Donation allows one family to stay at the House for more than a month
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http://www.cintas.com
CINCINNATI -- (Business Wire)
Cintas
Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) today announced that it has made a
donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Greater
Cincinnati. The financial contribution is made in lieu of holiday gifts
to Cintas’ top customers. With a cost of 95 dollars per family per
night, Cintas’ $3,000 donation will allow one family to stay at the
House for more than a month while their child receives treatment at a
nearby hospital.
“Cintas' generous donation will provide health, hope and a ‘home away
from home’ for the family of a child receiving life-saving medical
treatment,” said Jennifer Goodin, Executive Director, RMHC of Greater
Cincinnati. “Our House depends on our community, and without the help of
local companies like Cintas, we would not be able to provide the love
and support these families need each day.”
The Greater Cincinnati House serves 78 families each night and has 20 to
60 more families on a wait list each day. The House handles cooking,
cleaning and shopping so that families can focus on their children and
have a “home away from home.” Since 2010, Cintas employee-partners have
been involved in planning, preparing and serving several meals for
nearly 120 people at the House. Cintas will next host a breakfast at the
House on May 25.
Since RMHC is not entirely funded by McDonald’s and its customers, the
organization depends on donations from outside organizations to cover
more than 85 percent of operating costs. Cintas helps contribute through
its annual E.A.R.T.H. (Every Area Recycling Tabs Helps!) Campaign, which
encourages employee-partners to collect aluminum soda can pull tabs to
be converted into funds for the organization. In 2012, Cintas collected
103 pounds of tabs, which contributed to the $20,000 raised for the
Cincinnati house last year.
“Contributing to the mission of the RMHC of Greater Cincinnati was
important since many of our employee-partners are so heavily invested in
the relationship,” said Brian Garry, Senior Director of Marketing,
Cintas. “We’re glad that we’ve been able to help support families so
that they can focus on the health of their loved ones.”
To learn more about Cintas and its corporate philanthropy initiatives,
please visit www.cintas.com.
About Cintas Corporation:
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly
specialized services to businesses of all types primarily throughout
North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate
identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom cleaning
and supplies, tile and carpet cleaning, promotional products, first aid,
safety, fire protection products and services and document management
services for more than 1 million businesses. Cintas is a publicly held
company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol
CTAS and is a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Contacts:
Mulberry Marketing Communications
Jess Messenger, 312-664-1532
jmessenger@mulberrymc.com
Source: Cintas Corporation