Project Marks First Refresh Provided for Club
on Native Land
ATLANTA, April 27,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aaron's Company (NYSE: AAN),
a leading omnichannel provider of lease-purchase solutions,
announced the completion of its latest teen center refresh at Boys
& Girls Clubs of the Gila River Indian Community in
Komatke, Ariz. The teen center
refreshes are the centerpiece of Aaron's work with Boys & Girls
Clubs of America, its largest giving partner and recipient of over
$11 million in support since the
start of the relationship in 2015.
The teen center refresh projects begin with Boys & Girls
Clubs of America identifying Clubs nationwide in need of updates to
maintain interest from teen members. Once selected, Aaron's awards
a $20,000 grant that the teens
themselves decide how to use. For this 58th project just
outside Phoenix, members chose to
remake their Club with new couches, TVs, computers, video game
consoles, a ping-pong table, a bumper pool table and classic arcade
games. While refreshes have been completed at clubs in 28 states,
this is the first one to take place at a Club on Native American
land.
"One of the reasons we are so fortunate to partner with Boys
& Girls Clubs of America is the tremendous reach they have into
communities of all types across the country," said Douglas Lindsay, CEO of The Aaron's Company.
"Given our long history of serving customers from Native American
reservations, we feel it is important to reach teens growing up on
Native land and ensure they feel seen through this program. Based
on the smiles and excitement we saw on the day we revealed the
refreshed teen center to the Gila River community, we are confident
this transformative project made a meaningful impact."
In addition to performing teen center refreshes, Aaron's is a
Silver Sponsor of Boys & Girls Clubs of America's National
Keystone Conference, held each summer and attended by thousands of
teen leaders from across the country. The retailer also supports
Boys & Girls Clubs of America's expanding initiatives
encouraging discussion around mental health.
"Aaron's continues to be a critical partner, and its teen center
refresh projects bring new vibrancy to Clubs nationwide," said
Jim Clark, president & CEO of
Boys & Girls Clubs of America. "With 227 Clubs on Native lands
reaching more than 120,000 youth, we are thrilled that Boys &
Girls Clubs of the Gila River Indian Community is the first Club on
a reservation to benefit from this extraordinary program."
Aaron's will complete its Spring 2023 teen center refreshes with
May projects in San Antonio,
Texas, and Troy, Mich.
For more information on Aaron's partnership with Boys &
Girls Clubs of America and other charitable initiatives, please
visit aarons.com/aarons-gives.
About The Aaron's Company
Headquartered in Atlanta, The Aaron's Company, Inc. is a leading,
technology-enabled, omnichannel provider of lease-to-own and retail
purchase solutions of appliances, electronics, furniture, and other
home goods across its brands: Aaron's, BrandsMart U.S.A, BrandsMart Leasing, and Woodhaven. Aaron's offers a direct-to-consumer
lease-to-own solution through its approximately 1,260
Company-operated and franchised stores in 47 states and
Canada, as well as its e-commerce
platform. BrandsMart U.S.A. is one
of the leading appliance and consumer electronics retailers in the
southeast United States and one of
the largest appliance retailers in the country with ten retail
stores in Florida and Georgia. BrandsMart Leasing offers
lease-to-own solutions to customers of BrandsMart U.S.A. Woodhaven is the Company's furniture
manufacturing division. For more information, visit
investor.aarons.com, aarons.com, and brandsmartusa.com.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of America
For 160 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA.org) has
provided a safe place for kids and teens to learn and grow. Clubs
offer caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact
youth development programs on a daily basis during critical
non-school hours. Boys & Girls Clubs programming promotes
academic success, good character and leadership, and healthy
lifestyles. More than 5,000 Clubs serve over three million young
people through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are
located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native lands
throughout the country, and serve military families in
BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations
worldwide. National headquarters are located in Atlanta. Learn more about Boys & Girls
Clubs of America on Facebook and Twitter.
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