Proceeds from Boost Mobile’s $1 Phone Days Promotion Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs Nationwide
(BUSINESS WIRE), July 08, 2013 – Boost Mobile:
| WHAT: | Boost Mobile recently partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to bring back its most successful handset promotion, $1 Phone Days. For each new customer who signed on from May 29 through June 2, Boost Mobile donated $1 to Boys & Girls Clubs. During $1 Phone Days this year, Boost Mobile raised more than $106,000, which will be donated to local Boys & Girls Clubs across the nation with an $11,000 donation locally to Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs. | |||
| The donation to Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs will support their technology programs. The programs are geared toward teaching teens how computers work and recognizing the opportunities technology provides to responsibly engage in the world, to communicate, to be creative and to improve their futures. For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs have served nearly 4 million young people, through membership and community outreach, in some 4,000 Club facilities throughout the country. | ||||
| WHEN: | Check Presentation | |||
| Wednesday, July 10 | ||||
| 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. | ||||
| WHERE: | Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs – Columbus Clubhouse | |||
| 543 E. 189th St. | ||||
| Bronx, NY 10458 | ||||
| VISUALS: | — | Representative[s] from Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs accepting check donation from Boost Mobile executive/representative | ||
| — | Kids and teens at Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs participating in the teen leadership programs | |||
| INTERVIEW | — | Joe Rollo, New York marketing manager, Boost Mobile | ||
| OPPORTUNITIES: | — | Representative from Madison Square Boy & Girls Clubs | ||
| — | Boys & Girls Club members | |||
| WHY: | — | The check presentation showcases Boost Mobile’s commitment to give back to the New York community as well as offering affordable wireless communications with “Shrinking Payments.” | ||
| — | Boost Mobile rewards New York customer loyalty through its Monthly Unlimited with “Shrinking Payments” no annual contract calling plans, where customers are rewarded for simply making on-time payments. Unique from the competition, for every six on-time payments, the cost of Boost Mobile’s Monthly Unlimited plans shrink by $5, up to $15 per month in total. On-time payments do not need to be consecutive to qualify for the next saving milestone. Visit boostmobile.com for plan details. Restrictions apply. | |||
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