American Eagle Outfitters Partners with YMCA National Safe Place to Benefit Local Teen Shelters Nationwide.Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors/Fashion Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004 - Leading Lifestyle Retailer Engages Teens to Give Back to Their Communities American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AE) (Nasdaq:AEOS AEOS American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (stock symbol) AEOS Advanced Electro-Optical System (3.67 meter adaptive optical telescope on Maui) AEOS Advanced Electro Optical Sensor ), a leading lifestyle retailer that designs, markets, and sells its own brand of relaxed, versatile clothing, is teaming up with YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. National Safe Place, an organization dedicated to helping teens. From April 7th through April 20th, 2004, AE will invite customers into its stores across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to donate gently used clothing that will be collected by teen volunteers from various youth organizations and given to local teen shelters. "American Eagle Outfitters feels that it is important to give back to our local communities and we are excited to enable our customers to do so as well," said Susan McGalla, CMO/executive VP and chairman of the AE foundation board of directors. "Partnering with YMCA National Safe Place not only meets our AE Foundation mission of giving back to teens, it also supports a very worthwhile cause." YMCA National Safe Place is a youth outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. program that educates thousands of young people every year about the dangers of running away or trying to resolve difficult, threatening situations on their own. The organization has local networks established through youth shelters across the U.S. that operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A bright yellow, diamond-shaped Safe Place logo in business windows symbolizes a location in which teens can ask for help and be connected to counseling and shelter if necessary. The employees at each Safe Place location are trained to call a counselor who will respond to teen problems whenever or wherever they may arise. "YMCA National Safe Place and American Eagle Outfitters share the same goal of helping to support teens," said Sandy Bowen, executive director for National Safe Place. "The generosity of AE and its customers will enable us to supply clothing for young men and women in need who often arrive at a YMCA National Safe Place location empty-handed with only the clothes on their back." AE will place "Shed Your Threads" collection boxes in 374 stores nationwide. Each customer that donates used clothing at their local AE store will receive 15 percent off any AE merchandise purchased that same day. In addition, AE will make a $2,000 cash donation to each of 46 participating teen shelters and give an additional $8,000 grant to the shelter whose corresponding local AE store collects the most clothing. About American Eagle Outfitters American Eagle Outfitters (Nasdaq:AEOS), headquartered in Pennsylvania, is a leading lifestyle retailer that designs, markets, and sells its own brand of relaxed, casual clothing for 15- to 25-year-olds, providing high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. AE's collection includes modern basics like jeans, cargo pants cargo pants or trousers Noun, pl loose trousers with a large external pocket on the side of each leg and graphic Ts as well as a stylish Stylish is a free Mozilla extension that allows for the manipulation of web pages and XUL application user interfaces through the use of CSS or user styles available localy or from centralized web-site [1], which allows style sharing. assortment assortment /as·sort·ment/ (ah-sort´ment) the random distribution of nonhomologous chromosomes to daughter cells in metaphase of the first meiotic division. as·sort·ment n. of cool accessories, outerwear and footwear Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet. It is worn for a variety of reasons, including protection against the environment, hygiene and adornment. Usually, socks and other hosiery are worn between the feet and the footwear, except for sandals and flip flops (thongs). . AE's Canadian subsidiary, Bluenotes/Thriftys, offers a more urban/suburban, denim-driven collection for 12- to 22-year-olds. American Eagle Outfitters currently operates 743 AE stores in 49 states, District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , 65 AE stores in Canada, and 110 Bluenotes/Thriftys stores in Canada. AE also operates via its Web business, ae.com, which offers additional sizes and styles of favorite AE merchandise. About YMCA National Safe Place The National Safe Place program has helped over 72,000 young people since it began as a local YMCA youth shelter program in Louisville, Ky., in 1983. Currently, a network of 142 shelters in 42 states operate a Safe Place Program. There are nearly 14,000 Safe Place locations where youth can access help. |
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