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Beneficial branch managers to partner with Community Services Council in delivering meals to Salt Lake City seniors Jan. 30
--Beneficial also to present $1,000 grant to Council--
| WHAT: | As part of its monthly manager meeting, district sales manager Winslow Johnson and nine Utah branch managers from Beneficial Finance Corporation will partner with the Community Services Council to deliver meals to and visit with Salt Lake City seniors on Friday, Jan. 30, 2004.
Beneficial is a consumer finance company of Household International, Inc. Beneficial will also be presenting a $1,000 grant to the Community Services Council on behalf of its employees' volunteer efforts through the company's community outreach program, Help for Communities. This is the first time that Beneficial has partnered with the Community Services Council. The Council, through the Utah Food Bank, delivers food boxes and visits with seniors. The organization also provides home repairs, yard work and other services to help those seniors stay in their homes, instead of a nursing home. |
| WHEN: | Friday, Jan. 30, 2004
4 p.m. MST |
| WHERE: | Various locations throughout Salt Lake City |
About Households Help for Communities program
Household's Help for Communities program is a nationwide initiative that provides support to locally based nonprofit agencies serving seniors, children, minorities and low-income families in the communities Beneficial serves. Programs supported by Beneficial include financial literacy, youth education, community enrichment, housing and economic development - "neighbors helping neighbors" in communities across America.
About Beneficial
Beneficial Finance Corporation, one of the nation's largest consumer finance companies, has five branch offices in Utah and nearly 900 nationwide. Beneficial, acquired by Household in 1998, has a long tradition of helping working people achieve their goals. The company offers U.S. consumers a wide range of financial services, including personal loans, real estate loans, automobile financing and insurance services.
About Household International, Inc
Household International, Inc., based in Prospect Heights, Ill., is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HBC), one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. Household's businesses are leading providers of consumer loans, credit cards, auto finance and credit insurance products in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, Household companies operate under the two oldest and most recognized names in consumer finance - HFC and Beneficial. Additionally, Household's businesses are some of the nation's largest issuers of private label and general-purpose credit cards, including The GM Card® and the AFL-CIO's Union Plus® card. For more information, visit www.household.com.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Sara Beckstead
Community Services Council
(801) 978-2452
sarab@csc-ut.org
Kathleen Morrison
Household International
(847) 564-6111
kamorrison@household.com
