Amscot Financial Contributes Mini-Grants to 15 Non-Profit Service Organizations

TAMPA, Fla., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, recently made mini-grants of $50 to $1,500 to 15 non-profit service organizations in its 16-county service area. The grants went to:

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• Morgan Ministries Inc., Orlando. Morgan Ministries offers a teen academy that provides gender specific programs designed to educate teens on the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and pre-marital sex.  For more information, please visit www.morganministries.org.

• Seminole County Bar Association, Longwood. For more than 35 years, the Seminole County Bar Association's Legal Aid Society, Inc. has been rendering legal services to low-income families in Seminole County. Priority is given to cases involving children. For more information, please visit www.scbalas.org.

• Base Camp Children's Center Foundation, Winter Park. The Base Camp Children's Center Foundation provides a week's worth of food to families with a child suffering from cancer. The foundation also provides gift cards to families so they may purchase perishable items. For more information, please visit www.basecamp.org.

• Not Alone Support Team, Palmetto. Not Alone Support Team seeks out needy children in the Manatee County community and provides them with Easter Baskets.

• Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Foundation Inc., Palm Harbor. The foundation is home to 75 primates and other animals. It educates children and adults about exotic wildlife. School tours are provided and community service hours can be earned at the sanctuary. For more information, please visit www.suncoastprimate.org.

• Dunedin Public Library, Dunedin. The Dunedin Public Library is working towards acquiring a bronze bust of Robert Burns, the most notable poet of Scotland, and a Scottish book collection for the library. For more information, please visit www.dunedingov.com.

• Lutheran Services Florida, Tampa. The Early Head Start operated by Lutheran Services Florida program is offered in 30 family day-care homes throughout the Tampa area and serves 120 children from ages 6 weeks to 3 years. The program's goal is to improve the quality of life for at-risk infants, toddlers and their families. For more information, please visit www.lsfnet.org

• Veteran Kids Care Inc., Davenport. This group provides support services to veterans and their families.  Programs include housing assistance, counseling, scholarships programs, and food assistance for families in need. For more information, please visit www.1stveteranskidscare.org.

• Young Fathers of Central Florida, Orlando. This group provides supportive services to young fathers between the ages of 14 and 19 years of age. For more information, please visit http://www.youngfathersofcentralflorida.com.

• American Diabetes Association, Maitland. The Family Link program offered by the American Diabetes Association is designed to provide support and education to families of children with diabetes.  For more information, please visit www.diabetes.org.

• On the Cutting Edge Outreach Program, Orlando. This Pine Hills-based program focuses on at-risk students. If offers after-school programs designed to help students increase academic performance. For more information, please visit http://www.moina3rd-designs.com/clients/oceafterschool/home.html.

• Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg. The museum honors the memory of millions of innocent men, women and children who suffered or died in the World War II Holocaust. The museum is dedicated to teaching people of all races the inherent worth and dignity of human life in order to prevent future genocides. For more information, please visit www.flholocaustmuseum.org.

• The Studio@620, St. Petersburg.  This community gallery/art center is the brainchild of Artistic Directors David Ellis and Bob Devin Jones. The idea grew out a core belief that art and diversity play a crucial role in the lives of individuals and communities. The primary goal of The Studio@620 is to bring together people from various cultural backgrounds and share experiences as artists, audience members, and volunteers.For more information, please visit www.studio620.org.

• Delta Sigma Theta Tampa Alumnae Chapter, Tampa. The Tampa Alumnae Chapter was chartered in on April 1947. Since its inception, the chapter has assumed the responsibility of providing scholarships for young women in the Tampa Bay area to attend colleges and universities of their choice, rendered volunteer services to community agencies and donated food and toys to needy families. The chapter held its annual Queen of Hearts Charity Ball on March 10 in Tampa. For more information, please visit www.dstta.com.

• The Tampa Chapter of the Links, Tampa. The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation established in 1946. It is one of the nation's oldest and largest volunteer service organizations committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Members of the Tampa chapter perform over 4,000 hours of service annually. For more information, please visit http://www.tampalinks.org.

About Amscot Financial

Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., Amscot Financial is a leading provider of income tax preparation and electronic filing services, refund anticipation loans, prepaid debit cards, check cashing services, non-bank cash advance services, bill payment services, money transfer services and money orders through its wholly owned division, Amscot International Money Order Company.  Amscot also offers the Amscot Card, a pre-paid debit card that allows owners to make purchases from any location that accepts MasterCard™. Amscot Financial currently operates 176 tax preparation offices and 176 retail financial service centers throughout Florida and employs more than 2,000 people. Amscot Financial has been recognized by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as one of Tampa Bay's Best Places to Work for five years. For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at www.amscot.com.

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