Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 09, 2012
As Josh Beck was assembling the school supplies that would be awarded to high-performing students at Cudahy High School through the schools Renaissance Program, the language arts teacher knew something was missing.
Beck and fellow teacher Julia Goldberg, who serve as advisors to the Renaissance Program at the Milwaukee-area school, hoped to include USB flash drives among the school supplies. Flash drives would help our students bring work from school to home and back, he noted. But wed never included such a costly item among our supplies.
Beck reached out to local businesses for assistance and received an immediate yes from PLS. A leading consumer financial services retailer, PLS (http://www.PLShome.com) operates a number of locations in the Milwaukee area. The company is a regular and frequent contributor to student-recognition programs at area schools.
On May 4, Christina Mesko, Director of Operations, PLS Loan Store/South Wisconsin, presented 300 2GB flash drives to Beck, Goldberg and associate principal Dean Lew.
The Renaissance Program recognizes and rewards students who succeed academically, said Beck. At our year-end assembly, we present backpacks filled with school supplies to 300 of these students. This year, thanks to PLS, our backpacks will contain something extra special.
Were very grateful to PLS for being such a good neighbor, said associate principal Lew. Their generous contribution will help us ensure our students have the resources they need to succeed in the classroom.
PLS is one of Americas most successful and fastest-growing consumer financial services retailers. The PLS mission is to provide innovative and convenient financial services delivered with the respect that hard-working consumers deserve.
About PLS: People. Location. Service.
The PLS Group (http://www.PLShome.com), headquartered in Chicago, is comprised of more than 300 financial services centers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, New York, Texas and Wisconsin, with more than 3,300 employees. The company also manages more than 45 check cashing locations in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas.
PLS has been listed among Inc. magazines 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America (http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list) for the past three years, and for three consecutive years has been named one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicago by the National Association for Business Resources (http://www.101bestandbrightest.com). For the past five years, PLS has been named one of Chicagos Largest Privately Held Companies by Crains Chicago Business