Stewart’s Shops is teamed up with customers
and media partners for its 28th
Holiday Match program raising money
for charities.
Last year, Stewart’s matched customer
donations of more than $670,000 for a total
of $1.34 million, company officials said.
The amount was equal to the fund raised
during the 2012 campaign, despite having
six less collection days due to the timing
of the holidays.
Since 1986, the Holiday Match program
has donated nearly $19 million to thousands
of local children’s organizations,
the company said. Through Christmas Day,
Stewart’s will match individual donations
made to the program in all Stewart’s Shop
locations in New York and Vermont. All
the money donated goes to charity.
“Each year we rely on our customers’ generosity to raise funds for the Holiday
Match Program and they have never failed
to meet the challenge,” said Stewart’s
Foundation President Susan Dake. “Stewart’s
matches all our customers’ donations
dollar for dollar. Last year we were able
to help 1,471 different organizations and
thousands of children.”
Local children’s organizations who wish
to apply for funding can pick up an application
throughout the holidays at any
Stewart’s Shop, or apply online at www.stewartsshops.com. The deadline for
submission is Jan. 31. All groups applying
must be locally based, benefit children
under 18, and be a qualified, charitable
501c3 organization. A brochure listing
all the local organizations that received
funds last season will also be available in
all Stewart’s Shops.