Sprint Launches Social Campaign, #Sprint2School, to Donate Backpacks & School Supplies to Students in Need in Chicago Public ...
August 08 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Sprint (NYSE:S) is showing its community support by launching
#Sprint2School, a social media campaign to help students in need
gear up for back to school. For every retweet or tweet that
mentions the hashtag, #Sprint2School, @Sprint4Chi will donate a
backpack and school supplies to a student living in transitional
housing.1
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Help Chicago students in need gear up for
school. For every retweet, Sprint will donate a backpack and school
supplies to a student in need. (Photo: Business Wire)
On Sept. 6, Sprint will be donating backpacks and school
supplies to five Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which include:
- Gage Park High School
- Hyde Park Academy High School
- Manley Career Academy High School
- Percy L Julian High School
- TEAM Englewood Community Academy High
School
“Our social campaign, #Sprint2School is all about bringing
awareness into our community regarding the needs of our children,”
said Jim Mills, Sprint president of Illinois and Wisconsin. “We’re
using the connections we have to create a voice and speak up for
those who can’t. When companies work as a team, we can accomplish
much more than we can alone. In fact, our friends at Samsung have
joined us and are donating school supplies for our campaign.”
During the 2014-2015 school year, nearly 400,000 students were
enrolled in CPS, and 86% of those students qualify as
low-income.2
“A strong start to the school year is crucial for academic
success, and we are so grateful to Sprint for providing supplies to
CPS students to continue their success in the classroom,” said Dr.
Shawn Jackson, CPS Chief Officer of Leadership and Learning.
Sprint has demonstrated time after time its commitment to
students in need in Chicago. In May, Sprint was presented with
“Corporate Partner of the Year” award by Youth Guidance. Sprint has
continuously exposed Chicago youth to positive role models with eye
opening perspectives on the world of work.
Last September, Sprint kicked off the school year by
taking 100 Working on Womanhood students and staff to a
Chicago Sky WNBA game and dinner.
In December 2015, Sprint
launched #Sprint4Change, a program created for
students in need who are passionate about the arts. Sprint
collaborated with the legendary House of Blues and Chicago
Recording Company to make this a dream come true for young
musicians. This unique learning experience helped students discover
their passion and think beyond high school. Students met and
learned from industry professionals like Danny Leake and Donald
Lawrence and recorded and produced their own song.
To follow the campaign and to cheer students along, please
follow @Sprint4Chi.
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served more than 59.4
million connections as of June 30, 2016, and is widely recognized
for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at
www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Sprint donation limited to 1,000 backpacks and school
supplies. No purchase necessary.
2 Stats provided by Chicago Public Schools website:
http://cps.edu/About_CPS/At-a-glance/Pages/Stats_and_facts.aspx
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