Stewart's Holiday Match Sets New Record of $1.74 Million
Stewart’s Shops announces another record-breaking season for its Holiday Match program, which supports children’s charities year round. From Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day, Stewart’s customers generously donated $870,000 to the program, which is then doubled to $1.74 million with the Stewart’s match.
The money raised is a 12% percent increase ($100,000 increase in customer donations) over the record $1.54 million raised in the 2014 season, which was allocated to 1,600 children’s organizations.
After this year’s funds have been distributed, the Stewart’s Holiday Match program will have allocated more than $22 million since the program’s inception in 1986.
Donations were collected from Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day, at all 332 Stewart’s Shops in upstate New York and western Vermont. Stewart’s then matches all individual customer donations. There are no administrative costs and 100% of the funds collected and matched benefit children’s organizations within the communities where Stewart’s Shops are located. Those funds will be allocated in March.
Local children’s organizations can easily apply for funding by filling out an application available here on our website. Paper applications are also available in our shops. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2016. 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. Stewart’s Shops thanks its customers, shop partners and media partners for their support each year. We are closer to you.