Staples and Think It Up™ Ambassador Nick
Jonas announce support for Entertainment Industry Foundation’s new
education movement
Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) is building on its decades-long
support of teachers, students and education with a $10 million
pledge to support Think It Up™. Think It Up, a program launched by
The Entertainment Industry Foundation, is a new movement created to
inspire students to pursue their passions through student-powered,
teacher-led learning projects with support from Staples for
Students.
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As a lead donor, Staples has teamed up with multi-talented
recording artist, actor and Think It Up Ambassador Nick
Jonas to help raise awareness of the need to support learning
projects in classrooms across the country. Jonas appears in a
Public Service Announcement that was revealed today. The public
awareness campaign encourages students to collaborate with their
teachers on projects that will help innovate their classroom
experience.
“I’m excited to serve as the Think It Up Ambassador and team up
with Staples to empower students and teachers across the country,”
said Nick Jonas. “Through Think It Up, we can all help students
play a more active role in their education. We should all follow
our passions to create our futures.”
Customers can help support Think It Up by donating at their
local Staples store.
“Through our Staples for Students program, we’re thrilled to
build on our rich history of supporting education by pledging $10
million to Think It Up,” said Alison Corcoran, senior vice
president, North American Stores and Online, Staples. “Now more
than ever, we need to support our students and teachers to spark
great learning. We’re raising awareness of this new initiative and
encouraging people to recognize the importance of education and
support success in the classroom.”
Most teachers spend more than $400 of their own money each year
to provide supplies and materials for their classrooms and many
students do not have the access to the equipment or tools they
need. Beginning this fall through Think It Up, students will be
able to work with their teachers to identify passion projects for
their classrooms. Through this collaborative learning process,
student-powered, teacher-led projects will be crowdfunded on
Thinkitup.org, which is fueled by DonorsChoose.org.
“We believe that the future of our country rests in the hands of
our youth and we need to provide them with the tools to succeed.
Think It Up is a movement designed to ignite students with
excitement to discover and create impactful learning experiences
with the support of their teachers. We are beyond thrilled to be
able to count Staples and Nick Jonas as supporters of the
initiative,” said Lisa Paulsen, president and chief executive
officer of EIF.
“We are honored to be the engine that is capturing and
fulfilling the passion projects students create with their
teachers. At DonorsChoose.org, we know how creative students can be
in the classroom. Our partnership with Think It Up and Staples for
Students will provide students the access and funding for the
resources and experiences they will value the most,” said Charles
Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org.
Win a $50,000 Scholarship and VIP Red
Carpet Experience
Starting on July 12, fans can enter the #StaplesforStudents
Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $50,000 scholarship and a VIP Red
Carpet Experience. Fifty lucky winners will fly to Los Angeles with
a friend to attend a star-studded Think It Up event. Winners will
receive a VIP package which includes walking the red carpet, front
row view of celebrities as they arrive, VIP tickets to the event
and VIP after-party passes. One lucky grand prize winner will win
the VIP Red Carpet Experience and a $50,000 scholarship.
Fans can visit staplesforstudents.org on July 12 to learn about
different ways to earn entries and increase chances of winning,
including making an in-store purchase, sending a tweet, signing up
for e-mail and more. Entries must be submitted before 11:59PM ET on
Aug. 22 and participants must be 13 years or older.
About Staples
Staples makes it easy to make more happen with more products and
more ways to shop. Through its world-class retail, online and
delivery capabilities, Staples lets customers shop however and
whenever they want, whether it’s in-store, online or on mobile
devices. Staples offers more products than ever, such as
technology, facilities and break room supplies, furniture, safety
supplies, medical supplies, and Copy and Print services. Staples
also offers free shipping for Staples Rewards Members, in most
cases overnight. Headquartered outside of Boston, Staples operates
in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New
Zealand. More information about Staples (SPLS) is available
at www.staples.com.
About Staples for Students
Staples has a long history of supporting students, teachers and
classrooms. Staples for Students is an ongoing program that helps
students and teachers with the school supplies and essential items
needed to achieve success in education. The Staples for
Students campaign includes school supply drives, support for
teachers in classrooms, donations for education projects, classroom
initiatives such as Designed by Students, and the sale of products
that give back to communities and classrooms in need. This year our
partners include Think It Up, DonorsChoose.org, Me to We and
Designed by Students.
About The Entertainment Industry Foundation
The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), established in
1942, harnesses the collective power of the entire industry to
generate awareness and funds for critical health, educational and
social issues. Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), EIF’s largest initiative,
helps accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to
patients quickly. Since its founding seven years ago, SU2C has
launched 16 collaborative “Dream Teams” comprising over 940
scientists from 123 leading institutions around the world. That
research, including 151 planned, initiated or completed clinical
trials, has led to Food and Drug Administration approval of two new
treatments. In just 15 months, Hunger Is, EIF’s
collaboration with The Safeway Foundation, has significantly raised
awareness of childhood hunger in the United States and over $10
Million to support breakfast, afterschool and out-of-school meal
programs.
About DonorsChoose.org
Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org makes it easy for anyone to
help a classroom in need. Teachers at over 60 percent of all the
public schools in America have created project requests, and more
than a million people have donated $330 million to projects that
inspire them. Over 14 million students -- most from low-income
communities, and many in disaster-stricken areas -- have received
books, art supplies, field trips, technology, and other resources
that they need to learn.
About Nick Jonas
Island Records Artist, Nick Jonas introduced
himself as a fully formed solo artist on his hit
self-titled debut, released in November 2014. The
critically-acclaimed album includes double-platinum smash single
and #1 U.S. radio hit, “Jealous” and his sultry second
chart-climbing radio single, “Chains.” Jonas attributes
his album’s darker overtones partially to the fact that while he
was recording, he was also shooting the gritty television show
‘Kingdom’ — a mixed martial arts drama that premiered on DirecTV's
Audience Network last fall and was recently picked up for two
additional seasons. Jonas recently earned two more
high-profile roles, a guest starring role in Fox's upcoming
horror-comedy series, ‘Scream Queens’ and a lead in the James
Franco produced film, ‘Goat’. Showing no signs of slowing down
this year, the breakout solo powerhouse joined forces with
west coast rapper-producer Sage the Gemini to release their summer
collaboration, “Good Thing” and in partnership with Island Records,
Demi Lovato, and long-time manager, Phil
McIntyre, Jonas helped launch his own artist-centric
record label, Safehouse Records. This
fall, Jonas will embark on
the NICK JONAS “LIVE IN CONCERT” TOUR, which
kicks off September 6 in Hershey, PA. The tour will
feature special guest Bebe Rexha and make stops in 19 cities across
the U.S. and Canada with dates in New York City, Los Angeles,
Toronto, Chicago and San Francisco with special guest.
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