,000 to help Boys & Girls Clubs of America support kids and teens in reaching their full potential.\n\n\n”We know kids and teens can achieve great futures when they have access to safe places, caring mentors and life-enhancing programs,” said Chad Hartman, national vice of Corporate Pa...