NATIONALS FIRST LADIES HOST BACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE PRESENTED BY THE UPS STORE®
The Washington Nationals and The UPS Store® have partnered for the Nationals First Ladies Second Annual Back-to-School Drive on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3, when the team faces the Cincinnati Reds. The First Ladies - Nationals players' wives and girlfriends - and volunteers from The UPS Store® and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves will collect new school supplies outside of the Center Field Gate when gates open (4:30pm on Saturday and 11:30am on Sunday) through the end of the fourth inning. Supplies needed include, but are not limited to, backpacks, rulers, packs of pencils, pencil boxes, calculators, spiral and composition notebooks, loose leaf binders and paper, pocket folders, glue sticks, crayons, and new lunchboxes. The team will also collect new children's books to benefit the Toys for Tots Literacy Program, an initiative of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and The UPS Store®. For more information on this initiative, visit www.toysfortotsliteracy.org.
"According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 33 percent of all fourth graders in this country still cannot read at even the basic level," states The UPS Store® owner, Mariana Huberman. "With Nationals fans' help, we hope to provide children in need with the resources to help them succeed now and in the future."
The Nationals and The UPS Store® will give the school supplies and books collected during the drive to a District school in September. Through the Nationals longtime partnership with The Heart of America Foundation, the selected school will also be the beneficiary of a new reading corner in their library donated by the team and The UPS Store®. A reading corner is a warm, inviting area where students can spend time reading and learning.
Nationals outfielder Ryan Langerhans and his wife, Shari Langerhans, will visit The UPS Store® located at 5185 MacArthur Blvd, NW, on Friday, August 1 at 11:30am to promote the upcoming drive. Customers may make cash donations at all Washington, D.C.-area The UPS Store® locations, with 100 percent of proceeds going towards the purchase of books for the Toys for Tots Literacy Program.
About The UPS Store®
The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc. retail locations are franchised by Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., a UPS subsidiary. Together The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc. locations comprise the world's largest franchise network of retail shipping, postal and business service centers, with more than 5,900 locations around the world. In the United States, The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc. locations are independently owned and operated by licensed franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc., Inc. Outside the United States, locations are owned and operated by MBE master licensees or their franchisees. For additional information, please visit www.theupsstore.com or www.mbe.com.
About Heart of America
Heart of America Foundation's® mission is to teach the values at the heart of America and to help people, particularly children, learn that they help themselves when they help others. Their goal is to give children everywhere the tools they need to read, succeed and make a difference.
