{"id":9494,"date":"2010-12-01T09:04:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=9494"},"modified":"2010-12-01T09:05:09","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:05:09","slug":"jc-penney-saves-pennies-for-boys-girls-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=9494","title":{"rendered":"JC Penney Saves Pennies For Boys &#038; Girls Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today shoppers who purchase anything at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www5.jcpenney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JC Penney<\/a><\/strong> at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/westfield.com\/plazacaminoreal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westfields Plaza Camino Real<\/a><\/strong> (yes, that mall) between December 1 -14, 2010 will be able to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgccarlsbad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad<\/a><\/strong> to support quality after-school programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe availability of affordable afterschool programs continues to be an important community objective in order to meet the needs of working parents,\u201d said Brad Holland, Club CEO. \u201cWe hope the public keeps our mission in mind because all Round-Up dollars raised stay in our community to help support our youth and sustain our operations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s an easy way to make a difference. For all the details, follow the jump.<br \/>\n<!--more-->JCPENNEY ASKS COMMUNITY TO \u201cROUND-UP\u201d HOLIDAY PURCHASES<br \/>\nFOR BOYS &#38; GIRLS CLUBS OF CARLSBAD<\/p>\n<p>(Carlsbad, California \u2013 November 30, 2010) \u2013 From December 1-14, shoppers at the JCPenney at Westfield\u2019s Plaza Camino Real are invited to round-up their holiday purchases to the nearest whole dollar and donate the difference to Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad to support quality afterschool programs. Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad has partnered with the local JCPenney to provide children in need with access to life-enriching afterschool programs that foster social skills, provide opportunities to be physically active and achieve academic success in school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe availability of affordable afterschool programs continues to be an important community objective in order to meet the needs of working parents,\u201d said Brad Holland, Club CEO. \u201cWe hope the public keeps our mission in mind because all Round-Up dollars raised stay in our community to help support our youth and sustain our operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JCPenney\u2019s December Round-Up campaign is the final afterschool fundraising event of the year. Recent studies show that one out of every four children in the U.S. is unsupervised after school.* Since 1999, JCPenney\u2019s continuing support and commitment to the afterschool cause and has made it possible for more children to participate in positive afterschool environments nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad has played an integral role in the Carlsbad community since 1952, providing programs and services to thousands of young people.   Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad invites you to tour their Clubhouse, and see how lives are changed on a daily basis.   For more information, call (760) 729-0207, email info@bgccarlsbad.org, or visit www.bgccarlsbad.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today shoppers who purchase anything at the JC Penney at Westfields Plaza Camino Real (yes, that mall) between December 1 -14, 2010 will be able to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to the Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad to support quality after-school programs. \u201cThe availability of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9495,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9494\/revisions\/9495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}