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Amscot Financial Contributes Mini-Grants to 12 Non-Profit Service Groups
Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented
financial services, contributed mini-grants of $250 to $1,000 in support
of 12 different non-profit service organizations located in the Florida
communities where the company serves several million consumers.
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Ian MacKechnie Amscot CEO and founder, presents a check for $500, accepted on behalf of University Area Community Development Corporation, Inc. by Martine Dorvil, Director of Community Outreach. (Photo: Business Wire)
"Helping others is important to all of us at Amscot, that's why we
continue to partner with those organizations who work hard to make a
difference in the lives of those who need it most," said Ian MacKechnie,
Founder and CEO of Amscot Financial.
Mini-grants went to the following organizations:
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Easter Seals Florida, Inc., Orlando. Easter Seals
provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so
that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn,
work and play in our communities. The Murray Child Development Center
is an inclusive child development center for infants through
preschool. Their educators are committed to meeting the needs of
students (with and without disabilities) through the use of
specialized approaches and instruction to prepare preschoolers for
entry into the school system or to support current students to succeed
at their highest level. With a focus on reaching developmental
milestones through hands-on learning, services are provided in a
natural environment to promote growth and success. For more
information, please visit: www.easterseals.com/florida
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Fraternal Order of Police District 6 Miami-Dade County, Miami.
Amscot is sponsoring their drive edition of "Say No to Drugs and Youth
Violence" to eliminate substance abuse and youth violence in the
community. It addresses the causes and prevention techniques that will
aid in making and keeping our community a safe place to live, play,
work and prosper.
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Girls Empowered Mentally For Success, Tampa. They work with at
risk girls, foster care, poverty, and parent homes. Currently GEMS
programs are administered to girls in partnership with the
Hillsborough County School district, Tampa Housing Authority, as well
as a neighborhood site serving elementary schools. Girls are
encouraged to participate in community outreach projects, goal setting
activities, healthy lifestyle challenges, and etiquette training. For
more information, please visit: www.girlsrgems.org
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MAN UP Mentoring, Inc., Orlando. Their mission is to
continually improve the quality of life for at-risk male youth by
providing educational, mentoring and social services that will equip
young men to lead inspiring lives. In an effort to enhance human and
environmental sustainability, they planted the Washington Shores
Community Garden in September 2014 and donated 100% of their harvest
to underserved residents in January 2015. For more information, please
email: [email protected]
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New Beginnings of Tampa, Tampa. New Beginnings of Tampa
provides Transitional Housing to homeless Foster Care youths. Youths
are eligible to stay at their shelter for up to one year. Youths are
provided supportive services to help them regain stability and
self-sufficiency and reintegrated back into society as viable
citizens. They serve well over 50 youths per year through their
transitional housing program. For more information, please visit: www.newbeginningsoftampa.com
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Orange (News - Alert) County School Readiness Coalition, Inc., Orlando. The
Mission of the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County is to provide
unified leadership, support and guidance to ensure that the children
of our community have the opportunity to reap the benefits of
developmentally appropriate, research-based school readiness and VPK
programs, respecting the role of the parent as their child's first
teacher. For more information, please visit: www.elcoforangecounty.org
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Police Athletic League, Jacksonville. The purpose of the State
of Florida Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues,
Incorporated is to assist local member chapters by providing
coordination, training and programs that enhance the lives of the
youth of Florida. For more information, please visit: www.sfapal.com
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Saddle Up Riding Club-LEAP Program, Pinellas Park. Saddle Up
Riding Club offers therapeutic horseback riding to children and adults
with disabilities and veterans. A new program offered is LEAP: Life
skills, Education, Agriculture and Purpose. This program works with
the higher functioning high school age and up, we have learned to
groom horses, take care of small animals, planted a garden as well as
arts and crafts. For more information, please visit www.saddleupridingclub.org
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South Dade Weed and Seed, Inc., Homestead. They focus on
serving low socio-economic communities in need of strategies to
improve the area in which they live. Youth are their primary target
population. Improving educational necessities/needs, social skill,
healthy attitudes and civic engagement are what they strive to succeed
in. For more information, please visit: www.sdwsinc.org
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The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project, Melbourne. The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project
is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose
mission is to promote awareness and facilitate support of parents
caring for their children with special health care needs, and to
enhance the Quality-of-Life for these special families. For more
information, please visit: www.themorganproject.org
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University Area Community Development Corporation, Inc., Tampa.
Their mission is children and family development, crime prevention and
commerce growth. Its primary focus is the redevelopment and
sustainability of the at-risk areas surrounding the Tampa Campus of
the University of South Florida. For more information, please visit: www.UACDC.org
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VCSC Charity Committee Inc., Daytona Beach. Amscot is
sponsoring the 1st Annual Motorcycle Skills Challenge event. The event
will take place September 17th -19th, 2015. The event goal is to raise
money for the Florida Sheriff's Youth Ranch & Concerns of Police
Survivors. For more information, please visit: www.BadgeBattle.org
Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., Amscot Financial is a leading provider of
convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, including cash
advances, check cashing, bill payment, money transfers, prepaid access
cards and money orders. Amscot Financial currently operates more than
235 retail financial service centers throughout Florida and employs
about 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 (2008-2012). For more information on Amscot's products and
services, community involvement, and career opportunities, please visit
the company's website at www.Amscot.com.
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