Burlington Stores Donates $2 Million to AdoptAClassroom.org to Support Teachers and Students as They Head Back to School
September 12 2019 - 10:54AM
Business Wire
Donation Supports Teachers and Their
Students with the Classroom Materials Needed for a Successful
School Year
Today, AdoptAClassroom.org, announced that more than $2 million
has been donated by the national off-price retailer Burlington
Stores, the largest donation in the history of the three-year
partnership. AdoptAClassroom.org, the award-winning national
nonprofit organization that helps teachers get the basic supplies
and materials needed to help their students learn and succeed, will
use the donation to benefit more than 28,000 teachers and 720,000
students nationwide. This is the largest number of teachers and
students reached in a year from a one-time corporate donation to
AdoptAClassroom.org.
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Burlington hosted this point-of-sale campaign from July 8 to
August 17, giving customers the opportunity to donate $1 or more at
checkout to support AdoptAClassroom.org. The funds will be used to
supply tools and resources in the classroom just in time for the
start of the 2019 school year. Over the three years of partnership,
Burlington has donated more than $5.5 million in total to
AdoptAClassroom.org.
At Burlington, we are committed to supporting teachers and
students to ensure they have the resources they need to succeed,”
said Tom Kingsbury, CEO and Chairman of Burlington Stores. “Our
hope is that our record-breaking $2 million donation to the
organization will make a significant impact at the start of another
school year.”
In addition to the point-of-sale campaign this year, Burlington,
in partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org launched a new grant
program, the Adopt my School Sweepstakes, whereby anyone, age 13
years of age or older, was able to nominate a school of their
choice for the chance to win 1 of 10, $10,000 AdoptAClassroom.org
school supply grants. This year, even more schools were able to
receive funding for their classrooms. As a result, there were more
than 10,000 entries and winners will be announced here by October
31, 2019.
More than half of today’s public school children come from
families who cannot afford to send them to school with the supplies
they need to be successful in school. Our nation’s teachers are
filling the gap, purchasing school supplies out of their own
pockets for their classroom students, said Executive Director of
AdoptAClassroom.org, Ann Pifer. “It is our mission to alleviate the
burden faced by our teachers and this incredibly generous donation
from Burlington Stores will make an enormous impact.”
For more information, visit Burlington.com or
AdoptAClassroom.org.
About Burlington Stores, Inc.
Burlington Stores, Inc., headquartered in New Jersey, is a
nationally recognized off-price retailer with Fiscal 2018 net sales
of $6.6 billion. The Company is a Fortune 500 company and its
common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol “BURL.” The Company operated 691 stores as of the end
of the second quarter of Fiscal 2019, inclusive of an internet
store, in 45 states and Puerto Rico, principally under the name
Burlington Stores. The Company’s stores offer an extensive
selection of in-season, fashion-focused merchandise at up to 60%
off other retailers' prices, including women’s ready-to-wear
apparel, menswear, youth apparel, baby, beauty, footwear,
accessories, home and coats. For more information about the
Company, visit www.burlingtonstores.com.
About AdoptAClassroom.org
We are a national, award-winning nonprofit that provides the
most flexible and accountable funding for K-12 teachers and schools
throughout the U.S. Our proprietary, easy-to-use education
fundraising platform helps teachers, principals, and administrators
give every child the tools they deserve to succeed in school. Since
1998, we have raised more than $38 million and supported 5.22
million students. As a 501(c)(3) organization, we hold a 4-star
rating from Charity Navigator. For more information, or to make a
donation, please visit www.adoptaclassroom.org.
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