EZPAWN Opens Three New Stores in Chicago and Celebrates Grand Openings With Pin-Up for Kids' Sake(TM) Campaign With Big Broth...
31 January 2015 - 3:46AM
EZCORP, Inc. (Nasdaq:EZPW), a leading provider of easy cash
solutions for consumers, today announced the grand opening of three
new EZPAWN stores in the Chicagoland area.
In celebration of these grand openings, EZCORP is launching an
in-store donation promotion, Pin-Up for Kids' Sake™ Campaign,
within 27 Chicago-area EZPAWN stores in partnership with Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago. Pin-Up for Kids'
Sake™ Campaign, is a fundraising effort aiding Big Brothers Big
Sisters' mission of matching more children in need with positive,
caring adult mentors who will help their Little Brothers and Little
Sisters achieve lifelong success. Participating EZPAWN stores will
be offering customers paper pin-ups in exchange for donations of
$1, $5, $10 or more. Each pin-up will have the donating customer's
name on it and will be posted on store walls.
The three store grand openings are located at:
- STREAMWOOD – 901 E. Irving Park Road
- CHICAGO - 6722 S. Western Ave.
- HARVEY - 468 Sibley Blvd.
Big Brothers Big Sisters representatives will be on-site at each
store grand opening to provide information on the organization's
services and mentorship opportunities.
EZCORP is joining forces with Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Metropolitan Chicago to promote this campaign in celebration of
National Mentoring Month. President Barack Obama has reinforced his
belief in the importance of connecting young people with quality
mentors by declaring January 2015 National Mentoring Month.
"Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago is excited to
partner with EZPAWN on this campaign," says Art Mollenhauer, Chief
Executive Officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan
Chicago. "We applaud EZPAWN for their corporate citizenship and
appreciate the opportunity to match more children in need with
positive, caring adult mentors as a result."
EZCORP, the parent company of EZPAWN, has a long history of
serving local community needs through financial support,
volunteering and fundraising at 1,400 store locations in the US,
Mexico and Canada. EZCORP supports children and families in the
neighborhoods where their customers and team members live and work.
Since 2010, EZCORP has invested $3.9 million in their store
communities.
"We are pleased to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters to
transform the lives of children in our store neighborhoods through
mentoring programs. One of our core values is 'leadership is
service', and we are proud to celebrate our Chicagoland store
openings and serve our customers and their families by supporting
this campaign," says Hannah Nokes, Director of Community Affairs,
EZCORP.
About EZCORP
EZCORP is a leader in delivering easy cash solutions to our
customers across channels, products, services and markets. With
over 7,300 team members and approximately 1,400 locations and
branches, we give our customers multiple ways to access instant
cash, including pawn loans and consumer loans in the United States,
Mexico and Canada, and fee-based credit services to customers
seeking loans. At our pawn and buy/sell stores and online, we also
sell merchandise, primarily collateral forfeited from pawn lending
operations and used merchandise purchased from customers.
EZCORP owns controlling interests in Prestaciones Finmart,
S.A.P.I. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (doing business under the names
"Crediamigo" and "Adex"), a leading provider of consumer loans in
Mexico, and in Renueva Commercial, S.A.P.I. de C.V., an operator of
buy/sell stores in Mexico under the name "TUYO." The company also
has a significant investment in Cash Converters International
Limited (CCV.ASX), which franchises and operates a worldwide
network of over 750 stores that provide personal financial services
and sell pre-owned merchandise. For more information, visit
www.ezcorp.com.
About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan
Chicago
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago helps children
realize their potential and build their futures. The organization
nurtures children, strengthens communities and believes that
inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in
life. As Metro Chicago's largest donor and volunteer supported
mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful,
monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children
("Littles"). By providing a system of ongoing evaluation and
support, Big Brothers Big Sisters is proven by independent studies
to help youth and families. This system ensures that the children
enrolled in the programs will perform better in school, avoid
violence and illegal activities, and have stronger relationships
with their parents and peers. For more information, visit
www.bbbschgo.org.
About National Mentoring Month
National Mentoring Month spreads mentoring awareness in an
effort to connect more of the nation's young people with quality
mentors. This year, the 2015 National Mentoring Month will
celebrate the power of mentoring relationships and the resulting
"mentoring effect" that strengthens our communities. For more
information, visit
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/wmy/nmm/intro.htm.
CONTACT: Mark Trinske
Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications
EZCORP, Inc.
(512) 314-2220
Investor_Relations@ezcorp.com
http://investors.ezcorp.com/