Goal to prepare 10,000 Minnesota students with needed backpacks and supplies.

WAYZATA, Minn. -- (Business Wire)

TCF National Bank (TCF Bank), a subsidiary of TCF Financial Corporation (TCF) (NYSE: TCB) today announced a school supply drive to prepare students in Minnesota for the first day of school. TCF Bank branches in Minnesota are collection points in July for Simon Says Give® and their High 5 for Supplies drive.

“Ensuring that all children are prepared and ready to go back to school is one way that each of us can help set students up for success,” said Mark Jeter, TCF’s managing director of retail banking. “Partnerships between TCF Bank and organizations like Simon Says Give help kids succeed in the classroom and in the years ahead.”

“Students who have the necessary back-to-school backpack and supplies are better equipped to learn and less likely to be bullied,” said Dina Simon, Simon Says Give president. “We are thankful to TCF for collecting donations at its branch banking locations in Minnesota. Last year, with help from TCF and the public, we provided backpacks and supplies to 10,000 students and we hope to do the same this year.”

Backpacks, school supplies and financial contributions can be dropped off at any TCF Bank branch in Minnesota from July 1-31, 2015. Fifty dollars provides one child a backpack complete with supplies.

Donations Needed

• Girls and boys backpacks
• Three-ring binders (solid color)
• Pocket folders (solid color)
• Loose-leaf paper (wide ruled)
• Loose-leaf paper (college ruled)
• Spiral notebooks (solid color)
• Highlighters
• Markers (permanent and washable)
• Colored pencils
• Crayons (24 pack)
• Watercolor paints
• Glue (sticks and bottles)
• Scissors (round and point tip)
• Rulers
• #2 pencils
• Pens (blue, black and red ink)
• Erasers (rectangular)
• Calculators (basic and scientific)

Volunteers will fill backpacks with supplies in early August 2015. Backpacks are distributed to elementary, middle and high school students through local youth organizations, such as the YMCA Twin Cities, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities, and Tubman.

TCF Bank is committed to building better communities and has given $3 million in 2014 to support community development, education, human services, and arts and cultural interests. During the past two years, TCF Bank raised more than $200,000 for the Animal Humane Society in Minnesota and the Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund. TCF Bank also offers free financial education at high schools in Minnesota benefiting over 5,600 students through the TCF Financial Scholars Program, which helps them make smarter financial decisions.

About Simon Says Give
Simon Says Give is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created out of the vision of founder Mandi Simon when she was seven years old. Her vision was to help kids in need and to engage other kids to join her in her mission of providing birthday parties and collecting backpacks with school supplies. Mandi Simon also is one of 25 GlobeChangers across the nation recognized by the Jefferson Awards Foundation in 2014. For more information about Simon Says Give, visit simonsaysgive.org.

About TCF
TCF is a Wayzata, Minnesota-based national bank holding company. As of March 31, 2015, TCF had $20 billion in total assets and 379 branches in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, providing retail and commercial banking services. TCF, through its subsidiaries, also conducts commercial leasing, equipment finance, and auto finance business in all 50 states and commercial inventory finance business in all 50 states and Canada. For more information about TCF, visit tcfbank.com.

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Contacts:

TCF Financial Corporation
Mark Goldman, 952-475-7050
news@tcfbank.com
or
Simon Says Give
Amy Grove, 612-710-0877
amy.grove@simonsayslead.com

Source: TCF Financial Corporation