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Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), a privately-held, family-operated discount retail chain with 133 stores in New England, New York, and New Jersey is pleased to announce its new ‘Choose, Give, Get’ donation program to benefit those in need this holiday season. Customers are invited to ‘choose’ a cause, ‘give’ to that cause, and ‘get’ their donation back in the form of an OSJL Crazy Deal Gift Card.
Beginning Thursday, November 29th through Wednesday, December 5th, any customer who chooses to donate $50.00 or more (in increments of $50.00) to one of eight causes supported through the OSJL Charitable Foundation, will receive their donated amount back in a Crazy Deal Gift Card. Causes supported by the Foundation are: military and veterans, food insecurity, child welfare, healthcare (fighting cancer/disease), education, animal welfare, performing arts, and homelessness.
“Our usual holiday charitable program, ‘Buy-Give-Get’, resulted in the donation of more than 27,000 winter jackets and 15,000 boots to homeless veterans in need over the last two years,” said David Sarlitto, Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation Executive Director. “This program was so successful, that we decided to expand our reach to even more worthy causes and allow customers to choose the cause closest to their hearts. The OSJL Charitable Foundation has zero overhead because Ocean State Job Lot covers all foundation expenses – 100% of your donation goes to the cause to which you want it to go!”
About Ocean State Job Lot
Now in its 41st year, Ocean State Job Lot is a growing, privately held discount retail chain with 133 stores in New England, New York, and New Jersey, approximately 5,000 employees, and annual sales exceeding $675 million. Job Lot sells brand name, first quality merchandise at closeout prices. Shoppers find an ever-changing array of household goods, apparel, pet supplies, seasonal products (holiday, gardening, patio, pool and beach supplies), and kitchen pantry staples at a fraction of their typical price. The company was named by Forbes Magazine as a 2017 and 2018 “Best Midsize Employer.”
The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has a long history of philanthropic leadership, placing emphasis on local food banks in communities where Job Lot operates stores. The Foundation also supports medical and literacy initiatives, disaster relief efforts, the performing arts, military service members and their families, seniors, teachers, first responders, and special needs and foster children. Ocean State Job Lot is headquartered at 375 Commerce Park Road in the Quonset Point Business Park, North Kingstown, RI 02852. Phone: (401) 295-2672; Web: OceanStateJobLot.com.
