Kohl’s Cares®
Since 2008 the Edinburg Children's Hospital Foundation has received a total of $256.590.00 from the Kohl's Cares program.
The Edinburg Children's Hospital Foundation has been able to purchase over 1,500 asthma kits to distribute throughout the community creating awareness with Kohl's Against Asthma campaign. Past supported programs through the Edinburg Children’s Hospital Foundation initiatives supported through Kohl’s Cares®. Past supported programs have included the Kohl’s Fights Flu, a free flu vaccine clinic.
Kohl’s is a family-focused, value oriented specialty department store that is committed to the communities it serves. Kohl’s supports children’s health, education and environmental initiatives in communities nationwide, making our communities happier, healthier, greener places to live and work.
In 2000, Kohl’s introduced Kohl’s Cares to support children’s health and education initiatives in the communities we serve. Since that time, the Kohl’s Cares cause merchandise program has raised $150 million for children nationwide.
Kohl’s sells special Kohl’s Cares merchandise including books and plush toys, throughout the year, with 100 percent of the net profit benefiting health and educational opportunities for children nationwide. Each Kohl’s Cares purchase helps Kohl’s support nearly 160 hospital partners nationwide.
At just $5 each, Kohl’s Cares books and coordinating plush toys are a great affordable way to easily add high-quality well-known favorites to a child’s bookshelf, while supporting children’s health and education initiatives nationwide.
Kohl’s Cares books and plush toys are a great way to build a child’s library and inspire a love of reading while staying within budget.
Kohl’s Cares books and plush are available in all Kohl’s stores nationwide and at www.kohls.com.
In addition to the hospital partnerships, the Kohl’s Cares program is comprised of the following:
- Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program, which has recognized more than 15,000 kids and awarded more than $3 million in scholarships and prizes to date, and is recognizing an additional 2,200 kids in 2012 with prizes ranging from $50 Kohl’s gift cards to a total of $10,000 in scholarships.
- Kohl’s Associates in Action program, a volunteerism program that encourages associate volunteerism. More than 500,000 Associates have donated more than 1.6 million hours of their time since 2001 and Kohl’s has donated more than $47 million to nonprofits throughout the nation.
- Fundraising Cards, which are sold through schools and nonprofit youth organizations with up to five percent of the total card purchase price going back to those youth organizations.