ATLANTA, March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron's, Inc.
(NYSE: AAN), the lease-to-own retailer specializing in the sales
and lease ownership of furniture, consumer electronics, home
appliances and accessories, broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title
for the Largest human mattress dominoes this week by toppling 1,200
mattresses at the Gaylord National Resort in Washington, D.C.
The new record for Largest human mattress dominoes – which
surpassed the previous record of 1,150 – was only part of the
event's significance. Aaron's is donating all 1,200 mattresses to
D.C.-area organizations: A Wider Circle, an organization
focused on ending individual and family poverty, and to the Sasha
Bruce and Wanda Alston youth
homeless shelters.
"Breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title has been a great team
building event for the 2,000 associates we have attending our
National Managers meeting this week," said Aaron's CEO John Robinson. "However, the significance of
this event is that through the generosity of our manufacturing
plant, Woodhaven, and our ACORP stores, we are able to provide
1,200 beds to needy families in the D.C.-area. Our associates
had great fun participating and knowing their efforts support our
mission of giving back to our communities."
The event was made possible with Woodhaven Industries reducing
the cost of the mattresses by 50 percent and Aaron's Community
Outreach Program (ACORP) stores generously purchasing the
mattresses so that all 1,200 mattresses could be donated to the
D.C.-area organizations. Through Aaron's Gives programs, which
include the Aaron's Foundation, Inc. and ACORP, Aaron's gave
$2.8 million to communities across
the nation in 2015.
An official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS adjudicator was on hand to
observe and certify the new record, which involved the efforts of
1,200 Aaron's associates participating as human dominoes and who
are in Washington, D.C. this week
for the Company's annual National Managers Meeting. Beginning
Monday, Aaron's store managers have participated in several
community outreach activities across D.C., culminating in this
week's record-breaking Largest human mattress dominoes attempt.
Utilizing two exhibit halls covering 70,000 square feet at the
Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center, Aaron's and dominoes
expert Robert Speca carefully
erected 34 rows of mattresses manufactured by Woodhaven Industries,
which is owned by Aaron's. At 4:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, Aaron's CEO John
Robinson pushed over the first mattress and commenced the
Largest human mattress dominoes record attempt. Within 13 minutes
and 38 seconds, Aaron's associates had toppled all of the
mattresses and produced a new world record.
The previous record for the Largest human mattress dominoes was
achieved by 1,150 participants and was organized by German company
Höffner Möbelgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG in August 2012.
About Aaron's, Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) is a leader
in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of
furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories,
and currently has more than 2,000 Company-operated and franchised
stores in 47 states and Canada. Progressive Leasing, a
leading virtual lease-to-own company, provides lease-purchase
solutions through approximately 16,000 retail locations in 46
states. Dent-A-Med, Inc., d/b/a the HELPcard®, provides a variety
of second-look credit products that are originated through a
federally insured bank. Aaron's was founded in 1955, has been
publicly traded since 1982 and owns the Aarons.com,
ShopHomeSmart.com, ProgLeasing.com, and HELPcard.com brands. For
more information, visit www.aarons.com.
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