Lane Bryant Raises Over $183K For AdoptAClassroom.org

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Sep 12, 2018, 08:55 ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lane Bryant, the nation's leading women's plus size apparel brand, is thrilled to announce that the brand raised over $183K for the national non-profit AdoptAClassroom.org through its annual Chalk It Up to Style initiative.

Throughout the month of August, Lane Bryant celebrated education by offering teachers and supporting school staff a special in-store discount through the Chalk It Up to Style promotion. Lane Bryant also offered clients the opportunity to impact local teachers with an in store register round up in benefit of AdoptAClassroom.org.

Over the past five years, Lane Bryant has donated more than $812K from round up donations in support of U.S. teachers and their students in communities across the country.

Funds raised through Lane Bryant's Chalk It Up to Style initiative will help the nonprofit organization provide funding for teachers to purchase the classroom supplies and materials needed to create a dynamic learning environment where children can learn and succeed.

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About Lane Bryant®: Lane Bryant® is the nation's leading women's special size apparel retailer, providing stylish and high-quality fashion in sizes 14-28. The Lane Bryant collection includes a wide selection of career to fashion conscious apparel as well as accessories, footwear, hosiery and Cacique® intimate apparel. Lane Bryant® fashions are available nationwide at its 757 Lane Bryant stores, and online. Lane Bryant is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASNA). Please visit lanebryant.com and cacique.com for store locations and the latest fashion trend information.

ABOUT ADOPTACLASSROOM.ORG: AdoptAClassroom.org advances equity in education by powering today's classrooms to prepare tomorrow's graduates. The national, award-winning 501(c)(3), makes it easy for individual donors and corporate sponsors to donate funds to K-12 classrooms in public, private and charter schools throughout the U.S. On average, teachers spend $740 of their own money each year to equip their classrooms - 28% of teachers spend more than $1000 annually. Since 1998 AdoptAClassroom.org has raised more than $36 million and benefited 4.5 million students in more than 178,000 classrooms. 2018 marks the organization's 20th year supporting teachers and classrooms. AdoptAClassroom.org holds a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. For more information, or to adopt a classroom, please visit www.adoptaclassroom.org.

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