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What is APRO? - RTO [Relief to Our] Employees Disaster Relief Fund
The rent-to-own community helped 159 employees survive and recover from these natural disasters. Unfortunately, natural disasters have become all too common. We don’t know when or where one might occur next, but we have learned that a quick response is vital. The rent-to-own industry must be ready to help whenever earthquakes, tornados, floods and hurricanes—any natural disaster that has been declared as such by the president of the United States—occur that affect our family of employees.
To address these needs, APRO has established a permanent disaster relief fund: RTO [Relief To Our] Employees Disaster Relief Fund. It will be administered through APRO’s charitable foundation so that all contributions are tax exempt. And every dollar raised will go directly to rent-to-own employees in need. The foundation’s board will publish quarterly statements of receipts and disbursements to the membership.
Cash donations will be accepted, but in order to have a more permanent and ongoing funding mechanism, APRO hopes to make this program available to all rent-to-own employees through a simple payroll deduction plan where contributions are small enough not to be missed and the program will attract universal support.The RTO Employees Disaster Relief Fund organizers recommend asking each owner to implement a voluntary payroll-deduction plan within his/her company—suggesting a small donation per month from each employee. We ask that each company match its employees’ monthly contributions, if possible. APRO will happily provide you with a template for paycheck stuffers to encourage your employees to participate.
Rent-to-own has always been a family of generosity. Please contribute to the RTO Employees Disaster Relief Fund and encourage your employees to do the same. A small contribution will make a big difference and will prove—once again—that the rent-to-own industry strives to secure the good of others.
If you are an APRO member in good standing and your company or employees have been affected by a natural disaster, please contact APRO to receive more information about applying for disaster relief assistance.
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2012 APRO Convention and Trade Show July 24-26, Memphis, TN
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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here. | |||
![]() CLICK HERE FOR OUR DIGITAL RTOHQ: THE MAGAZINE
RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.
A New Rent-to-Own Experience by Neil Ferguson Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers
Who Is Your Competition? by Bill Keese In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.
A Review of Online Customer Complaints by Ed Winn III While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.
Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII by Kristen Card Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.
Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.
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Association of Progressive Rental Organizations 1504 Robin Hood Trail Austin, Texas 78703 800/204-2776, ext. 103 Fax 512/794-0097 |