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Household's Retail Services employees to partner with Walter Bracken Magnet School in day of painting and beautifying school grounds
Household also to present $20,000 grant to School
| WHAT: | Instead of golfing, going to the spa or gambling as a part of their annual national conference, more than 150 of Household's retail services employees will volunteer an afternoon to paint and enhance the educational atmosphere of Walter Bracken Magnet school on Thursday, February 19, 2004.
Retail Services is a business unit of Household International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. Household will be providing a total of 600 volunteer hours to Walter Bracken Magnet School, along with a $20,000 grant to underwrite the costs associated with the project.
This is the second year that Household has partnered with the Clark County School District to improve school grounds and the learning environment for the children in that district. Last year, Household employees teamed up to paint the exterior of Tom Williams Elementary School in North Las Vegas.
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| WHEN: | Thursday, February 19, 2004
12-4 p.m. PST |
| WHERE: | Walter Bracken Magnet School
1200 North 27th Street Las Vegas |
About Retail Services
As one of the nation's leading private-label credit card providers, Household's retail services business works with more than 70 partners at 63,000 locations across the country to help them attract new customers and build consumer loyalty. Committed to enhancing the customer experience in every single transaction, Household provides flexible, customized credit card and marketing solutions for many of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers including Best Buy, Levitz/Seamans Home Furnishings, Menards, Saks, Yamaha.
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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