GameStop Awards $100,000 to Recipients of “Power to the Scholars” Scholarships
August 10 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
40 employees and dependents will receive
$100,000 in college scholarships
Today, GameStop announced that 40 recipients have been selected
to receive $100,000 in grants as part of the company’s “Power to
the Scholars” scholarship program introduced earlier this year in
partnership with Scholarship America, Inc. The program invited
employees of the GameStop family of specialty retail brands and
their dependents to apply for the college scholarships, which is an
extension of GameStop’s employee charitable foundation, the Gamer
Fund.
Associates were encouraged to submit scholarship applications
from May 1 through June 19, 2015, attracting applications from all
50 states and Puerto Rico. All 40 recipients will receive
scholarships of $2,500 each for a grand total of $100,000 in
college aid for the 2015-2016 school year.
For a full list of recipients please click here:
“Our objective with this program was to encourage our employees
and their dependents to achieve their personal and professional
goals through higher education,” said Mike Buskey, president of the
Gamer Fund. “At GameStop we are all about protecting the family,
so, we are honored to be able to assist the scholarship recipients
in their broader educational journeys, and look forward to seeing
where they lead.”
Since launching in 2012, the Gamer Fund has provided more than
$485,000 in assistance to associates in need. The
employee-sponsored charitable organization provides financial
grants to assist with short-term needs due to unforeseen
emergencies or hardships. These events can include the loss of a
home due to natural disaster or fire, a death of a spouse or child,
or the inability to pay rent due to an illness or injury. The
“Power to the Scholars” scholarship program is GameStop’s latest
initiative to help protect and support its employees and their
families.
About GameStop
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500
company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global,
multichannel video game, consumer electronics and wireless services
retailer. GameStop operates more than 6,600 stores across 14
countries. The company’s consumer product network also includes
www.gamestop.com; www.Kongregate.com, a leading browser-based game
site; and Game Informer® magazine, the world’s leading print and
digital video game publication. In addition, our Technology Brands
segment includes our Simply Mac and Spring Mobile businesses.
Simply Mac, www.simplymac.com, operates 71 stores, selling the full
line of Apple products, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones
and offering Apple certified warranty and repair services. Spring
Mobile, http://springmobile.com, an authorized AT&T reseller,
operates 410 AT&T branded wireless retail stores and 68
pre-paid wireless stores under the name Cricket Wireless,
www.cricketwireless.com. General information about GameStop Corp.
can be obtained at the company's corporate website. Follow GameStop
on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/GameStop and find GameStop on Facebook
@ www.facebook.com/GameStop.
About Scholarship America
For more than 50 years, Scholarship America has worked directly
with students, parents, colleges, businesses and communities to
empower people to fulfill their college dreams. As the nation’s
largest provider of private scholarships, having distributed over
$3.1 billion to more than 2 million students, Scholarship America
is now working to further engage the private sector to support
programs and policies that advance equity in postsecondary
education and help students overcome barriers to access,
persistence and attainment.
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