Amscot Financial Contributes Mini-Grants to 13 Non-Profit Service Groups

TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#givingwednesday–Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented
financial services, recently awarded mini-grants of $100 to $500 in
support of 13 different non-profit service organizations located in the
Florida communities where the company serves several million consumers.

“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:

• Central Florida Women’s Learning Center, Apopka. They are a
  non-profit organization that offers training to disadvantaged women in
  their community. Their goal is to provide the necessary training to
  prepare women to enter and succeed in corporate America. For more
  information, please visit: www.cfwomenslearningcenter.com
• Communities in Schools, Brooksville. Communities In Schools
  (CIS) is the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization. For
  more than 30 years, CIS has had a focused mission: bringing community
  resources and caring adults into schools, so that all children have
  the tools they need to succeed in school and in life. For more
  information, please visit: www.cishernando.org
• Disston Academy for Progress and Enterprise, Largo. Disston
  Academy’s financial literacy program provides financial education to
  at risk-youth. The program teaches the youth about how to maintain
  checking and savings accounts. The program teaches them how money
  works in the world: how someone manages to earn or make it, how that
  person manages it, how he/she invests it and how that person donates
  it to help others. For more information, please visit: www.pcsb.org
• Dunedin Scottish Arts Foundation, Dunedin. They help support
  the Scottish Heritage and Culture of Dunedin, through the visual and
  performance arts of dancing, piping, drumming, and athletics. For more
  information, please visit: www.dunedinscottishartsfoundation.com
• Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, Orlando. In 1999,
  Florida law established the Early Learning Coalition to ensure
  children ages birth to five experienced the benefits of a
  developmentally appropriate, research based early education services
  while respecting the role of the parent as a child’s first teacher.
  For more information, please visit: www.elcoc.org
• Eckerd Kids, Clearwater. The Eckerd mission is to provide and
  share solutions that promote the well-being of children and families
  in need of a second chance. Their vision is to ensure that each child
  has the opportunity to succeed. For more information, please visit: www.eckerd.org
• George Edgecomb Bar Association, Tampa. For over 30 years, the
  George Edgecomb Bar Association has tirelessly dedicated itself to the
  advancement of minorities in the legal profession and to increasing
  the profession’s involvement in both community affairs and public
  service. For more information, please visit: www.gebaonline.com
• Girl Scout Troop #323. They help girls discover their potential
  and develop the skills they need to thrive. Girl Scouting builds girls
  of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better
  place. For more information, please visit: www.girlscouts.org
• Kids With A Call, Inc., Tampa. A full time Summer Camp and
  tutoring program that engages students, ranging in ages from 5 to 15,
  in educational learning activities, field trips, Taekwondo, music,
  art, health science, social studies, math, character building,
  patriotism, history, and team building. For more information, please
  visit: www.kidswithacall.com
• Quest, Inc., Tampa & Orlando. Quest, Inc. is Central Florida’s
  most comprehensive provider of services for children and adults with
  developmental disabilities. The mission of Quest is to, through
  quality and innovation, build communities where people with
  disabilities achieve their goals. For more information, please visit: www.questinc.org
• Rotary’s Camp Florida, Inc., Bradenton. Rotary’s Camp Florida
  provides barrier free camping facilities to children and adults with
  special needs. This is a unique camp that allows special needs
  campers, who are electricity dependent, an opportunity to camp in a
  semi-rustic environment. The facility can accommodate campers that use
  wheel chairs and those with specialized medical equipment. For more
  information, please visit: www.rotaryscampflorida.org
• Special Olympics Florida, Clermont. Project UNIFY is an
  education-based project that activates young people as agents of
  change, fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with
  intellectual disabilities. For more information, please visit: www.specialolympicsflorida.org
• The Tampa Film Institute, Inc., Tampa. Family Day for the
  Gasparilla International Film Festival is a free annual event that is
  intended to include families and children in the festival and expose
  them to the arts. For more information, please visit: www.gasparillafilmfestival.com

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 239 retail
financial service centers throughout Florida and employs close to 2,000
associates. 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.

Contacts

Amscot Financial
Alexandra Bustos, 813-637-6277
abustos@amscotfinancial.com