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Rent-to-own News - PTS Financial Services donates $7,500 to three charities

October 11, 2011

PTS Financial Services employees presenting a $5,000 check to local Boys and Girls Club officials.

PTS Financial Services today announced the donation of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500) to four charitable causes – The Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, The Challenger Sports program of Rome-Floyd County, the Ashworth Middle School (Calhoun, Ga.) football team, and the Boys and Girls Club of Gordon, Murray, and Whitfield counties.

PTS Marketing Director, Kelly Gerardis, awarded five-hundred dollars’ worth of toys to the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA) - a not-for-profit healthcare organization in Atlanta. CHOA is one of the largest pediatric systems in the country.

PTS Affiliate Support Director, Tommy Baker, attended a Challenger Sports soccer game, where he presented the organization with a one-thousand dollar check.

The Challenger Sports program of the Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation Department is a sport program designed to help special needs children and adults have the opportunity to experience the excitement of playing sports regardless of their disability.

PTS Training Director, Phillip Rhodes, awarded a one-thousand-dollar check to the Ashworth Middle School (Calhoun, Ga.) football team for uniforms.

A large group of PTS employees also recently toured the Boys and Girls Club of Gordon, Murray, and Whitfield facility, and awarded the staff with a check of five-thousand dollars ($5,000) to directly benefit the Raymond King memorial Golf Classic – the organization’s annual golf tournament fundraiser. Several PTS employees also participated in the tournament.

Founded in 1999, PTS Financial Services offers several value-added services to over 2,100 affiliates nationwide. Services include individual tax preparation, Guaranteed Auto Protection (GAP), an auto club and a membership club. PTS supplies affiliates with a complete marketing plan as well as all of the necessary tools, training and support to implement these services effectively and profitably.

For more information on PTS financial Services go here http://www.ptsfinancialservices.com

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